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[VB6] RSA Data Signing via CNG
One of the things we get in post-XP Windows is a new crypto library. This offers a number of small advantages such as being a lttle more "rational" from a usage standpoint (calls are somewhat more...
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[VB6, Vista+] SplitButtons
Now that more people are moving off Windows XP we can start using more of the new features added to Windows back in 2006. One of these is a funny control called a "Split Button" which is really a...
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hello all. I an new to the forum and I have very limited experience in VB. I am looking for the easiest way to convert an HTML table to other formats (csv, etc.) automatically. Any suggestions would be...
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[VB6] RLE8 Compression Algorithm for Bitmaps
Microsoft allows 8-bit bitmaps to be compressed using a somewhat simple, not terribly efficient, run length encoding (RLE). Strict rules apply, but is rather easy to encode/decode Quote: Originally...
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[VB6] RLE8 Compression Algorithm for Bitmaps (Updated)
Updated. Added another tweak that works pretty well. Post #2 describes additional tweaks that can be made. The tweak in this update was to attempt merging the scanline's final uncompressed and...
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[VB6, Vista+] Query Windows Search
Now that Windows XP is dead we can feel free to make wider use of new features of Windows introduced nearly 8 years ago. One of these that I see almost no use of by VB6 programmers is the ability to...
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[VB6, Vista+] Simple Task Dialog
I posted sample code using this class for raising simple Task Dialogs several times over the years, but I never gave it a CodeBank thread of its own. Task Dialogs Now that Windows XP is dead we can...
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Nice Textboxes
Why some functions are so difficult to find. I would like to have some controls without the restrictions for using...this or that themes..manifests or other bad habits.. So i wrote some textboxes. All...
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[VB6] Color Management with GDI+ (updated 20 Sep 14)
Updates (see post #2 for bug descriptions): 20 Sep 14 :: Added patch for a specific case when GdipBitmapLockBits fails to lock image data :: Added support for JPGs where GDI+ won't return any ICC...
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[VB6] TaskDialogIndirect Simple Implementation
So I really liked the implementations of TaskDialog that I've seen, and wanted to take it a bit further. TaskDialogIndirect offers a far greater number of options: This is the first version; a basic...
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VB6 - Hidden Conversations V3
On the surface, Version 3 looks very much like Versions 1 & 2. Underneath the hood however, cSocket2.cls has been replaced by the slimmer and faster NewSocket.cls, as well as utilizing an updated...
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Nice Textboxes version2
Why some functions are so difficult to find. I would like to have some controls without the restrictions for using...this or that themes..manifests or other bad habits.. So i wrote some textboxes. All...
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[VB6] TaskDialogIndirect: Complete class implementation of Vista+ Task Dialogs
cTaskDialog cTaskDialog is the sequel to my previous TaskDialogIndirect project, mTaskDialog. This version adds support for all TaskDialogIndirect features, including the progress bar, timer feedback,...
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Nice Textboxes version2.1 Plus Varius Selectors
Why some functions are so difficult to find. I would like to have some controls without the restrictions for using...this or that themes..manifests or other bad habits.. So i wrote some textboxes. All...
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Nice Textboxes Plus Varius Selectors
Why some functions are so difficult to find. I would like to have some controls without the restrictions for using...this or that themes..manifests or other bad habits.. So i wrote some textboxes. All...
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[VB6] NetWkstaUserEnum API wrapper
While most people won't need this I've been seeing threads requesting it lately. A common problem is that the results of a query against a Jet MDB's active user roster via ADO and SCHEMA_ID_ROSTER...
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What is the best way to resize only certain things on a form?
I'm coding a chat/server client and I'm having some issues trying to get resizing working correctly. I have a chat form that looks like this. I'm wanting to keep the top labels, textbox, and buttons...
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[VB6] modLockEnumCase.bas - Enforce Case of Enums
The VB6 IDE has an annoying quirk when it comes to the case of Enum members. Unlike with other identifiers, the IDE doesn't enforce the case of an Enum member as it was declared in the Enum block. That...
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[VB6] API Open With Dialog with enhanced functionality
All the methods I've seen for bringing up the Open With dialog use rundll32. But Windows Vista and above has a better option: the SHOpenWithDialog API call. This allows a number of different options in...
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[VB6] Image Recovery from Project Files
Not a groundbreaking project by any means. This little project can retrieve images saved within an uncompiled resource file or within project binary files (frx, ctx, dsx, dox, pgx). Resource files. How...
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