Visual Basic 6 (VB6)

Writing network related programs is fun and exciting. At times it almost seems like magic. This source code sample shows how you can create a very basic web server that when your browser connects to it the specified text will show up in the browser. This uses the Microsoft Winsock control.

See an example of how you can interact with the system to find out all files in a given folder. Further add all these files (and their paths) to a listbox control.

Learn in this simple source code snippet exactly how you can delete a file from your computer using Visual Basic. It is a very simple example to showcase the Kill command in VB.

A simple source snippet that shows how you can tile any image both horizontally and vertically on a VB form.

This sample source code shows you exactly how to create a PDF file from within your VB application with out having to buy a third party control or dll. It gives an example of creating a PDF and adding text to it.

This full program is a simple calculator like what comes with windows. It demonstrates many controls and commands.

See how to write a full working version of the Concentration game.

Learn how to create a full hangman game with graphics. This program uses forms, timers, graphics, and many other common controls.

This code shows a full tic tac toe. It uses forms, graphics, a simple AI algorithm, and other fun game stuff.

This is a simple game that also shows how to do a fun cryptography method. It also teaches you forms, graphics and other basic VB controls.

This program converts an integer in the range of 1 through 3999 to its equivalent in Roman numerals. It also converts a Roman numeral string to its decimal equivalent.

See how to build an advanced client server chat like program that allows multiple connections (like IRC) using the Winsock control.

Would you like to write your own chat or IM program? This sample demonstrates how you can use the VB6 Winsock control to build a simple client server application.

Every great game keeps tracks of users high scores and displays them. See how to do just that.

Ever wanted to write your own scripting language? While this source will get you started. See how to use dynamic classes to create a runtime class browser.

Take a look at this example code to see how to read data from windows resource files and use it in DirectX - specifically Direct Draw.

See how we can build of off Visual Basic 6's way of storeing data and information in .frx files using property bags.

Use the binary AND and OR operators to keep track of game character attributes.

See how to do all sorts of things with bitmap files. This code demonstrates how to use and manipulate windows bitmaps at the lowest level.

See how to use binary operators to store a characters attributes in a binary way to use less memory for your game development

This source demonstrates how to map 3d coordinates in a way that allows the user to click on them with his mouse using DirectX 8.

Instead of putting a frame cap on your game this source code shows you how to get your max FPS by using Time Based Modeling.

If you want enemies to seek after your player (like ghosts after pacman) or you want enemies to run from your player (like when pacman eats a pill) then you must master the AI seeking and fleeing algorithms.

In any good game we must detect when objects have collided. This turns out to be pretty simple. See how to do both rectangular and circular collision detection.

See an example of how we can use XOR functions to do simple encryption on strings. Very useful for simple game high score encryption.

There are times in game development where we need to have a bunch of objects behave like a flock. With a little math we can simulate the behavior of a flock of animals.

Have you ever wanted to display your program in the system tray by the clock. This code demonstrates how you can do just that using Windows API calls only.

This sample demonstrates how to call the FlashWindow Win32 API from within your program. Use this to get the end user's attention.

See an example of menus being added dynamically.It does this simply by using menu control arrays.

A full working application that mimics a cellphone touch-pad. It demonstrates how to use control arrays. It also uses the timer control.