Category Archives: Visual Basic 6 (VB6)

Full example of Drag and Drop within a application

Suppose you have a listbox with some elements and want to drag&drop a selected one into a textbox. http://137.56.41.168:2080/VisualBasicSource/vbdraganddrop.txt Original Author: Found on the World Wide Web Code Make a form with a textbox (text1) and a listbox (list1). Fill the listbox with some items…Make a label (label1). Set it invisible = FalsePut the next code at the appropiate… Read More »

Clear all textboxes on a form at run-time

handy code for clearing all text box controls at run-timeso you don’t have to bother doing it at design time.http://137.56.41.168:2080/VisualBasicSource/vbworkingwithtextbox.txt Original Author: Found on the World Wide Web Code ‘make a new form; put some textboxen on it with some text in it’make a commandbutton’put the next code under the Command_Click event   Dim Control   For Each Control In Form1.Controls    … Read More »

Center_Form

To center all of your forms nicely on the screen, use this as the first line in the Form_Load event–resolution independent.‘note:call this function like this:Center_Form Me Original Author: Ian Ippolito (psc) Inputs frmForm–form to center. Call this function like this:Center_Form Me Code Sub Center_Form (frmForm As Form)frmForm.Left = (Screen.Width – frmForm.Width) / 2frmForm.Top = (Screen.Height – frmForm.Height) / 2End… Read More »

add icons to menus

To add icons to the Menu items (which is not possible through the menu editor)thus is an easy way to add the icons to menu. u can contact me at haisrini@email.com Original Author: srinivas Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD1292.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 4401

Enhanced ListView – Updated

A module with 24 functions for enhancing the ListView.Resize columns based on Column Caption, Contents, or ListView Size.FullRow Select, GridLines, CheckBoxes, Allow Repositioning of Columns,Track Selected, One-Click Activate, Two-Click Activate,SubItem Images, Check All Items, UnCheck All Items, Reverse Checked Items,Flat Column Headers, Enhanced Sort ColumnsI’m currently working on Column Header Font effects: Bold, Italic, Underline…I will update the… Read More »

a Geometry Calculator

Need help with geometry?? Well, this thing will do it! Calculate the Area of a circle, triangle, trapazoid, parallelagram, rectangle, square, find the volume of a cylinder, cubes and more! Very simple to use, understand. Also includes formulas so you can do the calculations yourself! Original Author: Dustin Davis Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD1298.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 4927

cIniFile

Complete access to INI files through a simple class module, which works with VB4 16,32 and VB5. This class module allows you to read/write INI values, delete values, delete sections and query whole sections through a simple inteface. Original Author: Steve McMahon Inputs Here is a sample of using the cIniFile class:dim cIni as new cIniFilewith cIni.Path = “C:WINDOWSSYSTEM.INI”… Read More »

Get the name of a control at runtime

I’ve recently taken over a project from someone else, and I’ve been left with code that has few naming conventions and a lot of bugs. I often find myself stepping through code wanting to check the value of a field. Unfortunately, I don’t know the field’s name-it could be Name, UserName, NameUser, txtName, and so on. It’s a… Read More »

Getting a Reference to a VB?á5.0 UserControl

Visual Basic 5.0 allows you to use UserControls to create ActiveX controls in your projects. The following code snippet does two things: It gets a reference to the form in which a UserControl is placed, and it gets a reference to that control on the form. by David Mendlen Original Author: Found on the World Wide Web Code Dim PControl… Read More »