Programming Ideas...

[MidgetsBro]

Anyone have some good ideas for somthing to program? I am having a total "programmers block." Anything besides somthing that I made here: http://www.angelfire.com/az3/HazteK/programs.html
Some things I have made:

• Address Book
• Code Editor/Database
• Internet Browser

Maybe this will give other people ideas too...

[MrPolite]

I've written a drawing program before, lots of new things to learn!!! (like ms paint with some additional effects)

[MidgetsBro]

I've done that too... I just didn't think it was worth time to upload it on my 56k.

[MrPolite]

write a chat program like AIM
a simple one wouldnt need that much of coding

[dana340]

MidgetsBro,
hi,
how about if i give you a new good idea and you start program it
in vb + i will shear you to create it .
if so
[email protected]
is my e-mail

[MidgetsBro]

Originally posted by dana340
MidgetsBro,
hi,
how about if i give you a new good idea and you start program it
in vb + i will shear you to create it .
if so
[email protected]
is my e-mail

What kind of program do you have in mind? I don't want anything too time consuming, I just want somthing to do. I'll have about 2 weeks off of school after next week, for winter break, so I can work on somthing then. But I want to get ideas now so that I know what I will be doing for winter break.

[MidgetsBro]

Originally posted by MrPolite
write a chat program like AIM
a simple one wouldnt need that much of coding

I have kind of done this too. Except instead of just chat, it also allows file sharing, and multimedia tools. Again, it wasn't worth uploading, but my friends and I use it sometimes.

[MrPolite]

well, you can share your code if you dont mind!!!!

[MrPolite]

eh, you probably have done this too. Wirte a remote control tool that would control a client's comp....... simple!!

[MidgetsBro]

eh, you probably have done this too. Wirte a remote control tool that would control a client's comp....... simple!!

Yup... this one's not complete, but here is my source:

[MrPolite]

I dont think I know enought to help you if you need something. SO! god help you hehe, jk
tnx

[MrPolite]

eh, actually I wrote a program like this one. I was wondering if I can get your chat program src or if you can email it to me. I always had problems with sending files

[MidgetsBro]

I can't find the source!!!? I have reformatted like 3 times since I made it, so I might have forgot to back it up. File transfers aren't that hard, as long as you know the size of the file before sending it. Then you can just keep receiving the file until the total BytesReceived equals the total filesize. Another way to do it is to load a new winsock in an array, and connect with that new winsock on a different port.

[Alphanos]

You could write a random number generator that you could use instead of rnd.

[DaoK]

You could write a random number generator that you could use instead of rnd.

I do not see how someone can do that... How can you give random number... You have to use RND that sure

[Alphanos]

If Microsoft can write a random number generator, I'm sure its possible to write another. I don't know how, but I actually do intend on learning sometime.

[JungleMan]

if you can't think of anything....Don't program

play a game...hang out in Chit Chat...etc...

[Rikk]

Ok...

Create a program that takes voice (mic) from the sound card and encrypts it, then sends it the another computer - decrypting it, and outputing it thru the sound card.

[JungleMan]

Originally posted by Alphanos
You could write a random number generator that you could use instead of rnd.

And the point in that would be...

[Alphanos]

If you used your own random number generator, your code could be converted into another programming language and still run the same, because the random number generator would be converted and work the same. EG. if you were to write an encryption program that makes use of the Rnd -1 stuff, and tried to port it to another language, the encryption would be different, because you'd have to use a different random number generator. But if you wrote your own, you could port it also, and your could encrypt something in VB and decrypt it in C++, or somesuch. It would allow you to be less dependant on VB, and to create standardized code.

The above example is my reason for wanting to learn to write my own. I'm planning on porting my encryption routines to C++ sometime when I get enough time to be able to figure out how to do it.

[markman]

how i would love to have ideas of stuff to make...

[markman]

wow i sure did kill that....

[Alphanos]

LOL!

Okay, how about this: a class to work with excessively large numbers, ones that don't fit in 8-byte doubles.

.

[DaoK]

Make a video clip player who will load more fast than MediaPlayer !!!

[MidgetsBro]

Originally posted by DaoK
Make a video clip player who will load more fast than MediaPlayer !!!

What version of MediaPlayer do you have? As long as you don't upgrade from 6.4 to 7.0, then you are fine. MP7 is a bloated piece of shiat.

[markman]

:bump:

[carlodin]

Hey!
I'm a looser on VB!!
I have always wanted to make a prog that could change and save the color palettes in Paint. I'm using it often and doing gradients and stuff butt it's not fun to make all colors all the time all over again.

[Hampster]

About the random number thing, there's this company that uses the sun's solar flare length to generate random numbers for encryption

But how does vb generate random numbers???

I guess you could use the system ticks to make a binary number, check for odd/even numbers in the ticks to make 0's and 1's accordingly to make a random binary number, then convert that to a base 10 number

[Hampster]

I've thought about the random number thing, and wrote some code... the code gets the system ticks, harddrive serial number, and how long it takes to fill the varibles with these values. Example: 131075101 30670832 0.30171432664982
So far I have this:

Public Function HampRND() As Double
 
    Dim curEnd As Currency
    Dim curFreq As Currency
    Dim fTimeLag As Double
 
    QueryPerformanceFrequency curFreq
 
    QueryPerformanceCounter curStart
    QueryPerformanceCounter curEnd
    fTimeLag = 1000 * (CDbl(curEnd) - CDbl(curStart)) / CDbl(curFreq)
 
    QueryPerformanceCounter curStart
 
    '*//////////// Start the rand int code
    Dim DiskSN As Long, Ticks As Long, CpuTime As Double
    DiskSN = GetSerialNumber("C:\")
    Ticks = GetTickCount
    QueryPerformanceCounter curEnd
    CpuTime = (1000 * (CDbl(curEnd) - CDbl(curStart)) / CDbl(curFreq)) - fTimeLag
    '*//////////// End the rand int code
    Debug.Print DiskSN, Ticks, CpuTime
    '*//////////// Start Randomizing
    
    '*//////////// End Randomizing
 
End Function

Anyone have any ideas on how to randomize i those 3 numbers, or any more random features to add?

[Alphanos]

How about an optional seed value that you can feed in to allow it to generate the same series of seemingly random numbers if you use the same seed again?

[Hampster]

How would that be accomplished?

Private Declare Function GetVolumeInformation& Lib "kernel32" _
   Alias "GetVolumeInformationA" (ByVal lpRootPathName _
   As String, ByVal pVolumeNameBuffer As String, ByVal _
   nVolumeNameSize As Long, lpVolumeSerialNumber As Long, _
   lpMaximumComponentLength As Long, lpFileSystemFlags As _
   Long, ByVal lpFileSystemNameBuffer As String, ByVal _
   nFileSystemNameSize As Long)
Declare Function GetTickCount& Lib "kernel32" ()
Declare Function QueryPerformanceCounter Lib "kernel32" _
    (lpPerformanceCount As Currency) As Long
Declare Function QueryPerformanceFrequency Lib "kernel32" _
    (lpFrequency As Currency) As Long
 
 
Function GetSerialNumber(strDrive As String) As Long
 
    Dim SerialNum As Long
    Dim Res As Long
    Dim Temp1 As String
    Dim Temp2 As String
    Temp1 = String$(255, Chr$(0))
    Temp2 = String$(255, Chr$(0))
    Res = GetVolumeInformation(strDrive, Temp1, _
       Len(Temp1), SerialNum, 0, 0, Temp2, Len(Temp2))
    GetSerialNumber = SerialNum
 
End Function
 
Public Function HampRND() As Double
 
    Dim curEnd As Currency
    Dim curFreq As Currency
    Dim fTimeLag As Double
 
    QueryPerformanceFrequency curFreq
 
    QueryPerformanceCounter curStart
    QueryPerformanceCounter curEnd
    fTimeLag = 1000 * (CDbl(curEnd) - CDbl(curStart)) / CDbl(curFreq)
 
    QueryPerformanceCounter curStart
 
    '*//////////// Start the rand int code
    Dim DiskSN As Long, Ticks As Long, CpuTime As Double, total As Double, tmp As Double, total2 As Double
    DiskSN = GetSerialNumber("C:\")
    Ticks = GetTickCount
    QueryPerformanceCounter curEnd
    CpuTime = (1000 * (CDbl(curEnd) - CDbl(curStart)) / CDbl(curFreq)) - fTimeLag
    '*//////////// End the rand int code
    
    '*//////////// Start Randomizing
    
    QueryPerformanceFrequency curFreq
    QueryPerformanceCounter curStart
    total = DiskSN + Ticks + CpuTime
    total = total + (CpuTime * Ticks)
    total = total + (CpuTime ^ (DiskSN / Ticks))
    total = total + (Ticks * 2 ^ (CpuTime - Int(CpuTime)))
    total = total / 6
    tmp = total - Int(total)
    total = total Mod 2 ^ 24 * CpuTime
    total = total Mod (Ticks / CpuTime)
    total = total Mod Left$(DiskSN, 2) & Left$(Ticks, 4) & Left$(CpuTime, 7)
    total = total Mod Right$(DiskSN, 2) & Right$(Ticks, 4) & Right$(CpuTime, 7) & totat * CpuTime * Right$(Ticks, 3)
    total = total / 10000000
    QueryPerformanceCounter curEnd
    total2 = ((1000 * (CDbl(curEnd) - CDbl(curStart)) / CDbl(curFreq)) - fTimeLag) / CpuTime
    total = total * total2
    total = total Mod (total2 * Left$(total, 8))
    total = total Xor (total2 * Left$(total, 5))
    HampRND = total + tmp
    '*//////////// End Randomizing
 
End Function

Kinda messy, but it seems to work

[Joacim Andersson]

Here's a good idea

[MidgetsBro]

Originally posted by Joacim Andersson
Here's a good idea

This is one reason I don't post in chit chat...

Originally posted by filburt1
Although I think this is your first recent post in Chit Chat, Joacim. Welcome to our world.

Another reason is that I've tried it before and people send the post to the gutter before I am done asking the question

[jian2587]

Get the timer is enough, why get the HD serial?
Slow...
Get the timer as a seed, then calculate it(ie.multiply with kinda
floating numbers and modulus it or whatever...

For better randomization, get the day and month and year as well

Do not think of a project where previously developed by others
you can't compete them as they are the founder of the
technology...
Try to think something beyond your imagination...


Heck use this lamer function...
function Random()
Random = rnd()
end function