The basic VB functions that allow you to perform file and folder functions are pretty useless. You can't send a file to the recycle bin, you can move a folder, you can't do a lot of things. Windows API allows use to easily perform all of these functions, and automatically displays a dialog box like in explorer showing that the file is being copied. This is what we will be covering in this article.
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James Crowley 
James first started this website when learning Visual Basic back in 1999 whilst studying his GCSEs. The site grew steadily over the years while being run as a hobby - to a regular monthly audien...
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VB 6 books
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Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008
Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Fourth Edition by the best-selling author, Diane Zak, is designed for a first course in programming. Using the most recent version of the software, Visual Basic 2008, this book teaches individuals how to ...
VB 6 forum discussion
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CorelDRAW VBA: cdrTraceLineDrawing FAILS, producing single linear path instead of Centerline trace?
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client/server application using activex
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System Error &H8007007E. The specifed module could not be found.
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Invitation to take part in an academic research study
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Send SMS with SMPP
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VB 6 podcasts
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Stack Overflow Podcast: Podcast #45 – Keeping it Sharp
Published 7 years ago, running time 0h54m
Our guest this week is Eric Lippert – language architect extraordinaire and famous for all his work at Microsoft in developing their languages Eric joined Microsoft right out of college and was originally working on VB It’s time for everyone’s favorite game: Name the Worst Feature of that Microso.
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