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4_2005-2006 Jokes/ Humor #150670

Daily Dilbert

This program Downloads the archive page from ' http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert ' extracts the file name of the picture. Download it. Convert it to bitmap. ' Changes the desktop wallpaper to the new dilbert strip.

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' 1. Create a new form.
' 2. Add a Textbox,a pictureBox and an Inet control.
' 3. Let them all have their default name. 
' 4. Put all the code expect the global decleration in the "form load procedure"
 Dim Pos As Integer
 Dim Pos2 As Integer
 Dim Bilden() As Byte
 Dim NrString As String
 Text1.Text = Inet1.OpenURL ("http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/") 'Download the page.
 Pos = InStr(1, Text1.Text, "/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert")
 Pos2 = InStr(Pos, Text1.Text, ".gif")
 NrString = Mid(Text1.Text, Pos, Pos2 - Pos)
 Text1.Text = "http://www.unitedmedia.com" + NrString + ".gif" ' Debug filename
 Bilden() = Inet1.OpenURL("http://www.unitedmedia.com" + NrString + ".gif", icByteArray) ' Download picture.
 Open "C:\dilbert.gif" For Binary Access Write As #1 ' Save the file.
 Put #1, , Bilden() 
 Close #1 
 Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture("c:\dilbert.gif") 'Reload it to PictureBox
 SavePicture Picture1.Picture, "c:\dilbert.bmp"  'Converted to bmp.. 
 
 Call SystemParametersInfo(20, 0, "c:\dilbert.bmp", 1) 'Change the wallpaper.
 Unload Me ' Exit program
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