Search:

Type: Posts; User: Grant Swinger

Page 1 of 2 1 2

Search: Search took 0.06 seconds.

  1. Replies
    188
    Views
    38,376

    Re: Windows 11 coming soon

    There is one more possibility. They could drop the "10" from the name and just call it "Windows" from now. Apple did that with OS X which is now "macOS".
  2. Re: Another vb alternative Mercury? not 100% compatible but still!

    It looks nice but it's VB.NET they're extending, not classic VB, so it's probably of little interest to die-hard classic fans.
  3. Re: Using registry to determine Window's OS name, any downside?

    Have you tried using WMI? You can get the Windows version from Win32_OperatingSystem class in the root/CIMV2 namespace. It's easy to do. Here's an example in VBScript.



    strComputer = "." ...
  4. Re: Does New-Basic really need class inheritance?

    If you want a good book on patterns grab "Head First Design Patterns". But don't get the latest version because it's no different than the 2014 edition of which you can find plenty of copies at a...
  5. Replies
    1
    Views
    722

    Re: Two deployment issues

    Sorry for the late reply but I just saw this.

    1. Yes, you can register DLLs with Inno setup using the "regserver" flag in the Files section.

    2. Do you have a code signing certificate? These...
  6. Replies
    6
    Views
    1,439

    Re: VB NET Scaling

    Here's something on automatic scaling for WinForms. Also read the part about high DPI support.

    WinForm support for high DPI is a mixed bag at best. I've updated a number of older applications to...
  7. Replies
    229
    Views
    40,567

    Re: Should i learn VB6?

    Windows Server 2016 has had a long-standing problem with updates taking forever to install. As in all-night in plenty of cases. It's really bad if you're using Windows Update or WSUS. Some places...
  8. Re: .NET Find Most Recently Modified File incl. Recursively/Subfolder Support

    Let me highly recommend a book or two for you. Many, many people have told me that the first one was the book that got them over the hump of .NET development.

    It's "The Book of Visual Basic 2005"...
  9. Re: how to programatically use the gpedit.msc? or there is a command line version?

    That's not the correct Registry setting. Read this:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/guest-access-in-smb2-is-disabled-by-default

    Also, is the guest...
  10. Replies
    19
    Views
    4,941

    Re: we almost got the source to VB6

    I doubt this was the result of somebody hacking Microsoft. It's probably a leak from one the companies or countries that has access to the Windows source code. For all we know the VB6 source could...
  11. Replies
    12
    Views
    2,477

    Re: RainMeter in VB6?

    The "programming model" of Classic VB was intended to make easier for less skilled developers to write CRUD business applications, not things like Rainmeter. While there is nothing stopping you...
  12. Replies
    12
    Views
    2,477

    Re: RainMeter in VB6?

    For something like this C++ is the language of choice. That's what most games and graphics intensive software are written in. I'd suggest looking at the Rainmeter source code first to get an idea...
  13. Replies
    12
    Views
    2,129

    Re: VB6 crashes at start

    For some reason this ended up as a double post.
  14. Replies
    12
    Views
    2,129

    Re: VB6 crashes at start

    I've seen this before and it's usually a corrupt user profile. Profile settings are stored at "C:\Documents and Settings\Your_Account\NTUSER.DAT" (replace Your_Account with your actual account...
  15. Replies
    2
    Views
    399

    Re: VMI hardware information

    Do a search for the WMI Code Creator. It's a very handy Microsoft utility for working with WMI and it comes with the C# source code. If you're running Windows 8 or newer you'll need to add the .NET...
  16. Re: Purchase of Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional

    You have the retail version. Enterprise versions didn't come with that kind of packaging. As long as you have the original CDs and the product key you're good.
  17. Re: VB.net - Deleted directories remain there plus that they become inaccessible

    I've seen something like this before when I was deleting and then recreating a directory. After some experimentation I decided that when Directory.Delete returns without an error it hasn't actually...
  18. Re: Running a .NET DLL from VB6 without registering

    Read this and see if it helps.
  19. Replies
    49
    Views
    6,893

    Re: VB6 and .NET interoperability

    Have you ordered these two books?

    172789 172791


    Believe me, for a project like this you want both of them on your desk as they have exactly...
  20. Replies
    49
    Views
    6,893

    Re: VB6 and .NET interoperability

    I did a lot of this back in the day for insurance companies. They were big users of Classic VB and much of the work involved rewriting big VB applications in VB.NET piecemeal. It sounds like what...
  21. Re: Run-time error '-2147206461 (80043ac3)':File not found. Details: error

    I saw this error message once before a few years ago. The application ran fine on other PCs but not on the one I was asked to look at. It turned out that other PCs had been upgraded from 32-bit...
  22. Replies
    6
    Views
    640

    Re: Using Thread

    Windows Forms controls are not thread safe. What this means is that only the thread that created the control can access it directly. This is a good thing because you don't want some thread which...
  23. Re: How Many People are Sticking around Until the end of VB6

    In case anybody is interested I tried the new version of ReactOS. VB6 Pro does not install on it. The setup program opens a tiny window in the upper left corner and then freezes hard.

    I doubt...
  24. Re: Design Question? Interface usage in .NET advantages, appy theory in VB6 apps

    Here are a couple books I used to recommend to my students when I was teaching Classic VB.

    "Programming Distributed Applications with COM+ and Visual Basic 6.0". Chapter 2 is called...
  25. Re: Design Question? Interface usage in .NET advantages, appy theory in VB6 apps

    Check out this video: Interfaces in C# - What they are, how to use them, and why they are so powerful
  26. Replies
    246
    Views
    84,723

    Re: https://www.radbasic.dev/

    I doubt we'll ever see VB6 open-sourced unless VBA is as well. And as long as VBA is part of the Office cash cow that probably won't happen.
  27. Replies
    246
    Views
    84,723

    Re: https://www.radbasic.dev/

    You can count me as being unimpressed. It would be one thing if he could demonstrate an IDE that loads a 100,000 LOC VB6 project and then builds it (because this is what he's promising). But it's...
  28. Replies
    7
    Views
    1,664

    Re: Visual Basic book recommendation

    Have a look at CsvHelper.

    I haven't used it myself but I know people who swear by it.
  29. Re: New Windows 10 developments and vb6 apps

    What you're thinking of is the Windows Core OS. WindowsCentral.com has a good article about it.

    Most of the article describes the benefits of WCOS to Microsoft. I doubt their enterprise...
  30. Replies
    10
    Views
    3,097

    Re: Help enumerating registry folders

    Add this class to your program and use it like this:



    Dim objReg As New CRegistry
    Dim SubKeys() As String

    With objReg
    .RootKey = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
    .KeyPath =...
  31. Replies
    5
    Views
    6,725

    VS 2017 Re: how to get files md5 checksum?

    System.Security.Cryptography has functions for that. This will return a string with the MD5 checksum.



    Imports System.IO
    Imports System.Security.Cryptography
    Module Module1

    Sub Main()...
  32. Re: Windows 10 Tablet and VB executables

    No, RT is dead. What you're thinking of is Windows 10 in S mode. That's restricted to Store apps only.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/s-mode
    ...
  33. Re: Windows 10 Tablet and VB executables

    No, RT is dead. What you're thinking of is Windows 10 in S mode. That's restricted to Store apps only.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/s-mode
    ...
  34. Replies
    38
    Views
    6,643

    Re: Netsh add rule command not working

    Try adding "enable=yes" to the end of your command. Like this:


    args = "advfirewall firewall add rule name=""" & "UDP-Receiver""" & " dir=in action=allow program=""" & Application.StartupPath &...
  35. Re: Xojo Improved? VB6 alternative, anyone have experience with this?

    I don't use Xojo myself but I know some people who do so I asked around. The general consensus is that it has improved a good deal over the years. Nobody could tell me how it would handle over 200...
  36. Re: No troll. What are the (legitimate) reasons people are still using VB6 ?

    Actually, we have a pretty good idea as why it wasn't more compatible. Microsoft tried to do it but couldn't make it work. The book "Upgrading VB6 to VB.NET" (Microsoft Press) describes how...
  37. Re: No troll. What are the (legitimate) reasons people are still using VB6 ?

    Well, you could say the same about Java and it seems to be rather popular. Java updates are more prone to breaking things than .NET updates in my experience.
  38. Re: No troll. What are the (legitimate) reasons people are still using VB6 ?

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/604776/is-there-an-equivalent-to-out-of-process-com-exe-in-net
  39. Replies
    137
    Views
    20,128

    Re: LET MS know you are using VB6

    This article describes the main issue in the Sun/MS lawsuit if you want to refresh your memory about it. It was written in 1997 and predicts that Microsoft would have to come up with their own...
  40. Replies
    5
    Views
    10,466

    Re: VS 2017 C++ Windows Forms Application?

    The C++ Windows Forms project templates were removed some time ago.
Results 1 to 40 of 71
Page 1 of 2 1 2



Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width