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Beginner Tips

  1. Creating a Standard EXE Project
  2. My First Program
  3. Using the If Statement
  4. Using 'Loop' Statements
  5. Using For...Next Statements
  6. The CommandButton Control

Advanced Tips

  1. See if Files, Folders and Drives Exist
  2. Put Big and Small Icons from Files, Folders and Drives into Picture Boxes

ActiveX Controls

Introduction

  1. Allen OCX
  2. Combo DropDown Height Control
  3. Configuration File
  4. Directory Dialog
  5. ezVidCap Component by Ray Mercer (VB6)
  6. File Search
  7. Kupex INI Tools
  8. List Box API Functions
  9. Richtextbox Hyperlink Control

Programs

How to make the programs listed below including source code:

  1. Autorun
  2. Clock
  3. List Media Player

Questions

  1. Where can I find help with Visual Basic 6.0?
  2. Can you add more tips to your site?
  3. Can I add voice recognition to my program?
  4. How do I refuse access after three incorrect passwords?
  5. What code can I use in a scientific calculator program?
  6. How do I display pictures using a ListBox?
  7. How do I use charts in Visual Basic?
  8. How do I show a symbol relevant to the current ListBox selection?
  9. Where can I find the strings after compilation?
  10. How do I add pictures to menu items?
  11. How do I use inverse tangents?
  12. How do I change one colour to another in a picture?
  13. How do I use the ezVidCap control?
  14. How do I add a Data Environment to my project?
  15. I need help with my project!
  16. How do you save JPEG images?
  17. What steps need to be taken to create an ActiveX Control?
  18. How do I show a modal form in the taskbar?
  19. How do I resize MDI Child Forms?
  20. How do I generate a random number?
  21. How do I generate a list of random numbers, which are all different?
  22. How do I write filenames to a text file?
  23. I Can't Install My Program in Windows NT/2000
  24. How do I get an 'Undo' command to work?
  25. Is it possible to decompile compiled Visual Basic programs?
  26. How much should I charge to write software for other people?
  27. I want to create a Notepad program
  28. How do I associate a help file with my program and then call it from a menu?
  29. How do I conditionally format a TextBox?
  30. How do I search for files and replace strings within them?
  31. I need code to calculate interest on a savings account
  32. How do I randomly sort questions from a database?

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Martin Allen 1999 - 2007.  Last updated Thursday 06 September 2007 09:07:37 PM +0100.