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this page last modified 09/25/2004
This page will attempt to support some program routines as either demos, or as samples that you can use in your own programs. This area will grow slowly as I find, develop, or extract various routines that I think may be either useful, or just plain fun. Stop back now and then to see what's been added.
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vbShortcut:
The actual shortcut functions were gleaned from
a VB internet site. The functions have been modified to allow a simple checkbox
to call the procedures instead of writing code to produce the results. The Sub
Shortcut procedure as well as the procedures contained in frmTestShortcut
were written by Rediware Software. Create or remove a shortcut to
your startup folder with the click of a checkbox. This application is a sample
and shows the process at work. This describes how to easily incorporate this
function into your own VB code. I have written the code so that it will work
with Windows 95 and Windows 98.
To use this shortcut add/remove procedure
in your own application:
1. Add the module modShortcut to your application
2. Create a checkbox on your applications's form
3. Copy the checkbox's click event in this application to your checkbox's
click event
4. Change the name 'ckShortcut' to your checkbox's name or name
your checkbox ckShortcut
5. That's all there is to it!
I have added an additional procedure (in the
frmTestShortcut code) to test for a shortcut, and check or uncheck the
checkbox accordingly.
1. copy the procedure TestForShortcut into your own application
2. change the name 'ckShortcut' to your checkbox's name or name your
checkbox ckShortcut
3. put the following line of code in your Load event: Call TestForShortcut
4. that's it.
When your form loads, your checkbox will contain
a check if the shortcut exists, and will be empty if it doesn't. Your user can
put the shortcut in his startup folder, or remove it simply by clicking the
checkbox. Note: if you are running this from Visual Studio (the .vbp file) and
not the compiled program (an .exe file) a shortcut will still be created, but
will point to a non-existant .exe file. If the .exe file doesn't actually exist,
the shortcut that points to it won't actually function. Any questions, problems,
remarks, thanks, criticism, bugs, etc: E-mail me (bottom of this page)
tutorial:
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