Draw a moving starfield on a form

It draws a moving starfield on a form with simple VB graphics methods and a timer control. Original Author: Theo Kandiliotis API Declarations Code How to draw a moving starfieldThis example shows how to design a moving star field ,the standard animated background used in most space shoot’em up games.You know,the one that asteroids of all kinds of sizes… Read More »

Tank 1999!!!

THIS is code you’ve got to see. I won the Code-Of-The-Month award for a game I submitted in August, the previous version of this. Several comments pressured me to develop it more. This is new and improved, new graphics + sounds, features, and more!!! I would have submitted this code about three months ago, but the sound files… Read More »

AutoUpdate function to your Apps

Make your own autoUpdate to your program. This include the source code. It’s just an example of how to do it. Original Author: Ronnie Staxborn Assumptions Help are inkluded in the file Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD78117152000.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 41845

Control Arrays Demo

This is just a short example of how to create and use control arrays Original Author: Chris Rose Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD21601271999.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 3215

a very small picture viewer in one minute.

Your own homemade picture viewer in ONE minute, supports at least jpg, gif, bmp, pcx & many others Original Author: Happy Coder Inputs nothing Assumptions nothing Returns nothing Code ‘add following code to your formVERSION 4.00Begin VB.Form Form1Caption  = “Very simple picture viewer”ClientHeight = 9450ClientLeft = 1140ClientTop = 1515ClientWidth = 11460Height  = 9855Left  = 1080LinkTopic = “Form1″ScaleHeight = 9450ScaleWidth = 11460Top  = 1170Width  =… Read More »

Passing a control array

Working with control arrays in VB3 was frustrating, but with VB4 you can pass a control array as an argument to a function. Simply specify the parameter type as Variant: Original Author: VB Pro Code Private Sub Command1_Click(Index As Integer)GetControls Command1()End SubPublic Sub GetControls(CArray As Variant)Dim C As ControlFor Each C In CArrayMsgBox C.IndexNextEnd Sub Also, VB4’s control arrays… Read More »

Real-time fire without any palettes or pictures!

This incredible program shows how to create totally realistic fire without using any palettes to create the right color effects! A simple bit of mathematical color manipulation creates a perfectly colored fire effect more realistic and faster then palettes, making for real-time fire animation. The included .exe demonstrates the current max speed of this program, and it will… Read More »

**Area Of Circle Calculator**

This code allows the user to find the area of circle by clicking a command button and then typing in the radius of the circle. It is very helpful to anyone working on a calculator project. I am also coming out with area of triangle and square. Original Author: Brady Botkin Code ‘ Step 1. Place a command button… Read More »