Utilizes API calls to enumerate possible video settings. Switches the system to the selected setting and reboots if necessary. pre-selection. Uses the following API functions: Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170609-064437-CHANGREZ.ZIP 6/9/2017 6:44:37 AM 2331
Responds to the WM_INITDIALOG message to center the Common Dialog Control on a form. This sample uses a derivative of the technique created for the Windows Styles article in Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal. Uses the following API functions: Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170609-062808-CENTRDLG.ZIP 6/9/2017 6:28:08 AM 3467
Includes a data manager form. Uses SQL to search for the account. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170608-075805-ATM.ZIP 6/8/2017 7:58:05 AM 9375
I’ve been working in the technology field since 1986, and it’s been a long and winding road, with many twists and turns. I thought I would take a minute and share some tips with my brethren who might be just starting out.
This is a short tutorial piece of code that shows how to work with INI files. It demonstrates how to open and read INI files, as well as create and/or write to INI files. This allows you to have your program save settings for the next run. Attachments File Uploaded Size 898-20170603-152316-INITutorial.zip 6/3/2017 3:23:16 PM 3068
This is a demo program for usage of the AreTheyTheSame function that was described in the Compare Two Files in VB6 post. Attachments File Uploaded Size 389-20170603-120221-CompareTwoFiles.zip 6/3/2017 12:02:21 PM 2570
This is just a short program for building test files. The files contain random characters, and are useful for testing things such as transfer speeds, compression ratios, attachment size limits in email, and other things that can use files of varying sizes. For new coders, this small, one-form program demonstrates: Attachments File Uploaded Size 389-20170603-093919-tfb10.zip 6/3/2017 9:39:19 AM… Read More »
Nothing magical here. Just using the Windows API to start the screensaver on demand from code in Windows. Let’s say you have a, err, questionable, process running a computer. Hey, I don’t judge. I like a good game of solitaire at work, too. Let us also pretend that your boss is not so keen on having you playing… Read More »
When your application makes connections to remote computers, it is usually a good idea to check to see if the remote machine is up and responding prior to attempting a connection to it. Pinging a machine is one way to do it. Visual Basic 6 doesn’t have a built in method to perform an ICMP echo request (ie,… Read More »
Some time ago, a user named VB6Boy posted a handy little VBScript that dumps out records from a database table to a series of text files. The method works fine, but takes an exorbitant amount of time for large datasets. Can we do better? Another user commented on the post mentioned above, stating that he (or she) was using the script as… Read More »