This function create a transparent area of dirrent shape (such as rectangle, Circle)in your form, you specify where and how big the hole is. Unlike most other trnsparantroutine, this one not only let you see trough it, but also allow you total accessaccess the things in the hole!!! Of course, You can make the entire form transparentor make… Read More »

‘==================================================================================‘ UUencode/decode in VB (c) 2/5/2000 by Alien3333@yahoo.com‘ A small utility that uuencode and decode with a easy standard M$ GUI‘‘ Well, I put this together in my 2 day vacation to celebrate Chinese New Year !‘ All codes are standard as possible, ignore some of my clumsy C-style codes =)‘ This small application show how to use… Read More »

Dates in SQl queries often cause problems, as the date must be in the ANSI format whereas dates brought back can be in a different local format. This function simply returns the date in the required format and save having to type Format(DateString, “mm/dd/yy”) every time. Original Author: James Wilson Inputs The date to be processed as type DATE.… Read More »

This includes the source code for Rotating a Picture 45 Degrees, Flipping a Picture Horizontally, and Flipping a Picture Vertically! Very usefull if your working on your own picture editing program.Questions: mikecanejo@Hotmail.com Original Author: Mike Canejo Assumptions ‘Please follow these simple steps. DONT SKIP ANYTHING!‘1.) Make a New Project in your 32bit Visual Basic‘2.) Add a New Module(Module1.Bas) to… Read More »

Purpose:Play an AVI file through the Animation Control on the Status bar. This code was inspired by James E. Toebes’ code: “Progress Meter on Status Bar”… instead of the ProgressBar control I am using the Animation Control. There were a few things I tweaked. For more AVI files you can check out http://pjs-inc.com/vb-avi Original Author: Pete Sral Attachments File… Read More »

The purpose of this code is to back up the registry in win 9x. It copies the registry files to a directory called C:REGBACKUP (The code does not create this, you must do it manually) Original Author: Chris Timm Assumptions Should be easy enough to understand Returns Backs up registry files Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD3269272000.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM… Read More »

This code takes every font from the computer it is run on, and places it into a combo box. (not using printer.fonts but using screen.fonts) Original Author: V. B. Fool Assumptions Must have a combo box called ftype Code ”for loop adds all font types in computer to combo box  fType.Clear  ”clears combo box  For i = 0 To Screen.FontCount – 1… Read More »

Retrieve the version of a file (EXE/DLL etc). This code should be paste into a module and just called via CheckFileVersion(‘Path to the Exe or DLL’). Original Author: Riaan Aspeling Inputs Path to the EXE or DLL file eg. “C:WindowsNotepad.exe” Returns A Variant containing the version of the file eg. “4.10” API Declarations Option ExplicitPrivate Declare Function GetFileVersionInfo Lib… Read More »

Easy Code here: Place an icon in the System Tray and have a drop menu appear when you click the icon with the right-mouse button. If you already have code with bitmaps in your menu, just add this code to your project! This code DOES WORK, just be careful and follow the tips. Then slap yourself for other… Read More »

This is a very small function which is potentially useful for those who know where/how to use it. I used this function on several of my projects already if you’re wondering if this code has any use at all. I’ll post some of them later. This function also demonstrates the use of control arrays and loading objects during… Read More »