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Wow, way to revive a thread!

Anyways: The TypeLibrary that I was using was HEAVILY modified to work with VB6. It was a pretty massive hack... I ended up having to use an TypeLibrary exporter and...

Well I've decided to do away with StretchBlt. I might add scaling as an option. And also an option to increase the "redraw" rate.
I've recoded my drawing code to track the mouse pointer to the...

I would like a way to make the pbPreview.hdc not show when captured. So I don't get the "video feedback" loop thing.

Actually, I think not deleting those objects was causing my IDE to screw up after awhile.

Whats the fastest way of clearing an hDC? I need something faster than .cls
FillRect would be faster...

Well I've done some more work on this.

Monitor detection is working wonderfully. Thank you to vbAccelerator for the great multi-monitor classes!

I've also turned off Autoredraw, and resorted to...

Ctrl+S is your best friend. Learn to use it before every "run"

Thanks. I will look into that.

I still feel like using the Timer control to perform refreshes is "jury rigged" code. Also, I believe that my technique for drawing onto pbPreview is very crappy. I...

So you want your application (EXE) to be password protected?

There is no need in storing the password in an external text file. By learning the structure of the PE (Portable Executable) and how...

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Picture:

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5429/100624002034.png

It is still very inefficient. But it works. I still haven't implemented the cursor drawing. I need to speed the main drawing...

Thanks for that snippet.

Only problem is that the cursor would be entirely too big. I'm using StretchBlt to stretch it down to the size of my form. The cursor would be full size. Whoops.

Also...

Basically it is just a timer with an interval of 33 (Roughly 30 FPS) 1000 / 30 = 33.333



ldhWnd = GetDestopWindow()
ldhDC = GetDC(ldhWnd)


My Timer routine

I posted a few days ago concerning a question that I have about capturing the screen in real time. Basically a continuous loop of screen shots (roughly at 30FPS)

I started this project with a...

Actually I found an app that does exactly what I want.

http://www.mijalko.com/monitorspreview

I really don't feel like cracking an app that I know I can write myself. I haven't flexed my...

I'm working on a simple application that will give me a "preview monitor" of a secondary monitor. This window is "always on top" on the primary monitor. This will come in handy for a projector setup....

So earlier today I got the idea of attempting to reverse engineer the "MSVBVM60.DLL" VB6 runtime and recreate the runtime. Basically, create a 3rd party custom runtime for VB6 applications. My...

Thank you very much ;)

I will continue working on this.

I'm wondering also if this particular method will trigger DEP? I've used programs like PEBundle which basically do the same thing...

I want to convert that library to VB code that does the same thing.

The problem I am having is dealing with how C++ handles types.

For example:

In the original code MEMORYMODULE is declared...

Here is the full source to the library: http://www.joachim-bauch.de/tutorials/downloads/MemoryModule-0.0.2.zip

Ok so I'm in the process of converting this into VB6. It is going very well, but I am having a hard time correlating between C syntax and VB.

Here is a few snippets that you need to look at before...

Thank you very much! I was trying to convert that C-Library by hand, but there are a few steps that I think the author of that article implied, and did not state directly. This code explained it very...

*palm face*

You think I haven't been searching for an answer? If you have a answer to my question, how about just show me. In my opinion, your post constitutes nothing more than SPAM.

Thanks a...

http://www.joachim-bauch.de/tutorials/load_dll_memory.html/en/view

I'm hoping to translate this into VB or maybe even PowerBasic, or any other basic syntax for that matter.. I'm not a C...

I'm not wanting to move picture boxes, but this was the best way for me to explain it without providing my drawing code...

I need a way of doing this that doesn't "freeze" the application like the...

I am making a simple puzzle game and I need some advice...

Right now, my current engine uses a huge array of pictureboxes that correlate to an XY grid. Each piece in the game is drawn in one of...

Thats what I'm going to end up doing ;)

Thanks

I kinda ignored that aspect of the code and worked on other things until I could get an answer, yea you are correct the code still works, just feels better if I can see it :P

I am working on a tile based puzzle game and I am having a few problems...

There is no need in going into the whole engine of the game but I am running into a snag that may just be a limitation...

Call BitBlt(pTile(i).hdc, 0, 0, 32, 32, pImageStrip.hdc, 64, 0, vbSrcInvert)
Call BitBlt(pTile(i).hdc, 0, 0, 32, 32, pImageStrip.hdc, 64, 32, vbSrcAnd)
Call BitBlt(pTile(i).hdc, 0, 0, 32,...

Is there a way to ignore the backcolor of a picturebox while bitblt'ing? So that the backcolor of the source hdc doesn't show up in the destination?

This shouldn't be "THAT" difficult... The SHAppBarMessage API just sends messages to the taskbar, like to disable/enable auto hide. etc...

Basically what I need is a way to modify the "work area",...

I've seen some people use a little equation that I believe using atan to actually calculate pi instead of declaring a constant

I need to figure out a way to basically make a toolbar program that aligns to the top of the screen and locks there. When other applications "maximize", they need to maximize under the toolbar...

I am trying to get the uFMOD DLL to work with VB6 and later write a header file so I can use it with PowerBasic. The .LIB + the modified Link.exe hack that is used to do Static Linking in VB6 works...

Here is the routine I wrote to compensate for the line segment when drawing with the AngleArc API



Private Type POINTAPI
X As Long
Y As Long
End Type

Private Declare Function...

Private Declare Function Arc Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long, ByVal X3 As Long, ByVal Y3 As Long, ByVal X4 As Long, ByVal Y4 As...

Thanks for the help :)

It is appreciated...

If you don't mind me asking another question, that is somewhat along these lines...

This is my implementation of the PHP function Str_Split,...

What algorithm would you recommend,as a general, all-purpose algorithm?

I basically just need to take an array of characters, and sort the characters alphabetically... Seeing as the arrays, in my...

I know it isn't a good routine...

I just needed something that would sort an array of characters alphabetically...

This routine has its limitations, but after some code benchmarking, I have...

I am trying to write a simple function that I can use to draw an arc based on a center x,y , radius, startangle and sweep angle... The problem is that I have to use MoveToEx to compensate, otherwise...