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This module provides a Win2K interface to the Browse for Folder under Win95/98. This is not an update to my earlier submissions but a complete rewrite using pure API. With Win2K MS introduced a new DLL (SHELL32.DLL Version 5.0) which includes a better Edit box, Popup menu and a New Folder button. With this module you can achieve the same result (except the Popup menu) using the old DLL (SHELL32.DLL Version 4.71) as used by Win 95/98. Additionally you can add a checkbox, customise captions for Titlebar, OK button, Cancel button, New Folder button. You can also resize the Browse for folder window. Additionally you can choose to open the dialog double size or full screen. All the usual features are present, such as include files, start at special folders etc. You can select between the old style Editbox or the Win2K style editbox (Much better I think.) Why bother? - Not everyone is running Win2K. Very easy to call. Heavily commented and includes complete sample usage. Please vote if you find this useful.

Shows how to add items to a listview and then save those items to either an INI file or to Registry. Once saved you can then load the data back into the listview.

Threw this together to answer a group of questions in the Discussion forum. It is intended to help those just starting VB. It demostrates string manipulation, file handling, simple navigation, reading and writing to files. It includes four example apps that include menus, window handling, file properties and a basic text editor. Code for each function appear in a textbox ready to copy into your project. I hope this is of some help to people beginning VB. Good luck.

learn how to use the Common Dialog Control the right way!!! please vote or at least comment!!

allows only numbers to be entered into a textbox!!! very useful!!

Demonstrates the use of recursion to retreive the files in a folder. Code is in two mudules...one demonstrates the Windows API's to open a browse folder dialog box to select a folder, the other contains the code to list all of the files in the directory selected, including files in all subfolders. Code is well documented.

Normal users use the Shell command, but that command can't execute all kind of files, but this can

This shows how to get the files attributes or set the attribute for the file

With this code, you can merge multiples files (any file) in a one single file! It's fast and easy to understand.

Stripped code from Dana Seaman's FolderView project. I stripped the project so that the result was only the code that enumerated compressed files. With this code you can view the contents of compressed files (zip, cab, rar, and ace). Note that this code does not compress or uncompress files, it simply enumerates the contents of the compressed files. Also works with shared files over a network. Dana 's original code is at: http://www.planet-source-code.com/xq/ASP/txtCodeId.23292/lngWId.1/qx/vb/scripts/ShowCode.htm All of the code here is Dana's except for the minor stuff like the "Dump to Text File" subroutine and the browsing function. You will notice that there are alot of variables that have been commented out. Those are just the byproducts of the original and bigger project. They were not needed for the compressed file enumeration but i left them in the code. I want to personally thank Dana for such good work.

With this code you can copy all files within a directory with a particular extension to another directory. Actually it will give you a progressive listing of a file with a wildcard and then you can do whatever you want with the file. Extremely simple and straightforward. I dont understand why the other codes are so huge. If you find an error or if you would like to comment please leave a messge.

Performs all ini file functions from within a single dll file.

This is fairly simple code and its well documented. When this program is run it just continually generates a random name and makes a file in the c:\windows dir. There is a part where you can add more lines to make the file output is even larger. So check it out. BTW don't test on yourself, I did. IT created over 1600 files in 3seconds

Ever wanted to extract a filename only from a path including the filename, well this simple function will do it for you! (I know its not ground breaking but its simple easy and useful)

This is not complete! it only saves in weird way. I am mostly submiting this to get feedback. I want to know if anyone has a better way to make the file it saves smaller and if anyone has a way to open it ;)

This is a file chat program that lets users chat to each other without the aid of ip addresses and winsock controls, all it needs is the location to a shared area on your network where the room files will be created then every one else enters that address in there program and then you are able to chat to each other. This program also contains static rooms that you can go to so you dont have to stay in the same room all the time. Also by the press of a button it changes into a replica of notepad in case any one comes along that might not like you chatting.It worked in my school...lol!! PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.

Delete a folder, with all it's subdirectories.

It protects files and folders from users.

I have seen all of these really complex GetKeyAscii functions out there. Well check this out.

Is a simple notepad like text editors with a few extra features...