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    MMcontrol on extended desktop

    Hi,
    I have an app that uses an MMcontrol to play a video file. I am settle the display handle to a picture box. This is working fine when the picture box is on my main screen, but if I put it on a...
  2. Re: Best way for VB6 and VB.net app to communicate

    I used Edgemeal's demo in the end. Demo worked perfectly and then had it adapted to my needs within minutes. Thanks so much! :)
  3. Re: Best way for VB6 and VB.net app to communicate

    Fantastic thanks! This will save me a lot of time. I'll look at both of these examples let you know how I get on. Very glad to not have to try and get the subclassing to work!!
    The amount of data...
  4. Re: Best way for VB6 and VB.net app to communicate

    Thanks for this.
    Think I'll give SendMessage a try. Just getting my head around this demo: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176058
    Essentially I need to send strings from one app to another...
  5. Best way for VB6 and VB.net app to communicate

    Hi,
    I've got 2 projects, 1 VB6 and 1 VB2008. I need to run them at the same time and need the VB2008 app to receive commands from the VB6 app. E.g. if I check a checkbox in the VB6 app, a checkbox...
  6. Re: MIDI receive User Control Callback problem

    Hi,
    OK, I've pulled the Timer example to pieces and and used the same method to create a User Control that receives MIDI. It works perfectly when running the entire project from a project group...
  7. Re: MIDI receive User Control Callback problem

    OK thanks. I think I can hack the Timer example to work with the MIDIproc, but I'll try it this weekend when I've got some time. I think the TimerProc and the MIDIproc work in nearly the same way,...
  8. Re: MIDI receive User Control Callback problem

    Thanks for this info. This is stuff I've never really touched on before, so I may need a bit more help.
    I need to go for whichever option is least processor intensive as I may be receiving a lot...
  9. MIDI receive User Control Callback problem

    I'm trying to create a User Control that receives MIDI and then generates an event whenever MIDI is received. It's hacked from simple demos I've found online (which I know work). The problem is...
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    Re: Visual Basic programmer urgently needed!

    We use both classic and .net, but we would provide the necessary training if applicants were only familiar with one.
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    Visual Basic programmer urgently needed!

    We're looking for a programmer with medium to good knowledge of Visual Basic.
    It's a full time position and paid by the hour.
    We provide computer software and electronics for the TV industry...
  12. Picture Box drag and drop without outline

    Hi,

    I'm wanting to do implement a simple drop and drag between 2 picture boxes. It's a completely normal drop and drag action: if one pic box successfully is dropped on another it moves to the...
  13. Re: [vb6]Alpha Image Control (PNG, AniGIFs, TIFF, & more) [11 Mar 2011]

    Hi,

    This project is amazing!! I have a question about animations though:

    I have a png sequence that I want to load into the control as an animation. Can I do this easily, or will I need to...
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    [RESOLVED] Modeless Common Dialog

    Hi,

    I have a VB6 app that consists of 3 standard forms. They are not housed in an MDI form, they just float on the screen separately.

    One form has a timer on it. Another has a Common Dialog...
  15. Re: GDI path calculation VERY slow

    Sorted it out.
    Need to make pf an array and copy the pathpoints to the array.
    So:

    Dim pf As PointF
    becomes

    Dim pf() As PointF

    and then just copy the points across once before the loop:
  16. [RESOLVED] GDI path calculation VERY slow

    Hi,

    I have the following code to manipulate the points in a path before drawing it.

    Private Function CurvePath(ByVal inputPath As GraphicsPath) As GraphicsPath
    Dim tmpPath As New...
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    Re: GDI warp path question

    This is brilliant thanks!! I'd actually started to do exactly the same kind of function as you've done (transform path points with a sine function). You beat me to it though and ironed out a few...
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    Re: GDI warp path question

    Great thanks. I was thinking of splitting the path into vertical sections too.

    There's a version of Warp (for paths) which takes an array of points. I was thinking of calculating the array using...
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    [RESOLVED] GDI warp path question

    Hi,

    I am rendering text by using the Paint event of the form and creating a path and filling it (i.e. in the normal way). I need to create this text effect:...
  20. Re: Hide Windows mouse pointer when over desktop

    Think I resolved this myself by mashing a few other replies together!

    Option Explicit
    Private Declare Function ShowCursor Lib "user32" (ByVal bShow As Long) As Long
    Private Declare Function...
  21. Re: Hide Windows mouse pointer when over desktop

    1) I am cloning the desktop and sending the non-VB window portion of screen to some video hardware. I don't want to accidentally drag the mouse over it.

    2) Yes, clicking on the non-VB app won't...
  22. [RESOLVED] Hide Windows mouse pointer when over desktop

    Hi,

    I have a VB app whose window is not normally normalised. I also have another non-VB app window visible too.

    Is there a way to hide the mouse pointer when it is hovering over the non-VB...
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    Re: Faster function for Point and Pset

    Thanks very much. I'll look into GetPixel and SetPixel first and see if that speeds things up enough to sort it out. I'll have to do the whole thing in memory if not (I think I've got some...
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    Faster function for Point and Pset

    Hi,

    I'm running this code on a big array. It takes ages, mainly down to time spent on Me.PSet and Me.Point. (Me is a form!)



    For i = 1 To 640
    For j = 1 To 480
    If...
  25. Using getModuleFileName when running from VB

    Hi,

    I have an app that is making calls to a graphics library built in C++. The C++ code calls getModuleFileName to get the apps path.

    This works fine when running the app from a compiled exe. ...
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    Re: Progress Bar with Color

    It isn't for use as a standard progress bar.

    I ended up using a Picture Box and the APIs used in the example LaVolpe linked to.

    Paul
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    [RESOLVED] Progress Bar with Color

    Does anyone know of a Progress Bar control where you can change the colour of the centre of the bar? It also needs to be able to do vertical orientation.

    cheers
    Paul
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    Getting Font Kerning Values

    Hi,

    I am trying to manually adjust character spacing between letters when drawing text with GDI. I am doing this by drawing each letter at a time. The problem is that you lose all the font...
  29. Re: [RESOLVED] Wifi network with winsock control keeps pausing

    I may have got a bit carried away with marking this post resolved!!

    Although my app worked great with 1 client and 1 server using udp, as soon as I added 5 clients I started to get random delays...
  30. Re: Wifi network with winsock control keeps pausing

    UDP did the trick thanks!
  31. Re: Wifi network with winsock control keeps pausing

    Wow, read the link and I am certain this is the cause of the issues. Having read this more in depth article:

    http://tangentsoft.net/wskfaq/intermediate.html

    there seems to be 2 options, both...
  32. [RESOLVED] Wifi network with winsock control keeps pausing

    I have set up a local wifi network (no Internet connection) and have created user controls for Server and Clients using the Winsock control.

    I want it to auto reconnect (on startup and if either a...
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    Re: Out Of Memory Error 7 at 200Mb

    I am also using the GDI wrapper and loading my images with:
    GdipLoadImageFromFile File, img(i)

    Still not found why task manager is showing only 200Mb. However.... I did a simple test...
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    Out Of Memory Error 7 at 200Mb

    Hi,

    I have an app that loads a large number of bmps into memory on load.
    Using the task manager I can see it loading them into memory. However when it goes a little over 200Mb it goes to debug...
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    Re: Where does VB6 store list of references?

    Turns out it's actually a .tlb rather than a .dll. Regsvr32 won't register it.

    I'm wondering if the problem may be Vista thing, as I never have this issue in XP.

    I'm still thinking that the...
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    Where does VB6 store list of references?

    Hi,

    I am wanting to add a reference to a .dll in system32. Unfortunately the same dll is already in the list, but referenced to a location on a memory stick (no longer available).

    If I try and...
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    Finding the working directory

    I have a pretty custom application, which I'll attempt to explain briefly:

    It's a VB6 app that is basically a front end that makes many calls to a .dll written in C++. The .dll runs and controls...
  38. VS 2005 Re: vbCtrlMask and vbShiftMask in VB.net

    i.e. I need a VB.NET conversion for the following code:

    Private Sub Command1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    If Shift = vbCtrlMask Then
    ...
  39. VS 2005 [RESOLVED] vbCtrlMask and vbShiftMask in VB.net

    Hi,

    I'm using the MouseDown event on a button.
    I want the response to be different when the control or shift buttons are held down.
    What's the VB.Net equivilent of vbShiftMask and vbCtrlMask? ...
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    Re: Soft Edge Wipe using GDI

    Yes, I've literally just managed to do that and that would work fine. However, it isn't a particularly easy way to do things, because the text may have effects such as drop shadow and outline. ...
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