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Hi everyone!

I'm working to implement undo/redo functionality - about 5 levels - into a simple vector graphics program which I wrote a few years ago.

My application draws simple shapes and...

Thats it! Thanks :)

Hi everyone!

I seem to remember a way in the VB6 IDE to display a hidden "About" dialog under help/about which would then display an extended dialog showing information about the VB6 development...

January 2022: Proof that old threads can still be relevant - This may not have helped the OP back in 2006 but it sure helped to solve one of my problems today :).

I use a binary file along with an app specific UDT for the data. It also has built-in file validation via writing/reading a small header in the file, so if the file is missing, empty or corrupt then...

Sorry, it does not :(.

Fairly easy to do with GDI+ paths:

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Attached is a small demo project
Look inside of the "DrawPathShape" subroutine for the meat of the code.

Interesting. I don't yet have Windows 11 but I would think that the VB6 IDE stores its settings in the registry perhaps? If so then I'm not sure why it wouild change with Win 11......

Roger that and understood. I just wanted to make sure that there isn't a massively better way and that my software won't bomb during the next planet alignment on the 4th Sunday at the full moon or...

I'm using UDTs in a few of my programs from over the years with no ill effects.....Should I not be using them?

Ha, far easier to decompile a .NET program than a VB6 program. But there may be security concerns in VB6 with third-party components etc....

Check out ActiveLock. Does exactly what you need. ActiveLock is written in VB and was a commercial product at one time, but has been free & open source for some time now. It is available on GitHub.
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Unfortunate of course but true :(.

So given the extra versatility and capabilities shown above, then why oh why oh why did Microsoft ever abandon VB6???

Resolved. Thanks folks for help & advice :).

I was doing everything right per suggestions here. The problem persisted but the fix turned out to be simple.

My program uses the mouse for...

Could very well be and I'll modify accordingly. I actually did create a much smaller, separate test project to help work this out and am doing some of the testing there.

I originally wrote the...

Okay, now I understand. Don't know why I didn't get it because I had to write something similar for a horizontal flipping function awhile back.

Here is the whole sub, modified so as not to alter...

Thanks OB1, no need to be condescending. Sometimes even a very experienced coder may not see the forest for the trees. I'll get it working eventually I'm sure.....

Well gosh guys, I'm just not getting it :(. I understand the concept which Passel presented, and this is what I would like to do i.e. leave the origin points unmodified, and return them in a new...

Exactly right and I think that i'm going to try to modify my code accordingly. Not exactly sure how to leave the original points unmodified but I'm off to experiment :).

Thanks for help guys.

Exactly.

Oops, such is true. Here is how it is called in my application, rotating (4) points of a GDI+ path:


'- Convert bounding path points to pointf structures
For i = 0 To 3
rtPts(i).X =...

Hi all, hope you had a good weekend :). I should be able to do this but for some reason not wrapping my mind around it. The following code rotates a given point around an origin, usually the center....

I'm not sure if VB6 can simulate C or c++ style pointer operations or not but as far as creating compact & efficient apps, VB6 is actually very good for this in its own right. Over the years, I've...

You can also add it to the popup menu in the IDE (very handy) by following instructions here

Yup, I got that.

Sad but true I'm afraid. I've gone to great lengths to write every one of my programs to be as self contained and dependency free as possible in order to (hopefully) minimize potential future OS...

I'm not really concerned if the IDE doesn't function, I can use a previous Windows version for development. More concerned that the compiled exe and support files run without issue.....

Download links there are inoperative.....

It really isn't a product per se because it will be freeware as in no charge, no money, nada. I haven't released it yet because I don't feel that it is ready, and I haven't had time to work on it for...

Thank you Leandro, glad it helps :). I absolutely love your chart controls btw. They are perfect for my needs and will save me much time.....

I do plan to finish but no timetable right now. I was forced to sell the radio (an FT-991A) which I was using to help write this. Written mostly on an HP/Compaq 7900 machine running Windows 7, and...

This is an application which I wrote some time ago for CAT (Computer Aided Transceiver) control for Amateur Radio use. It was written specifically for use with the Yaesu FT-891 & FT-991 transceivers....

Illustrates how to rotate a GDI+ path around a center axis. Uses a simple transformation matrix. Useful for certain drawing applications. I originally wrote this for use with certain elements of a...

Illustrates how to perform freehand drawing within a GDI+ path. I needed this capability in an application some time ago but was only able to find one example which used GDI+, but it was done there...

Calm down. Its just some people's opinion.

Many years ago, I did mask layering in VB6 and it worked very well. As I recall it used a collection of 32-bit transparent DIB sections along with drawing etc using GDI+ paths and some pixel banging....

There are valid reasons to complain about the abandonment of VB6. In its heyday, VB6 was much more popular than all other languages combined. A whole industry - i.e. third party components, add-ins,...

It will certainly become true if MS Windows no longer supports the VB6 runtime at some future point.....

Understood and perhaps even true but I just don't think that this is an appropriate place for it. This is, afterall, a "Visual Basic 6 and earlier" forum. People who come here are generally either...