September 22, 2001

The PSet method is much slower than it should actually be, and in most cases you will find it convenient to substitute it with direct calls to the SetPixel API

Ever needed to count how many characters of a given type are in a file? For instance, how many alphabetical characters, or digits, or spaces? You might read each line

You can add a professional touch to your apps by showing an animated icon when the main form is minimized. To achieve this effect, prepare an array of Image controls,

When you need to count how many occurrences of a given character are in a string, you might be tempted to go along the “traditional” Visual Basic way: ‘ count

The Point method returns the color value of a given pixel, but is rather slow because it has to convert its argument from twips (or whatever ScaleMode is currently active)