As most of the world knows, Microsoft has made available a consumer preview of Windows 8. While this is still considered beta software, I highly recommend you check it out. Some of us technology minded folks are charged with supporting legacy software, developed with Visual Studio 6 (particulary Visual Basic 6), and with the iminent release of Windows… Read More »
Variables provide temporary storage for information that will be needed during the lifespan of the computer program (or application). This article is short reference table of the types of variables used in programming.
Handling links (or other file types) in your VB6 application can be a bit of a pain in the neck. The user may not use what you use to view text files. How to handle it?
Some time ago, a budding young VB programmer was having a problem with random numbers not being random, but a predictable repeating pattern. It can be easily overcome, and here is how.
After surfing around the net, I’ve found very little information regarding installation of VB6 on Windows 7. Most of the information out there is for Vista, and most of it is queries for assistance.
Makes a multi-line textbox into a scrolling textbox, chat-style.
Get the username of the currently logged on user.
This code allows you to add a favorite to the IE 4 or 5 list of favorites.
This function will allow you to change the extension of files within a specified folder. You can either change the name of all files, or files with a specified extension. A reference to the Scripting Runtime is required. See code comments for details and example.
App.Path returns a string with the “\” character at the end if the path is the root drive (e.g., “C:\”) but without that character if it isn’t (e.g., “C:\Program Files”). Most of the time we need the “\” at the end, so this function saves you the inconvenience of adding it every time.