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| Makai's VISUAL BASIC® & HTML Programming | ||||
| Database | DAO | Explore DAO with Data Controls and a minimum of code. | ||
| DAO -> ADO | Transition from DAO to ADO. | |||
| ADO | Explore ADO with Data Controls and a minimum of code. | |||
| Tips | Keystroke Text Case Change | Change the case of text in a textbox from lower to upper (a to A) or upper to lower (Z to z) with a single keystroke. | ||
| ShellExecute API | Launch a program or an associated file. | |||
| Find and Close an Application | Search for and terminate a currently running app by partial window caption. | |||
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Proportion a Picture within a Form |
Make sure that the stretch property of an image control does not distort your image. | |||
| Recursive Search of Sub-Directories for a File Type and Listbox Horizontal Scrollbar | Search all directories and subdirectories and display the files you are looking for. As an added bonus this demo shows you how to put a horizontal scroll bar in a ListBox. | |||
| Utility Projects |
Generic Text Search | A search (and replace) dialog for a TextBox or a RichTextBox as a separate Form. | ||
| Rapid KeyPad Adder | Need a rapid keypad adding machine? The Enter key is plus! Demo of Format function. | |||
| Menu Editor (FileView Utility) | Intended as a Menu Control introduction, when the project is completed you will have an excellent file browsing utility. | |||
| RichTextBox HTML Viewer | Unjumble HTML with colored tags for easy visual recognition. | |||
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HTML Table Editor |
Create HTML Tables rapidly. (download) | |||
| Controls | TreeView Control | If you have never tried the Treeview, this is where to start. Displays the Internet Explorer favorite folders. |
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| ListView Control | Second in the series show how to diplay IE Favorites in a ListView. | |||
| ListView SubItem Click | A very simple ListView Demo shows how to use the SendMessage API to click SubItems. | |||
| RichTextBox Color Words | Demonstrating how to color your chosen words in the Microsoft Rich TextBox. | |||
| Internet | FTP Backup and Restore | Backup new or modified files to your FTP server. Restore to multiple local computers. | ||
| Disconnected Recordset | Connect to the database only to retrieve and update (intermediate). | |||
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WinInet ftpCommand |
Send an FTP command (and get output) using the new WinInet.DLL shipped with IE5+. | |||
| Tutorials | Open For Random | How to use random access files in Visual Basic. | ||
| Indexing Random Access Files | Reasons for indexing, how an index works, how an index is stored, searching, adding records, and creating an index. | |||
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Register (and Unregister) ActiveX Components |
A brief discussion of ActiveX and COM leads to a full utility written in Visual Basic to register and unregister your ActiveX components. | |||
| Starting a Separate Code Thread | A general discussion of separate code threads: How it is achieved, problems and quirks. Good reference page with practical examples. | |||
| VB Explorer Tutorials | A quick link to all the VB Explorer tutorials. | |||
| Sorting | Sort Viewer | Watch ten sorting methods in action! Includes complete source code written in Visual Basic and discussion of the sorting methods. | ||
| Sort Timer | Time the ten sorting methods of the Sort Viewer. Includes complete streamlined Visual Basic source code. | |||
| Simple Ascend Sorting | Eight simplified (ascending) sorting methods ready to run. | |||
| Simple Descend Sorting | Eight simplified (descending) sorting methods ready to run. | |||
| Simple Bi-Direction Sorting | Eight simplified (bi-directional) sorting methods ready to run. | |||
| HTML & VBScript |
ASCII Reference Chart | View the 256 ASCII chars and their equivalent numbers in binary, decimal, and hex. This web page table is generated with VBScript. | ||
| Fraction Conversion Chart | View the decimal and metric (millimeter) equivalents of fractions for each 64th of an inch. This web page table is generated with VBScript. | |||
| HTML Named Color Picker |
Pick HTML browser colors by name. Also view their Decimal and Hex values. |
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| Tic Tac Toe | Play the traditional game against the computer (written in VBScript). | |||
| Makai Links |
IPDG3 | Helping Developers and Programmers Find Resources | ||
| Erix World | Visual Basic Source Code | |||
| VBnet™ | Visual Basic Developers Resource Centre (API's) | |||
| VB Explorer Forums | Many categories in a very active message board | |||
| VBExplorer.Com | Award winning VB site. | |||
| Planet-Source-Code.Com | Source code for most languages. | |||
| RentACoder.Com | Bid on programming jobs. | |||