api for beginners by sherif rofael Language: Visual Basic if you are a beginner or an intermediate who is hearing about API , this program is a good deal , u can learn APi very easily with this tutorial , This may be considred as a libraray for API ( Application Programming Interface) . It contains more than 30 declaration and functions that do the following: 1) shut down/restart / log off ur windows. 2) show/hide curor , 3) open web browser . (http://www.cnn.com) 4) empty your recycle bin. 5) toogle the caps lock . 6) make the desktop's ... (see entry for full description)

Venting frustrations by Syllva Tech Software Language: Visual Basic ***UPDATED NOVEMBER 10, 2003*** Due to the responses I've had from this article, I've made the necessary changes, and deleted the feedback as it was making quite a long list. If you want to know what others have said, let me know and I'll forward the comments to to you. I'm sorry this is not code, but I guess I'll be speaking for a lot of serious programmers just by venting a few frustrations...

_A Supreme Window API tutorial **** by Jaime Muscatelli Language: Visual Basic READ ALL**** This is a COMPLETE tutorial on api concerning actual windows. FINDWINDOW(), FINDWINDOWEX(), GETPARENT(), GETWINDOWTEXT(), SETWINDOWTEXT(),SENDMESSAGE(), WindowFromPoint(),WM_ constants, EM_ constants. All separate tutorials for advanced programmers, and also go in order for new api programmers. I cover pointers, buffers, basic api, window api, cover it deeply and completely, and include sample code and examples. You need to see if you have a pretty good or no grasp of w ... (see entry for full description)

Adios LaVolpe by LaVolpe Language: Visual Basic I know this is not truly a programming article. But I wanted to thank all of PSC for your continuous and generous feedback. Even negative feedback is positive when taken as an opportunity to improve weaknesses.

HTML Help and VB by Almar Joling Language: Visual Basic This tutorial will learn you how to combine HTML Help with VB, so your applications can easily have functions like "Whats this help" and "context sensitive help". This tutorial is fully illustrated, (17 images), everything done nicely step by step. VB6 is REQUIRED. This will not work with older versions.

ADO Tutorial For Absolute Beginners by Jerry Barnes Language: Visual Basic This is an ADO DB tutorial for programmers who know nothing about ADO. It is a good template to following when making your own project. I hope that it helps.

Game Programming in Visual Basic - Lesson Two by Gregory English Language: Visual Basic This article is lesson two in my mini-series of "Game Programming in Visual Basic". If you like it or even dislike please tell me what was wrong and what was good. PLEASE EVERYONE VOTE, IT ONLY TAKES A FEW SECONDS!!!!

An Introduction To DirectX 8 - And More!!! by Simon Price Language: Visual Basic Learn every aspect of DirectX8 now! This HUGE tutorial covers DirectX 8, DirectSound8, DirectInput8, Direct3D8. It includes everything - from knowing nothing to having a good grasp of DirectX 8 with Visual Basic. It even goes beyond that and explains the logic needed to create 3D geometry and animation. There is a fully documented sample program too! And a glossary of terms - not just DirectX terms - but general p ... (see entry for full description)

A tip to make life easier by John Edward Colman Language: Visual Basic Get rid of that design time syntax error message box.

Optimizing your VB code even more by Almar Joling Language: Visual Basic This article shows various speed increasing methods, I've done tests myself, you can see the performance difference in a graph and in a table. This article is really worth your time. For example, it shows how one simple "\" instead of "/" will speed up your app with more than 400% percent!

VBMagic - A tutorial to teach you everything about mixing VB and Flash, to do Magic!! by Anoop Madhusudanan Language: Visual Basic This tutorial (with source) is for you, just if you need to add a new dimension to your VB Skills. Break out from those old looking forms and sleepy dialogs, mix VB with Flash to create wonders. Vote for me just if you find this one useful (you will :)). Most of these concepts are from my own experiments and experience. Create great looking skin able apps (with remote interfaces), cool e cards, presentations, and you name it :). See the screenshot below, and download the code. Comme ... (see entry for full description)

__Direct3D Tutorial [Updated]__ by Matt Carpenter Language: Visual Basic A Tutorial on how to do Direct3D7 Retained Mode Graphics! HTML file and an example! Every line of code is commented and easy to understand. Begin making 3D Games with this article! I WORKED A LONG TIME ON THIS ARTICLE! If you like it, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME on PSC :) I am also planning on putting out a 3D flight simulator soon so keep lookin-

cTreeView Class wrapper v02.03.00 (**Updated 16/8 - Animated Graphic TreeBack Demo - UNIQUE!**) by Slider Language: Visual Basic ** Release 6 ** Added BackMode, BackColor, BackPicture, BackFileName, DisableMultiSelect, New Tutorial (Disable Multi-Node Select), updated Tutorial 1 (demonstrate new Back features) and added Animated TreeView Image Background (YES - A first! Pretty unique huh!). BackColor & BackPicture work independantly of the Nodes therefore Nodes maintain their original colors! No other VB code does this - enjoy! ** Release 5 - 26 New Features, 2 new Tutorials ** Now boasts 75 Properties & Meth ... (see entry for full description)

Tutorial For Winsock Control(Updated Now also Includes FAQ) by Keral.C.Patel. Language: Visual Basic Updated Version Of Winsock Tutorial. For beginners who want to learn about Winsock Control and Networking. A must read for someone who want to Implement a Client-Server Interface.

__Simple Winsock Tutorial__ by Matt Carpenter Language: Visual Basic This tutorial will teach you the basics of winsock (the winsock OCX control). How to connect to computers, how to be a server, sending and getting data. If you like this, Please vote for me ;)

_ TUTORIAL: BitBlt & GDI32 for the Thick-Headed: BitBlt explained, + Load Sprites, Double Buffering! by (Tim Miron) yar-interactive software Language: Visual Basic "BitBlt [and GDI32] for the Thick Headed" is an in-depth, plain-english, streight-forward tutorial that teaches everything there is to know about BitBlt, and some related API. It covers everything from loading bitmap files into memory (no more picture boxes) to double-buffering (say goodbye to the SLOW 'AutoRedraw'!) to Explaining the BitBlt API in PLAIN ENGLISH. PLUS the tutorial only takes about 15 to 20 minutes to complete! (A completed version of the example project is also incl ... (see entry for full description)

DoEvents evolution; the API approach. (Method for 100% optimized loops) by John Galanopoulos Language: Visual Basic Do you want to make your loops 100% faster? Here's how : Many of us have used several times DoEvents, to supply a bit of air to our App, on Heavy-Duty times such as loops for updates or inserts on recordsets etc. As we most know, DoEvents processes Windows messages currently in the message queue. But what if we wanted to execute DoEvents only in times, when we want to allow user (Keyboard and Mouse) input? ( A special "thank you" to all of you who rated this article)

Tutorial On Application Severs: Develop Killer Web Applications In VB.. by Anoop Madhusudanan Language: Visual Basic This Tutorial will teach you the Ins and outs of creating custom Application Servers. Get the power to make true killer VB web applications, and give more scalability to your existing applications. If you are new to the term 'Application Server', just consider that it is an application that runs between a thin front end (in this case the web browser) and back end servers: After reading this article, you can (a) Understand what is an 'Application Server' (b) Create an ... (see entry for full description)

_A Great VB to C++ Tutorial! FINALLY!! by Jaime Muscatelli Language: Visual Basic Ok, yes we all love vb. But didn't / don't you want to learn and harness the power of c++? THIS TUTORIAL INCLUES EVERYTHING for starting out from vb to c++. This is a great, authoritive, comprehensive tutorial that shows you C++ side by side using vb code. Six part tutorial that covers everything from syntax to the IDE to 2 types of Win32 window creation. Callback functions, and over 25 screenshots with the side by side code and tutorials. You should have a pretty good handle on vb ... (see entry for full description)

Talk To Your Computer by Mike Gerwitz Language: Visual Basic Learn how to talk to your computer, and have it respond! You even have a nice little robot buddy to talk to!

MThreadVB - The Generic Multithreader For VB by Srideep Prasad Language: Visual Basic Learn how to multithread easily and effectively with this powerful award winning component. With a host of intuitive functions and powerful ActiveX(tm) events ! To find out more, download now !!!

Forget Controls MultiMedia. Now By API Support DVD Video Version 6.1 by Abdullah Al-Ahdal Language: Visual Basic (New version, now version 6.1 with control volume channels audio) Hello, You can here make Controls for audio,video and midi files just by pure Windows API. you can open,play,pause,resume,stop,close,make control for audio channels,Get Progress,Get Total Time,Get Total frames,Get Number frames per second,SetAutoRepeat,GetCurrent frame (Get current position),Get cuurent time,Get Actual size,Get Current Size,resize the movie,SetDefaultDevice,let you at the end of file..for all types Mu ... (see entry for full description)

Multithreading with multi-instancing and inter-thread communication support by Srideep Prasad Language: Visual Basic This article teaches how to multithread safely and effectively using pure VB. No need to use C/C++ or the infamous CreateThread API notorious for its instability with VB 6. Simple and effective code complete with a HTML article documenting the various aspects of Multithreading are included to help you get started right away ! What's more, multiple-app instances are also now supported ! So say goodbye to Timers, crashes, threading API's and "freezing" forms. And if you find this code ... (see entry for full description)

Easy COM based Multichannel Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Between Apps - With InterCommVB II (Updated) by Srideep Prasad Language: Visual Basic Learn a new method of dynamically exchanging data between apps - with InterCommVB II. With unparalled power and ease of use, InterCommVB truly allows you to get the max output from minimum code. So you no longer need to tamper around with DDE APIs and other hard Win32 APIs. InterCommVB truely makes implementing DDE a breeze - even a beginner could be implementing DDE with this component. The package also includes an HTML file to help you understand the concepts better, in case you a ... (see entry for full description)

A 3-in-1: Studying's XP/NT's Core, Fastest Compression Ever, and Debug.Print in Compiled Programs by Ion Alex Ionescu Language: Visual Basic This article will show you three things, accompagnied by code: 1st, the deep internals of the NT and XP Operating System (They are the same) in an easy-to-understand language and format that isn't written for Assembly Code Developpers. 2nd, using the techniques in the article, an ultra-fast compression program will be shown, based on an undocumented, hidden, Native API of Windows NT/XP. This is the fastest compression I've ever seen using VB code. 3rd, A technique in using Debug.Pri ... (see entry for full description)

UPDATED: NTFS Data Streams: the true way to hide information and extend your file system by Ion Alex Ionescu Language: Visual Basic 11/10/2003: To celebrate my mother's birthday (to whom I shall dedicate this update to) I've decided to post a new version of the code. As posted in the recent article, all of the bugs and features that you have suggested have been implemented. Thank you very much for your comments! If you find any new bugs, please let me know! This article will teach you about a big secret of the NT File System (NTFS): Alternate Data Streams. First off, a brief history about ADS will be offered, fo ... (see entry for full description)

Learn How To Make VB Handle Strings As Fast As C by Chris_Lucas Language: Visual Basic If you want your strings routines to be as fast as possible, learn C. If you don't want to learn C use string mapping, its nearly as fast and pure VB. In this article I give you the silver bullet for strings. If strings are bottlenecking your code, I'm your new best friend. I've included a project that attempts to visualize the string for you. It also contains a word count comparision which uses four methods string mapping being the fastest by far (compiled).

A Complete Guide to Web Based Email Systems by BrainSoft Technologies, Inc. Language: Visual Basic In this tutorial of 100+ pages, you can get every thing which is mainly related to build a complete web based email system. this artical will cover everthing of SMTP, POP3, MIME and HTTP. you can get a lot of material regarding to different Coding and encoding methods like BASE64 & Quoted Printable. a far better option to read this tutorial instead of reading RFCs.

A-lphasoft:Page Creator 2! The biggest WYSIWYG HTML Editor, with great User Interface!!! by Kenny Lai, Lai Ho Wa Language: Visual Basic Page Creator 2 is no longer here. I am developing a completely new Page Creator 3. see it at http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=30120&lngWId=1

Hack a box by Cakkie Language: Visual Basic No, we are not going to do anything illegal here. We are going to hack the MsgBox and InputBox. Let me start by saying that this is !NOT! one of those custom messagebox classes, but this uses the real MsgBox and InputBox functions from VB.