Giving out source code...

This one goes to all the people here that help others by giving them tons of code:

Do you write it from scratch or do you simply go to a previous project of yours to find the code?

Just wanted to know ;)

I mostly make stuff up on the spot, but recently i posted an encryption routine that i actually used in a program i created that supported great quality encryption, i did edit my code a little though it was the same algorithm..

ThanX for your answer CAPHS.
Keep posting ppl :)

I usually fire up VB and write a test function or subroutine. Then I test it (because often I see code here that doesn't do what is asked) by running some simple tests (testing the outer limits of values etc.) and post it here. Most of my code up here is created from scratch.

I mostly either look it up in old progs or websites, or write them in VB and test it, I have to agree, 70% of the code I post is code from other wich I modified to my needs, and sometimes I just post links to the site where the code can be found.

Write it on the spot (most times test it) and suggest it.
Or if it's something that contains alot of API's or some difficult routines i would take it from my previous projects.

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I depends. Most stuff on this board is pretty easy to do. So say 85% of it I make up as I go, test it and post it. Probably 5% is stuff I pull from my own older applications that I've already done and I usually modify it a little to fit the needs of the problem. The other 10% is when I e-mail people from the message board and e-mail them entire example projects because explaining some of the more complicated problems with only the code to be shown for it is difficult especially when dealing with people in countries other than the USA (no descrimination intended by that comment, it's just difficult to cross a language barrier sometimes). And, although seldem, I'll try and find information for a problem on another website for people.

BTW - This is a good question to ask people, I'm curious about this as well :)