AutoSave is a program that automatically saves the file you are working on in the program you specify as often as you want. It is a very useful program especially if you work in a program that has crashing tendecies, and you are worried that your work might be lost. AutoSave demonstrates use of Registry, Menu and Window API calls, and is commented pretty fully.
***Autosave v1.2 is now out!*** Bugs found in the first version have been fixed, so it now works well in both VB5 and VB6! Check it out at http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/showcode.asp?txtCodeId=12825 and be sure to vote!
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'Windows API/Global Declarations for :AutoSave
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Check out the code; It uses a ton of APIs:
* Registry APIs
* Menu APIs
* Window APIs
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Well here it is! I've been trying to actually have something to submit to PSC forever! I hope you like me code. And comments, questions, concerns can be directed to dvandersluis@icqmail.com Thanks, and don't forget to vote! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
I still think this should have been made in C++... what's the point in making so many .bas files full of "Declare this Lib this Alias this (this) As this" But hey... what the heck I guess the VB community deserves some code too, even if their programming language is INFERIOR to C++ (I say such controvercial things all the time, don't I?)
Great code, nonetheless... I must also add that this program will vanish if people actually learned that there is a menu called Save programmed into most programs.............. they should use it once in a while, and their lives will get SOOOOO much easier (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
I commented it out (since it was just regisrtary stuff) and it gave no errors... But I aint got it to save anything..... (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
1) Rik: I'm not sure exactly, but I'll try. Basically, this takes the Registry Key value that stores the value of that checkbox. I'm not really sure why it doesn't want to work, but perhaps you could try adding a Registry Key manually... 2) Afshaad: This version was created on visual Basic 5 and Windows 98 SE. I'm not sure why it wouldn't work, but maybe the APIs are a little different. The next version will hopefully be written in VB6, once I get it (I should have it soon). Hope this helps! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Thank you to all the voters for helping me win a coding contest award! I have a couple things to report on: 1) There is a small problem using this with Visual Basic 6 - it will give you error 13 - type mismatch at a couple of places, including the calls to retrieve values from the registry. Although I am currently working on fixing this, and the release of Autosave 1.2, which is coming out soon, and built in VB6, will work properly, you could temporarily fix this Registry problem by manually adding the Registry keys (I don't remember what they are offhand, but if you look at my code, you can find them). I'm sorry for this little problem. Autosave works perfectly, however, with VB5.
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2) Since I used the VB Timer, the maximum interval that can be used is 65535, which is a little bit over 65 seconds. However, Autosave 1.2 will have a longer timer that I hopefully will make using Windows Timing APIs.
As usual, thanks for all your comments and suggestions. Please continue to make thes comments, and vote for me! :)
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That should return the value of GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE..) in stead of saying that it equals (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
I have not downloaded the source but I was considering it. On the registry load error try this: chkSaveAs.Value = Val(GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...)
That should return the value of the actual key instead of returning the value as: "GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...)" (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Sux2BMe we could also say C++ is inferior to c :) I mean it's slower isn't it :P I prefer c over any language and do most all my programming in it. C++ was written in c after all :) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Well, ladies, I reckon C, C++ and VB are all inferior to Delphi. But, hey, who cares what I think? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Its nice job u have done.But it is listing the windows which we opened.I want to save them automatically without user interaction.So,when I forgot to save the data manually the system should save them automatically.So,whenever system got shutdowned,I can retrieve the data again.Is it possible through your program .Do u have any idea on that.If u have send it to divya319@rediffmail.com,It is very URGENT!!!!!! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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