[VB6] Dynamic Resize: Use a slider to change ListView icon/thumbnail size on...
One of the features of the Vista and newer Explorer views is the icon size slider; you can do more than just pick between a couple sizes- you can set it to any value in the icon range. Previously to...
View ArticleAdd a little Pizazz to Your Menus & Toolbar Dropdowns
Here's a project to add Menu Bitmaps and Toolbar Dropdown bitmaps. I have included a companion project to create menu bitmaps (14x14) from other graphic file types and icons (24 bit & lower) Enjoy....
View ArticleA small, no fancy checkbox
Someone ask for a simple checkbox with click and value. Nothing professional... Small and to the point: Code: Option Explicit Const m_def_Value = True Dim m_Value As Boolean Event Click() Event...
View ArticleSplitter;- or Separator lines Control
I get tired of making splitter lines for programs, therefore I decided to make a control. Very basic as it's not really my field of expertise, but something that I can use horizontal as well as...
View ArticleValue Counter User Control
A small value counter: What's on the form: What is it? The coding: Code: 'Default Property Values: Const m_def_Value = 0 'Property Variables: Dim m_Value As Integer 'Event Declarations: Event...
View ArticleExtra Info Storer User Control
In-visible at run time, it can store up to 20 values per control for use in a program. There are nothing on the form. It's not a container for other controls either. How does it look inside the...
View ArticleA little bit of MSDN .CHM files info
I did this this afternoon, for myself and others. Just an idea - nothing fancy: The form (only one), with the .frx with pictures and icon: Project MSDN.zip The main code to load the .chm file was not...
View ArticleHome Budget-Slip System
My first successful home budget program written was back in QuickBasic 7, in the late 1980's and Early 1990's. The name "Law" stick from the first time till now. I upgraded (actually, re-written) to...
View Article[VB6] Speech Recognition via SAPI
This is a trivial demo of bare bones use of SAPI for speech recognition. The documentation can be found at MSDN: Automation Interfaces and Objects (SAPI 5.4) There is much more you can do than is shown...
View ArticleVB6 2D Physic Engine
VB6 port of 2D Impulse Engine by Randy Gaul: http://www.randygaul.net/projects-op...mpulse-engine/ and Philip Diffenderfer: https://github.com/ClickerMonkey/ImpulseEngine + (Experimental) Joints by the...
View ArticleURL Save
A program I written a while back, which can save all the important (and not :) ) URL's. Especially needed to have these URL's at hand when re-installing windows, moving to a new pc or for whatever...
View ArticleW10 Accounts
When we grow older we tend to forget passwords and user names etc. Not entirely true. In this day and age, when roaming the internet and became part and participate within the w.w.w. , we create so...
View Article[VB6, Vista] List the Recycle Bin location(s) on a drive
Hard coded paths aren't the best system, since they change from Windows version to version. So AAraya was asking about how to do this, and after seeing a StackOverflow and OldNewThing post about using...
View ArticleVB6 - JACMail V3
JACMail Version 3.0 is very similar to previous Versions. I have abandoned attempts to add encryption to Email service, as TLS 1.0/1.1 is no longer supported on many servers. TLS 1.2 supports ECC...
View Article[VB6, Vista+] Enumerate, explore, and change all file associations
File Associations This program is similar to the Default Programs control panel applet. It scans the registry for all registered file extensions, then uses the AssocCreate API and IQueryAssociations...
View ArticleVB6 - Program Communication
There are numerous examples of SendMessage useage, and this is my version of communication between 2 programs. The basics came from "www.TheScarms.com", and were adapted to provide a way to issue...
View ArticleOpen files in vb5
Hi I have multiple word and excel 2007 files on desktop in a folder and would like to view them in a list box and subsequently open any of the file through button after selected. Two problems are...
View ArticleAdd a little Pizazz to Your Menus & Toolbar Dropdowns
Here's a project to add Menu Bitmaps and Toolbar Dropdown bitmaps. I have included a companion project to create menu bitmaps (14x14) from other graphic file types and icons (24 bit & lower) Enjoy....
View ArticleVB6 - Heart Beat
There are many reasons that a TCP connection can be lost, not the least of which is the NAT router that it might sit behind. In my ongoing efforts to develop a private mail system, I needed to know if...
View ArticleVB6 Flickr API - Open To Everyone
Hi all dear fellows VB6 Programmers, A bit of introduction: Sometime ago, I ventured to develop a module to my Document Management System. With this module I could manage my own photographs, by...
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