This is a cheat (a secret, you may call) in VB 5/6. It displays VB credits and plays a nice MIDI file! I found it somewhere on the WWW (sorry, I don't remember exactly where).
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To Display VB Credits, just follow these few steps
Start Visual Basic 5.0/6.0
If you get the New Project dialog box, just click Open.
Click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and click Customize.
Go to Commands tab.
Click the Help category, and drag the About Microsoft Visual Basic item into the help menu.
Click the Modify Selection button and set the name for the newly inserted menu item to "Show VB Credits" without the quotation marks.
Click the Close button.
From the Help menu, choose Show VB Credits.
Cool! (These are actually called Easter Egss - alot of programs have this type of hidden feature) :D (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Excel has a sweet one. You get to run around in a 3D world. I forgot how to do it, though. If anyone knows, E-mail me at viperteknologies@aol.com, please. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Well, I'll be. I never thought that a Microsoft program would hide something like this. You have done well to find this. I think you're going to go far in the Visual Basic world and I think you fully deserve an Excellent raring. Have fun using VB and long may you be a great VB programmer. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
to get the excel one do this on the following blank excel 97 document press f5 then type x97:l97 then press ok and press tab twice and hold shift+ctrl and press the graph buttons :) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
MSExcel 2000 has DEV Hunter OPENGL Car shoot-em-up How To:
Open a new workbook. Select [File][Save as web page]. Then click the publish button. choose interactivity. Then save.
Open this htm. an embedded XL sheet can be seen. Go to cell 2000/WC. select the 2000 rew macking sure the cursor has selected the 2000/WC cell. Hold Shift+CTRL+Alt then double click on the little office symbol at the top left of the spread sheet. Hey Presto!.
Controls :
Curser UP - Accel. Curser Down - Break. Curser Left / Right - obviously H - Headlights on/off toggle O - Oil Slick Space Ba - gun fire.
All good fun but come on BillG, more time Bug Fixing, less time playing. Who dya think you are, a computer programmer ;->
Have Fun (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Hehee... really cool. I knew about Excel and all that, but I really diddnt thiught that VB had one. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Click on the Help menu in the same menu as you just used ( Files / View / etc.. ...click on help ) then click on About Visual Basic.. go back to the customize toolbars and the modify selection is enabled..
I had a bit of trouble finding it too..lol ;o) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
I have seen the Windows 95 one I forgot how to do it but you have to rename a folder 3 times and get it but I forgot. Sorry (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
I am 11 years old and i think you are a great easter egg finder :) . That´s a exelent ration from me! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
actually every Microsft Application has one. Micrsoft programmers inserted easter eggs in every single Microsoft creation. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
There is also a hidden feature in Access 97: Create a new Macro, Don't add anything to it, but save it as "Magic Eight Ball" Close the macro window, and under the macro tab, drag the macro up to the toolbars, and click on it (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Using a resource editor I ripped the midi. You can download it here, http://cableone.net/enigmawave/music/vbcredits.mid (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
There wasn't supposed to be a space between the c and the r. http://cableone.net/enigmawave/music/vbcredits.mid (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
haha thatone was cool :) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
3/29/2003 11:20:05 AM:
Send some more Easter eggs for every application and if any one wants I can create a Yahoo Group so that everyone can submit easter eggs contact me jayant4u@hotmail.com (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
lol.. youve probably heard/seen it before but.. in frontpage (html screen) use expleetives as a font color (pscode wont allow them) e.g. color= (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Cool and it works well. I really appreciate and hats-off for this excellent team who designed VB. And, I wonder how come microsoft let it go like that. Anyway, I really thankful to the crew behind VB to bring such an excellent programming tool for the professionals - Vijay (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Dude thats awsome! Ya still gotta wonder why they would hide the credits. Youd think theyd want to be known. Now I gotta get excell to see that one lol (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Go into word 97... write "BLUE" with blue fontcolor and bold. Then bring down the help menu... select "about Word 97". Now click on the word logo in upper-left corner :D PINBALL!!!
Or in win 98... go select the screensaver "flying text" or something... enter the caption "volcano" now all volcanos will apear... (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Ok, this Egg is in every version of VB5 and VB6. The reason some of you can not get it to work is you are not doing it correctly. I bet 99% of you having problems are not dragging the 'About' item to the correct spot. You are supposed to drag it to the 'Help' menu in the VB Toolbar (at the top of the screen), not the white box beside the 'About' item. If you are dragging it to the white box, that is why the 'Modify Selection" button won't enabled. FOllow the instructions perfectly and it will work fine.
As it was stated, the people who worked on VB were not allowed to have individual credit given to them. The credit for VB is given to Microsoft as a group, not as individuals (another Bill Gates Ego Power Trip). The makers had to hide their credits so they would not get repremanded (punished) for taking credit for their work.
Why do people post without reading all the other posts first? If you actually read the posts, you will get an answer 99.9% of the time. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Again, he DID NOT find this easter egg! If you would actually read what he said, he says that he DID NOT find this! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING!!! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
i did'nt get the same code (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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