ChooseFont Dialog - How to display the Font dialog without using a control. SaveAs Dialog - How to display the Save As dialog without using a control. ChooseFont Dialog - How to display the Font dialog without using a control. SaveAs Dialog - How to display the Save As dialog without using a control.
Database Search - How to search using the Data control (DAO). Data Combo - How to link two ComboBoxes - one with tables and another with fields. ATM - A small ATM emulator - includes a data manager form. Get Drive Type - How to retrieve drive types (CD-ROM, Removeable, Network, etc...). Path/Extension - How to extract the path and extension from a filename. Document/URL Viewing - How to run file associations such as the default browser. Set File Date/Time - How to set a file's Date and Time. File Copy - How to implement Windows standard file operations (copy, move, delete). Recycle - How to delete to the Recycle Bin. SHFolder - How to retrieve the path of special folders. Disk Volume Information - How to retrieve the disk serial number, capacity, and free space.
Directory TreeView - How to fill a TreeView control with a directory tree. Text Search - How to search across directories for a file containing specific text. FindFile - How to find files via recursive directory searching. Clock - How to create an analog 'clock' application. Cool Toolbars - How to implement "cool tools" style toolbars. Encryption - How to encrypt INI and data files. Dynamic Menus - How to dynamically fill a menu. MRU List - How to maintain a MRU List for any program. Return Error Level - How to return an error level to a batch file. Hex/Binary Translations - Hex and Binary translation of a data file. Latitude/Longitude - How to calculate the distance between two points. Multi-Line TextBox - How to extract the lines from a multi-line TextBox. Parse Text - How to parse text. StatusBar Panel - How to use any color or font in a StatusBar panel. Start Menu Popup - How to make the Start Menu popup via code. Enhanced TextBox Limits - How to limit lines in a TextBox control. TextBox Scrolling - How to add lines to a TextBox control with auto-scrolling. TextBox Alignment - How to align printed text into columns. Change Resolutions - How to change video resolutions and color depths. DialUp Networking - Demonstrates a few DialUp Networking functions. Font Alignment - How to align fonts along a common baseline. Keyboard/Mouse State - How to monitor the keyboard and mouse. Print Form - A better way to print a form than the PrintForm method. Animated Cursors - How to load an animated cursor for use in your VB app. Snap to Grid - How to implement snapping to a grid. Wallpaper - How to programmatically change or remove the desktop wallpaper. Windows Networking - How to programmatically map network resources. Word Wrapping - How to print text and word wrap. Windows Registry - How to create, read, and enumerate registry data. Log Parser/HTML Generator - Create an HTML log of ZIP file downloads. Plug Ins - How to create "plug-in" support for your programs (VB6 only).
Dependency Walker - Find out all the dependencies of a file. IconZoom - How to load zoom an icon (or any image). MDI Pictures - How to load multiple pictures with scrolling and auto-sizing. Picture/Mouse Moves - How to change a picture as a mouse move on then off the control. RGB Color Picker - How to display and pick colors from a PictureBox. Sound Play - How to play a WAV file. Circle - How to programmatically draw a circle/ellipse/polygon. Icon Viewer - How to view icons from a DLL or EXE file. MCI Sampler - How to use various multimedia API functions. MDIForm Background - How to tile or center an image on an MDI Form's background. MIDI Note - How to play a MIDI note via low-level MIDI API. Picture Rotation - How to rotate a picture. New Media Puzzler - Solves a specific New Media Puzzler. Regions - How to work with regions. Sound Resource Play - How to play a WAV from a compiled resource. Screen Background - How to create a Form that has the Windows Desktop as the background. CDRecord - How to record from an audio CD to a WAV file. Get Pixel - How to read the RGB color of any point on the screen. 3D Rotating Wireframes - How to use the Line method with 3D plotting formulas. EdgeScan - Scan for the edge of a bitmap to create a transparent region. Flicker-Free Animation - How to animate transparent images without flicker. WAV Pitch - How to change the pitch and playback rate of a WAV file. Center Dialog - How to center a common dialog. Clipboard Viewer - How to write a clipboard notification program. Close Forms - How to search for a window to close via enumeration. Compare Window Handles - How to enumerate all window handles. CoolMenu - How to popup a menu as the mouse moves over a hotspot. Get Window Handles - How to enumerate top level and child window handles. Hooked Focus - How to program a single Focus event for every object. Keyboard Hook - How to create an application-wide keyboard hook. ListBox Horizontal Scroll - Adds a horizontal scroll bar and scroll event. Menu Status - How to display status messages when menu items are highlighted. PopHwnd - How to retrieve the handle of a popup menu. PWL Decode - How to decode Windows 95 .PWL password files. RichTextBox Scrolling - How to create a "chat" style window. SysTray 2 - How to properly display a pop-up menu from a system tray icon. Thumbnail Dialog - How to start the common dialog in thumbnail view. WebBrowser Menu - How to replace the default WebBrowser right-click menu. No Minimize - How to disable the Minimize system menu option. Window On Top - How to make a window stay on top of all others. Class & Text Spy - How to view the Class name and Text of any window. Copy Typing - How to duplicate text entry in a separate control. File Properties - How to display the standard File Properties dialog. Flat Headers - How to use flat, non-clickable headers with the ListView control. ListBox Searching - How to implement Windows Help style ListBox searching. ListBox Horizontal Scrolling - How to create a horizontal scroll bar in a ListBox. ListView Searching - How to search the ListView control. Menu Selection - How to select the menu items of other programs. System Menus - How to retreive system menu items without crashing Windows 98. RichTextBox Position - How to make the RTB caret follow the cursor. Shell Waiting - How to Shell to another program and wait for it to finish. System Tray - How to "put" your program in the System Tray. Taskbar Icon - How to show an icon in the taskbar button for a borderless form. Exe Names - How to retrieve the EXE filenames of running processes. Get Window Handles - VB4 Version - How to retrieve window handles without subclassing. Program Termination - How kill a running application. Sticky Windows - How to make a Form stick to another Window. Window Search - How to search for a specific window handle.