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Brad's VB-32 Programs & Samples

Last update: 05/15/00 (Site facelift, AXCompSafety, ScrollView, VBBubble)
   A unique collection of freeware programs and code samples catering to the intermediate and advanced Visual Basic programmer familiar with the Win32 shell, common controls, and API.
Common Controls
MenuHelp 06/20/97 The status bar's companion function MenuHelp revealed
ProgressBar 05/25/97 Creates a real progress bar common control at runtime
SBPanelSizer 04/22/99 Shows how statusbar panels can be sized like splitter windows
StatusBar 06/20/97 Creates a real status bar common control at runtime
Tooltip 10/14/99 Creates a real tooltip common control at runtime
VBExplorer 10/28/99 VB TreeView and ListView Explorer demo
VBListView 11/14/99 Extending the functionality of the VB ListView controls
VBTreeView 11/30/99 Extending the functionality of the VB TreeView controls

Shell
BrowseDlg 05/25/97 How to display the "Browse for Folder" dialog box
EnumDeskVB 03/12/99 Creates real treeview and listview common controls at runtime
IShellFolder 08/07/97 The SDK example "Using PIDLs and Display Names" ported to VB5
SHContextMenu 03/17/99 How to show the shell's context menu for directories and files
SHGetFileInfo 06/22/97 A complete demonstration of the SHGetFileInfo function
SHFormatDrive 06/26/97 A look at the undocumented SHFormatDrive function
SHChangeNotify 03/17/99 An example of how to *receive* shell change notifications
UndocShell 07/30/97 A demo of a dozen undocumented Shell32.dll functions
WBPidlNav 06/01/98 How to navigate the WebBrowser control using a folder's pidl

VB
AXCompSafety 05/15/00 An ActiveX component safe for initialization and scripting editor
GfxFromFrx 12/08/99 How to extract graphics from VB binary property files
VBBubble 04/11/00 VB control tooltips on steroids

Miscellaneous

11/29/99

A few miscellaneous demos that never got their own page
DriveScan 04/04/97 Fast recursive file search and folder info example