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Extending Classic (6.0) Visual Basic – Part 1

by Chris Boss

Visual Basic 6.0 just doesn’t want to disappear. Why ? Likely many have written vital applications using VB 6.0 and Visual Basic dot.net is so different that it is not a viable option.

Writing a Debugger - Part 2: The Debug Loop

by Duncan Edwards Jones

Part 2 in the series showing how to write a debugger in VB

COM Mailslots - Designing asynchonous COM components for VB

by Len Holgate

This example COM component provides 3 COM objects for using the Win32 Mailslot IPC mechanism. The component may be useful if you need to communicate from VB using Mailslots.

Quick and Simple WPF Month-view Calendar - Updated

by kirkaiya

A very simple, XAML-based month-view calendar that shows appointments, exposes events, and allows dragging appointments in the current month.

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Converting an Outlook Form Template (OFT) to a .NET Windows Form in Visual Studio

by ToughDev

How to convert OFT to .NET Windows Form in VS

On How to Mix Two Signals by using Spectral Forecast

by Paul Aurelian Gagniuc

This article shows how to mix two signals into a third, in variable proportions.

Fluid Rocks, Fluid Rolls

by FranciskaR

More on fluid simulation

On Fluid Simulation

by FranciskaR

A new approach to fluid simulation

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"Grid Snaps to Value" - Implementation-detail of Autoscaling Chartcontrol

7 Jan 2008 by Mr.PoorEnglish

Compute "SnapValues" with minimum of fractional digits, useful in autoscaling Chart-control

'Encryption/Decryption with .NET' Modified (Frank Fangs' Code) CCW and VB

19 May 2002 by Dan Elebash

Modified version of Frank Fang's code ported to VB and made CCW.

.NET Appications Automation

22 Jul 2007 by Yuriy Kyyan

An article on creation automated interface for .NET applications.

.NET COM+ Interop Component with Classic ASP (Part I)

25 Sep 2008 by tomcat1

Call a .NET COM+ Interop component with Classic ASP.

.NET component from a COM client

28 Jun 2007 by ponnurajs

This article discusses how to access a .NET component from a COM client, with an example of how to merge two different word documents into one

[A Simple] AI Chatbot Wizard: Create, Train and Chat

8 Jan 2004 by dzzxyz

This application demonstrates how to Create, Train and Test an AI Chatbot.

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A Basic Scheduler

28 May 2008 by Didara F Dosabhai

Define schedules to the program for executing programmer defined jobs

A Beginner tutorial for writing simple COM/ATL DLL

6 Nov 2004 by ThatsAlok

An article touching simple issues like events, methods and properties.

A C++ OCX for drawing pictures on any window of your Application

7 Nov 2002 by Romout

The control overwrites the windows event handler to overtake the paint event.

A Checkbox Tree Control for Use in Filtering Selections

23 Feb 2003 by Magerusan Grigore Cosmin

An ATL filter control

10 May 2005 by GauravCreations.com

Create an analogue clock with a game !!

A COM component offering Internet download utilities

22 Dec 2002 by Philipos Sakellaropoulos

A COM component written in C++ that offers functions for multiple parallel downloads, Internet cache access, URL and path resolving.

A FreeCell game using Cards.dll

18 Oct 2008 by Matt Fomich

Instructions for using the Cards dynamic Link library. FreeCell game included.

A High Performance TCP/IP Socket Server COM Component for VB

25 Jun 2002 by Len Holgate

Although socket based TCP/IP servers using IO Completion Ports are often written in C++, it's sometimes useful to write such a server in Visual Basic.

A Query Builder Class For Visual Basic 2005 Hand Coders

12 May 2011 by Elizalde G. Baguinon

Most programmers prefer hand-coding database queries. This is a class that automates query building, while the code is as readable as the program logic.

A Simple Program for Status Bar Notification using Whidbey

9 May 2004 by Binoy R

The NotifyIcon Component will display an icon in the status bar notification area, which you can use as notiification purpose to alert users that an action or event has occured.

A Tab Control Similar to that of Internet Explorer 7

8 Dec 2006 by christophilus

A (fairly) simple tab control with closeable tabs

A TCP Chat Application

23 Feb 2008 by Imran A Momin

A chat application using a TCP protocol. This application is for VB6 User

A VB Front End for the VC++ Profiler, Excel, and PROFILER

5 Feb 2001 by Dave Richards

A useful tool for generating Excel graphs using Visual Studios built-in profiler

A way for a MFC DLL to deal, at runtime, with BSTR from Visual Basic and from Visual C++

30 Jul 2003 by Marcello Bonino

Correct input/output of strings to/from a DLL written in VC++, using BSTR type.

A workaround to overlap an ActiveX with an HTML element

10 Nov 2005 by George Mamaladze

This workaround allows you to show HTML elements on top of ActiveX elements (an tag).

AboutTrees

15 Jan 2008 by Mr.PoorEnglish

Sensational botanic discovery: the smallest Tree on Earth! About a generic Tree, and looping it with ForEach

Abstract Class versus Interface

7 Jan 2008 by Rahman Mahmoodi

Abstract class versus Interface: Usage and Implementation.

Accessing WebCam in Visual Basic 6

11 Mar 2006 by dixanta

Accessing WebCam in Visual Basic 6

ActiveX Control to Use DataGrid in VB6

13 Apr 2008 by Mostafa Kaisoun

AciveX for using MSDataGrid with ComboBox and DTPicker

ActiveX Controls for interactive Runtime Debugging of COM Objects

21 Mar 2001 by Frank Boettger

Three ActiveX controls that allow the runtime-browsing of the object model hierarchy of a COM-Object, its implemented interfaces and the browsing and interactive changing of its properties and methods (a somewhat extended combination of VB's property- and debug-windows).

Add to recent - Automatically create recent items

20 Oct 2007 by Ivan0001

Automatically create recent menu items, it's very easy and useful. You just need to define file to save, and menu button (class will automatically create all items).

Adding MouseLeave, MouseHover events to VB6 Controls

24 Apr 2004 by Hesham Amin

This article is about creating ActiveX controls in Visual Basic 6 that has two extra mouse Events: MouseLeave, MouseHover

Administer SQL Server remotely

4 Nov 2001 by S.S. Ahmed

This article shows how to create tasks in the SQL Server remotely.

Administer SQL Server remotely - Part 2

4 Nov 2001 by S.S. Ahmed

Create a component to administer SQL server remotely, create tasks that remove themselves from the scheduler after performing the assigned job.

Advanced Collection for VB6 Application Settings

29 Apr 2008 by Sabarinathan A

Advanced Collection (like ASP.NET name/value collection) for VB6 Application settings

Aero Wizard in VB.NET

30 Jul 2009 by pimb2

Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET

All about PrintForm component 1.0

30 Jun 2007 by vridhichowdhry

How to print a Form in VB.NET using the Printform Component. Describes the various ways with examples on how to customize the printed output according to your need.

All In One Dot Net Deployment

3 Mar 2003 by Jeff Turner

Installing .NET framework with your application.

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Printing in .NET

22 Apr 2014 by Duncan Edwards Jones

Introduces and discusses the Common Language Runtime framework classes used in printing from a .NET Windows Forms application.

An ActiveX Control - you can create a Skinable Form in Desgin Time

4 Aug 2003 by iranvig

An ActiveX Control - you can create a Skinable Form in Desgin Time.

An ASP Thumbnail Solution

19 Nov 2009 by Philipos Sakellaropoulos

ASP pages and free COM objects for generation of thumbnails and thumbnail views.

An ATL Component in C++ that fires COM events

14 Jun 2004 by Neville Dastur

A COM component that implements interprocess communication, and illustrates firing events to a COM container such as Visual Basic

An ATL Toolbox control like that of VS.NET 2003

4 Oct 2005 by Jozef Bozek

An ATL toolbox control.

An easy Folder synchronisation application and Source code in VB6

22 Feb 2004 by bakerjuk

This article describes the steps taken in the file synchroniser

An Example of ATL 7.0 ActiveX Control Simulating A PS (Particle Swarm) Dynamic System

14 Nov 2004 by smartnose

An article on ATL 7.0 and dynamic system simulation.

An OpenGL ActiveX Control Developed with MFC

22 Nov 1999 by Zhaohui Xing (Joey)

Animation Without Timer Control

2 Feb 2008 by Mostafa Kaisoun

Using Multimedia MCI Control to make animation in VB6

Application Configuration Settings .NET & VB 6 With XML

17 Jun 2008 by Nelson Kosta Souto

Application configuration settings .NET & VB 6 with XML

Application Virtualization for Developers

20 Apr 2011 by Artem A. Razin

In March 2011, Virtualization Technologies released a new version of the developer library that makes it possible to use virtualization in applications.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbot

30 Nov 2003 by dzzxyz

This application demonstrates how to write a VB client for an AI chat bot.

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ASP.NET Caching

11 Dec 2007 by James Sullivan

In this article, I would like to share my experience and knowledge about ASP.NET Caching and how it can improve your website performance.

ASP.NET PDF Viewer User Control Without Acrobat Reader Installed on Client or Server

19 Sep 2013 by Ron Schuler

ASP.NET PDF document viewer control that does not require any Acrobat product to be installed

ASP.NET Tag/Search Cloud Server Control

19 Feb 2008 by Kamran A

A customizable cloud generator written in VB.NET.

Asynchronous processing - Basics and a walkthrough with VB6/ VB.NET - I

23 Nov 2003 by Kishore S

Basics of asynchronous procedure and how-to with VB6 & .NET

ATL COM and ADO

3 Apr 2001 by Amit Dey

An ATL Component that uses ADO for data.

ATL Dynamic Composite Control

30 Aug 2002 by Hemant Kurdia

Shows dynamic creation of one ATL full control in a composite control and also to show images directly from database without file system intervention.

ATL Grid control

6 Feb 2000 by Mario Zucca

A grid control for displaying tabular data, based on Chris Maunder's grid control

Automatic HTMLHelp Documentation for COM type libraries

6 Mar 2003 by Philipos Sakellaropoulos

A tool that automatically generates HTMLHelp documentation of COM type libraries. You can then add explanations and example source code for your methods.

Automation of COM Dialogs in a DLL

28 Apr 2004 by intensely_radioactive

Automation of COM Dialogs in a DLL

Barcode Generator

10 Jan 2016 by David Vanson

Generate you own barcodes for your business, Promotional items or to share links with friends.

Beware of global variables in Visual Basic COM objects

17 Feb 2000 by Jeremiah Talkar

A note for C++ programmers about global varaibles in Apartment threaded VB COM objects

Binding the Enum to the Dropdown Listbox and Sorting it on Values

12 May 2008 by Chirag Maisuriya

An article on Binding Enum to DropdownListbox with the SortedList that sorts entries by value instead of by key.

Brick 2005 Game Engine (formerly Tetris 2005 Game Engine)

16 Nov 2012 by Mohit Soam

A Game engine tutorial describes how to play the game and how to customize the game. The game is user friendly that lets you to change the view, difficulty, etc. without changing the VB code.

Bug Submitter Dialog

28 Apr 2009 by Jeroen De Dauw

Dialog that enables user to submit various types of bugs via a webservice

Build .NET Applications Without Hand-coding

22 Dec 2007 by Miles Gibson

Iron Speed Designer builds database, forms, and reporting applications for .NET – without hand-coding. Quickly create feature-complete custom applications that integrate Web pages, controls, data access, validation and security. Accelerate development and eliminate infrastructure programming.

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Build lookup control using visual studio 2005

22 Oct 2005 by Waleed Zedan

Custom editors in building user controls

Building a Better AutoComplete User Control

21 Apr 2009 by Steve Krile

Expand the usefulness of the AutoComplete Ajax extender

Building COM Components Using MATLAB - Part I

27 Feb 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

Building COM components that can be called from any IDEs that support COM with MATLAB COMBuilder toolbox

Building COM Components Using MATLAB - Part II

2 Mar 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

Building COM components that can be called from any IDE that supports COM with MATLAB COMBuilder toolbox.

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 1 - Learn to break a .NET Assembly

31 Oct 2004 by Chua Wen Ching

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 1 of 3

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 2 - Learn to protect your .NET assemblies from being tampered

31 Oct 2004 by Chua Wen Ching

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 2 of 3

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 3 - Learn to break Strong Name .NET Assemblies

31 Oct 2004 by Chua Wen Ching

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 3 of 3

C# Barcode Generator WebService

31 Mar 2003 by Rui Miguel Barbosa

Create a code39 barcode using a webservice in C#

C# Com

22 Oct 2014 by User-Rock

Accessing a C# .NET DLL in VB6 using Com+ or Com Interop

C-like Exports between VB6 and VB.NET

26 Jun 2007 by venom00

In this article, we'll talk about VB6-.NET interoperation without involving COM. How? Making C-like exports of some functions from a VB.NET DLL. First, I'll introduce the technique used with a very simple sample and then it will be explained how to set a global hook just using VB (6 and .NET).

Calc Input Box to replace Spin

7 Apr 2004 by WillianBR

Control for entrance of numeric data with the mouse.

Calling DLLs in VB and C++

20 Mar 2002 by atenney

Short description of use of __stdcall and __cdecl in VB and C++.

Campaign Button Memory Game

24 Feb 2004 by dzzxyz

This intermediate tutorial describes how to play campaign button memory and how to customize the game. The game is data driven so you can change the images, difficulty, etc. without changing the VB code.

Campaign Button Memory Game 2 (Random Placement, Time Limits)

23 Feb 2004 by dzzxyz

This version of campaign button memory uses timers to limit the game time and to limit how long users see their selected images when the images don’t match. This version also randomly places the political buttons on the form so that the game can be played infinite times.

Capture Window - Active Window to XYZ.BMP

11 Aug 2005 by parinit

This article describes how to Capture active window of your application

CaptureConsole.DLL - A Universal Console Output Redirector for all Compilers

28 Oct 2010 by Elmue

Capture Console Output

Capturing Screenshot of Desktop Programatically in an Easy Way in Visual Basic

11 Oct 2009 by Rajesh Naik Ponda Goa

The code shows an easy way to capture desktop to file.

Changing Drive Icons in Windows 2000

15 May 2003 by pampatipraveen

This article explains how to change the specified Drive Icon using VB 6. This is only tested with Windows 2000.

Changing File Attribute

22 Feb 2010 by Hosam Ershedat

Teaches you how to accept files and folders and change their attributes

Checking Yahoo! Account via HTTP

20 May 2003 by Parag Paithankar

How to check Yahoo! mail account via HTTP

Circular Reference-proof ATL Object Collections

13 Jul 2017 by Midi_Mick

Using ATL and STL to create collections of COM objects without circular references

Clipboard ActiveX for Image Copy/Paste into Web Forms

11 May 2008 by AmitChampaneri

An article for using Copy/Paste of images on Web forms

CMapiAdmin - MAPI wrapper

25 Jan 2000 by Jason Troitsky

A class to encapsulate extended MAPI functions.

Code Generator for Business Data Objects

17 Jan 2007 by Vinayaka Krishna Shenoy

This utility will help to generate the DataAccess Objects based on the Connection strring provided at the config file

Collection Wizard

6 Oct 2001 by frans

This program was written to make implementing a collection in ATL a snap

31 Jul 2004 by sbaladevan

This simple program, which I develop for my understanding. This may help you for understanding the com coding and using it VB

COM Interoperability in .NET Framework: Part I

6 Mar 2005 by Prashant M. Tailor

Using COM components in .NET framework.

COM Mailslots - Designing asynchonous COM components for VB

10 Apr 2002 by Len Holgate

This example COM component provides 3 COM objects for using the Win32 Mailslot IPC mechanism. The component may be useful if you need to communicate from VB using Mailslots.

COM Object Serialization

21 Oct 2003 by Paul Welter

Serializes and deserializes COM objects into and from XML documents

Compilers Demystified: Function Pointers in Visual Basic 6.0

18 Jun 2007 by Bogdan Apostol

Enables applications written in Visual Basic 6 to use function pointers and shows how to embed native code

Consuming a Web Service .NET with VB6.0 App

25 Apr 2017 by Rene Bustos

I will show you how to get a response from a Web Service developed over .NET (version does not matter)

Control your PC with Mobile Phone

5 Aug 2004 by rasheed1979

Shutdown your PC from anywhere in this universe using mobile phone, with lesser cost.

Convert Currency To Words in Lakh, Crores, etc.

16 Feb 2004 by P.K.Agarwal

Convert a given currency in words with Indian style digital grouping

Convert Image File to Bytes and Back

20 Dec 2008 by Imran A Momin

Its a small piece of code, that converts the image file into array of byte which can be stored into database at type image

Convert SWF movie to Image [.jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp]

15 Jan 2008 by arinhere

Convert your swf movie file to image

Copy binary folder files

25 Dec 2003 by QUIETTA

EZ methods to copy a complete folder, while filtering the filetypes as needed.

Copy Files from Source to Target location based on the file creation date

21 Jul 2008 by Jans Mary Suncy

Copying files from source locaion to target location based on the file creation date

Counter based c8051

22 Feb 2009 by ingvar8

Counter based c8051

Create a program that checks all the links in your web page whether they are active or not.

12 Nov 2001 by S.S. Ahmed

This article will show you how to test your web page for active links. You will learn how to use the Internet Transfer Control. This is a real world example of Inet usage.