Visual Basic/Work in Progress

This is a work area. Short pieces of text, reminders and links that don't warrant a page to themselves but need a temporary home lest they be forgotten start life here.

Miscellaneous

 * http://www.elitevb.com/content/01,0057,01/01.aspx
 * Split Effective Programming into separate pages as it is now over 36K
 * Explain file format of VBP, frm, cls, bas, etc.
 * Registry entries that refer to VB components, how they are structured, what you can do with them.
 * Side by side installation.
 * Windows standard dialogs http://builder.com.com/5100-6371_14-5800282.html, http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Libraries/Common_Dialogs/Folder_Browser/article.asp, http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnima01/html/ima0201.asp, http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/19255,

Graphics

 * http://www.a1vbcode.com/app-2571.asp

Unicode Support
Unicode Issues with VB , Add Unicode Support, Unicode Custom Controls,

Networks
inet control winsock control comm control

Winsock Control
Visual Basic allows data to be sent via a Point-To-Point (PTP) Connection via Winsock. Once the control is inserted, only a few commands are required to send data between two networked computers. A LAN cable must be connected between the computers.

To allow Winsock to connect to any available computers, the listen command is needed, as shown below

Once this has been done, the other computer's Local IP is required. Your IP can be viewed with the command

Connecting merely requires one line of code, as shown below Port can be any number up to 50,000. The example as shown above is 1234.

To accept a connection you need to create a new sub

Sending data is also pretty simple.

To receive any sent data another new sub is needed

Using the above code it is relatively simple to create a working data exchange between two computers. More information on this topic can be found in the Snippets Section.

Shell Context Menu
Add examples for VBZip etc.

Console Programs
See:
 * http://www.nirsoft.net/vb/console_application_visual_basic.html
 * http://www.flexbeta.net/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t3090.html

A very simple way of creating console programs: http://www.kellyethridge.com/vbcorlib/doc/Console.html

CGI
See:
 * http://www.vbcity.com/forums/faq.asp?fid=10&cat=Web+Development&

Windows management Interface
http://archive.is/20130628221511/http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11196-0.html?forumID=44&threadID=121079

Sound

 * http://www.unh.edu/music/Visual_Basic_Programs/Visual_Basic.htm
 * http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/18323
 * http://www.ostrosoft.com/vb/projects/mci_play/index.asp
 * http://vbcity.com/forums/topic.asp?tid=103678
 * http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-237143.html
 * http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=359612
 * http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/vbMedia/Audio/Lossless_WAV_Compression/article.asp