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  1. May 24th, 2005, 07:01 AM #1
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    Adding Control Panel Applet

    Hi

    is it possible to create a control panel applet using VB6?
    a search suggested me that a cpl is a renamed standard dll which implements 2 methods DllMain() and CPIApplet() ... well... as we cannot create standard dll in vb6...
    is there any workaround?
    or in worst case... any third party tool?
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    Re: Adding Control Panel Applet

    You can shell most of the features provided by the Control Panel from VB, so you could actually "build" a Control Panel using a Form and some icons.
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    Re: Adding Control Panel Applet

    Quote Originally Posted by Hack
    You can shell most of the features provided by the Control Panel from VB, so you could actually "build" a Control Panel using a Form and some icons.
    u got me wrong buddy... i have created a service in VB.. now i want to provide a applet in control panel for that service...how about that?
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    Re: Adding Control Panel Applet

    Quote Originally Posted by moinkhan
    well... as we cannot create standard dll in vb6...
    Not true! I just made some the other day, and called their functions using Declare statements... I was excited !

    One of the more helpful articles I've read on VB here.

    Basically what you need to do is create a wrapper for the VB6 linker, and add an exports command. The article explains it all.

    Due to the limitations of VB you still need at least 1 class module in your dll, but all the rest can be straight .bas modules.
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    Re: Adding Control Panel Applet

    Couldnt you just control your service from the Services CP Applette?
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    Re: Adding Control Panel Applet

    Quote Originally Posted by RobDog888
    Couldnt you just control your service from the Services CP Applette?
    Nops! my service depends upon parameters which i have to set through my suggested control panel applet..
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    Re: Adding Control Panel Applet

    Quote Originally Posted by penagate
    Not true! I just made some the other day, and called their functions using Declare statements... I was excited !

    One of the more helpful articles I've read on VB here.

    Basically what you need to do is create a wrapper for the VB6 linker, and add an exports command. The article explains it all.

    Due to the limitations of VB you still need at least 1 class module in your dll, but all the rest can be straight .bas modules.
    lolz... you have caught me twice on the same point...
    well... when i said VB can't do it... means.. out-of-the-box VB doesn't support this thing... (well... the secret is .. despite of believing that VB can do ANYTHING, i didn't know about this Win32 DLL creation capability of VB)

    Thanx a lot buddy... you solved me a huge problem...
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