Individual Visual Basic examples

Visual Basic examples

Contents

Bitmaps	How to perform bitmap-related tasks such as creating a transparent bitmap, etc.
Icons	How to perform icon-related tasks such as extracting icons from a file, etc.
Common controls	Accomplishing tasks using the Windows Common Controls included with Visual Basic.
Internet	How to erform Internet-related tasks such as downloading files, etc.
Menus	How to perform menu-related tasks in Visual Basic.
ROT39 encryption	Creating a weak encryption routine for encoding of sensitive material.
Displaying bitmaps as icons in explorer view	With a tiny tweak of the registry your bitmap files come alive in explorer!
Filling Polygonal Regions Using ExtFloodFill	one-form demo that shows how to use the ExtFloodFill API to construct a child's drawing canvas that can save and reload a picture
Manipulating Image Brightness with SetPixelV	Here's an interesting bit of code by Tanner Helland that takes any image assigned to a picturebox and rapidly adjusts the image brightness.
Creating a Transparent Bitmap	APIs & code to convert a bitmap into a transparent bitmap.
Bitmap info without using API's	The Bitmap Info project demonstrates one means of obtaining from a bitmap file on the disk its image information without loading the actual bitmap.
Tiling an image across a form	How to tile an image across the background of any form
Adding a VB Progress Bar to a VB StatusBar	Use SetParent to merge a VB progress bar into a VB status bar
Changing Colours of a VB ProgressBar	How to change the colours of a VB Progressbar
Creating a Custom PhotoShop-Style ProgressBar	Creating a Custom PhotoShop-Style ProgressBar
Creating a Common Control Status Bar via the API	Creating a Common Control Status Bar via the API
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.
GatDriveType	How to retrieve drive types (CD-ROM, Removeable, Network, etc...).
Path Extension	How to extract the path and extension from a filename.
File associations	How to run file associations such as the default browser.
Set file time	How to set a file's Date and Time.
Center a form	Center a form
Display drives	Displays all drives on a system
pause your app	PAuse your app for a period of time
Binary / Decimal	Binary / Decimal conversion functions
Change wallpaper	Change the windows wallpaper
Circular form	Makes a form circular
Copy a text file	Copies a text file
Create an Access database	Shows how to create an Access database
Absolute path of a file	Displays the absolute path to a file
Available colours	Displays the available amount of colours the user has on their PC
Beep	This shows how you can make the PC speaker beep
Blinking label effect	A blinking label effect
Soundcard exists	Displays whether the soundcard exists or not
Binary conversion	Binary conversion example
Create a file	How to create a file
Disable ctrl + alt + del	Shows how to disable ctrl + alt + del
get active window title	get active window title
add to recent docs	add to recent docs
get the amount of colors available	get the amount of colors available
show amount of lines in a multi line textbox	show amount of lines in a multi line textbox
Associate a file extension with an application	Associate a file extension with an application
beeping noise	beeping noise
is mouse present and how many buttons	is mouse present and how many buttons
messagebox using API calls	messagebox using API calls
log off windows	log off windows
hide the taskbar	hide the taskbar
hide the mouse cursor	hide the mouse cursor
Displays the computer name	Displays the computer name
highlight text in a text box	highlight text in a text box
display time in forms caption	display time in forms caption
analog clock example	analog clock example
various date and time functions	various date and time functions
leap year functions	leap year functions
more leap year functions	more leap year functions
get absolute path of a file	get absolute path of a file
display all drives on system	display all drives on system
change drive name	change drive name
write to a file	write to a file
open a file in notepad	open a file in notepad
create a word document	create a word document
move a folder	move a folder
opens find files dialog box	opens find files dialog box
file system object example	file system object example
Display the filesystem of a drive	Display the filesystem of a drive
checks whether a file exists	checks whether a file exists
deletes a folder	deletes a folder
deletes a folder using fso	deletes a folder using fso
deletes a file	deletes a file
create a file	create a file
creates a text file using the fso	creates a text file using the fso
copies a text file from one location to another	copies a text file from one location to another
box gradient	box gradient
bubble effect	bubble effect
circular form	circular form
transparent form	transparent form
Change the windows wallpaper	Change the windows wallpaper
save wmf file as a bmp file	save wmf file as a bmp file
tile an image	tile an image
start a screensaver	start a screensaver
screen resolution	screen resolution
lots of lines	lots of lines
Send a line of chat to AOL 3	Send a line of chat to AOL 3
send an AOL instant message	send an AOL instant message
open a url in the default browser	open a url in the default browser
view the source code of a web page	view the source code of a web page
save a webpage as a file	save a webpage as a file
display when a page was last modified	display when a page was last modified
launch internet explorer	launch internet explorer
Get the internet explorer version	Get the internet explorer version
close internet connection using DUN	close internet connection using DUN
connect to internet using DUN	connect to internet using DUN
binary to decimal conversions	binary to decimal conversions
decimal to radian conversions	decimal to radian conversions
pound / kilo conversion	pound / kilo conversion
various math functions	various math functions
hexadecimal to long integer	hexadecimal to long integer
factorial function	factorial function
calculate someones age function	calculate someones age function
another calculate age example	another calculate age example
remove your app from the task manager	remove your app from the task manager
flashing keyboard lights	flashing keyboard lights
key constants	key constants
does a soundcard exist	does a soundcard exist
play an audio file	play an audio file
reverse a string in VB6	reverse a string in VB6
generate a random password	generate a random password
InStrRev example	InStrRev example
display all processes on your system	display all processes on your system
Retrieves the path your application is running from.	Retrieves the path your application is running from.
app sleeps for a given time	app sleeps for a given time
close an app	close an app
how long has windows been running	how long has windows been running
windows directory	windows directory
system information	system information
swap mouse buttons	swap mouse buttons
shutdown xp	shutdown xp
shutdown Windows	shutdown Windows
shutdown or restart	shutdown or restart
run a wide range of windows apps	run a wide range of windows apps
rename the computer	rename the computer
send a file to the recycle bin	send a file to the recycle bin
printer information	printer information
open the start menu from your app	open the start menu from your app
open or close the CD door	open or close the CD door
list all fonts on your system	list all fonts on your system
get computer name without API	get computer name without API
check for cookies support	check for cookies support