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Make Seamless tiles
I've made this app to create a seamless tile, but now that I have the composite of pictures I want in picMain, I need to know how to render the image and save as a bitmap. I've tried Bitblt and...
View ArticleScrollable viewport
Hi, I am trying to make an app that will load icons that i have gatherd into a display port grid. I have a scrollable viewport that will load icons to an array of Pictureboxes based on a selected...
View Article[VB6] Decompress gzip stream with libarchive on Win10
Recent versions of Win10 ship tar.exe utility which for compressed archives depends on stdcall build of libarchive open-source library which is shipped disguised under the name of archiveint.dll in...
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VB6 Simple Rolidex Usercontrol
Rolidex style usercontrol. Maybe someone can use it. Very basic Attached Images  Attached Files Rolidex.zip (4.1 KB)
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Krool's CommonControls cut out for Onesie-Twosie use
Ok, this is Krool's work, not mine. And this is done "with his permission". I just downloaded his most recent copy (on November 14, 2021), and I'll probably stick with this copy, as I do feel that his...
View ArticleHow to retrieve OS Language
This code will detect the OS Language of your windows Just call Debug.Print DetectOSLanguage() Code: Private Declare Function GetUserDefaultLangID Lib "kernel32" () As Integer Public Function...
View ArticleDownload file from WEB in a few lines
This very short code can download a file from an URL : Ex : Call DownloadFile("https://www.vbforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=179280&d=1605528528", "D:\test.zip") Code: Public Function...
View ArticleGenerate a Prime number of 8 Digits
Generate a Prime number of 8 Digits (you can adjust if you need more). I needed 8 digits pour internal security checks Code: Public Function EightDigitPrime() As Double  '...
View ArticleRetrieve the Dropbox folder
Retrieve the Dropbox folder ? Global_GetDropboxFolder() Code: Option Explicit Public Function Global_GetDropboxFolder() As String  '...
View ArticleHere's code to get any part of a URL.
Just copy the code from the below code box and paste it into a module, and you can use it to get any part of a URL. The part numbers are as follows. 0 = protocol 1 = username 2 = password 3 = host 4 =...
View ArticleMS-OXRTFCP Compressed RTF Decompression Methods
I had a need to decompress MS-OXRTFCP Compressed RTF data that is used by Outlook messages. The format is described here in great detail: https://interoperability.blob.core.w...OXRTFCP%5d.pdf I wasn't...
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Password Protection
Protecting passwords is not a simple task. For material that is not highly sensitive, it is enough just to make it difficult for the hacker. That involves using passwords at least 8 characters in...
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(VB6) Get the main or prevalent color tone of a picture
Some applications set a background color (or even other "theme" colors) based on an image that the user selects. That's the idea, to get the main color tone of an image. Download from GitHub. Attached...
View ArticleTransmit Executables
I discovered a way to get around the problem of web bowsers (eg. Google Chrome) and mail servers (eg. Gmail) blocking executable files without any notification or bypass method. The servers do not...
View ArticleModal mode to show forms that allows non-modal forms
This is a simple function that can be used as a replacement to show forms "modally" but still allow to show non-modal forms: In a module: Code: Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal...
View Article[VB6] WinXP compatible PBKDF2
This one uses legacy CryptoAPI and requires XP for HMAC support and XP SP3 minimum for the SHA-2 support for the hash function (i.e. SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512) while MD5 and SHA1 are always supported....
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Hide IDEOwner Class Window when loading IDE
I'm not sure if this just happens when running SDI (which is the only way I run) for the VB6 IDE, or if it happens for everyone. But, when I load the IDE, ever since about the beginning of Windows 10,...
View ArticleNaN and Inf numbers for IEEE Singles in VB6
I needed this the other day, so I coded it up (IEEE Single Precision): Code: Option Explicit ' Public Declare Function GetMem4 Lib "msvbvm60" (ByRef Source As Any, ByRef Dest As Any) As Long ' Always...
View ArticleEnum windows without any widely scoped variables
This isn't anything terribly special, but it is something I've been wanting to do for some time. It's just a top-level window enumeration, but it's accomplished without any global nor module level...
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VB6 R-Tree Demo for large Game-Maps
In larger 2D (or 2.5D) Games, there's often the question of efficient Map-Handling... Not only with regards to Map-creation or -definition, but also with regards to efficient re-rendering after the...
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