Many VB developers use a class module to augment the capabilities of a control on a form. For example, consider this simple example, that formats a currency value in a
The simplest way to help user copy a floppy disk is display the Copy Disk system dialog. You can do this with a one-line statement: Shell “rundll32.exe diskcopy.dll,DiskCopyRunDll 0,0”
You can retrieve the length of a standard windows media file (WAV, AVI or MIDI) using simple MCI functions. First, you must open the file with: Declare Function mciSendString Lib
If you want to execute an application and waiting for its termination, you can follow two approaches. The “classic” approach is based on API functions such as OpenProcess, WaitForSingleObject and
‘ Returns an array and initializes it with passed data.” It is similar to the Array function, but it works with’ array of any type. The type of the returned
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib “user32” Alias “FindWindowA” (ByVal _ lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib “user32” Alias “SendMessageA” (ByVal _ hwnd
Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib “user32” () As LongPrivate Declare Function GetDC Lib “user32” (ByVal hWnd As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function ReleaseDC Lib “user32” (ByVal hWnd As Long, _