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Using VB Script to sort servers by best response time - Uses custom ping function for XP and 2000

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Updated: 14 Dec 2007

Uses a custom ping function will work in XP and 2000. Always pick the servers with the best response time.

NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VBScript, Windows, Dev, Beginner

Ludvik Jerabek

How to script out SQL Server objects - Unedited
Updated: 1 Nov 2006

VBScript which allows one to script out all the SQL Server objects in each independent file

ozkar

4.64

Indexing Service (CISVC) Reporting Script - Unedited
Updated: 19 Jun 2006

A VBScript to generate an HTML Report on the status/details of Indexing Service (CISVC) Catalogs

NewtonTroy

4.60

VBScript simple installer framework - Unedited
Updated: 24 May 2007

This script was designed to be a light-weight, flexible utility to aid in rolling out packages.

xExTxCx

4.60

VBScript for sending IP information to an e-mail address - Unedited
Updated: 7 Oct 2007

VBScript for sending IP information to an e-mail address

Cristian Amarie

4.54

Writing a debugger - Part 2: The debug loop - Unedited
Updated: 22 Oct 2003

Part 2 in the series showing how to write a debugger in VB

Duncan Edwards Jones

4.35

MCL Global Hotkey ActiveX control - Unedited
Updated: 13 May 2003

A system wide hotkey control written in Vb6

Duncan Edwards Jones

4.25

access to oracle without tnsnames.ora - Unedited
Updated: 25 Oct 2005

access to oracle without tnsnames.ora

fstrahberger

4.22

Export Excel to XML in VBA - Unedited
Updated: 4 May 2004

VBA to generate a clean XML file from an Excel table provided with nested nodes support

Raymond Pang

4.20

How to Rename Multiple Files with VBS

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Updated: 23 Oct 2007

VB Script which can rename multiple files in a folder by replacing certain patterns and extensions

ozkar

4.20

Using VBScript for Active Directory and Exchange - Unedited
Updated: 24 May 2007

This is a sample script that I use to create AD/Exchange users. Modifies ADSI attributes.

xExTxCx

4.20

Gather information about domain pc's using WMI. - Unedited
Updated: 24 May 2007

A VBScript written to gather information about all domain workstations using WMI.

xExTxCx

4.20

Lightweight VBScript backup, with email reporting. - Unedited
Updated: 17 May 2007

Creates dated folders for backing up files/folders on a schedule. Removes backups older than n days. Configuration via text file.

xExTxCx

4.14

Customizing the Non-Client Window Area

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Updated: 18 Oct 2005

VB offers virtually no way to customize the window outside of the client area, now you have at least one way.

LaVolpe

4.12

Pointers in Visual Basic using Undocumented Functions - Unedited
Updated: 19 Dec 2003

VB->Pointers using VarPtr, StrPtr, ObjPtr and CopyMemory API

UB

4.12

Webserver - Unedited
Updated: 24 Mar 2005

This application is a simple webserver with winsocks

Merz_Konstantin_FFB

4.10

Run Scripts As Services - Exsead Service Manager

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Updated: 16 Feb 2007

Exsead Service Manager Is An Open Source (BSD Style License) Windows Service Which Launches Anything Via The Use Of Scripts, it is just being released as Open Source, here is more about it.

alex turner

4.10

Adding MouseLeave, MouseHover events to VB6 Controls - Unedited
Updated: 25 Apr 2004

This article is about creating ActiveX controls in Visual Basic 6 that has two extra mouse Events : MouseLeave ,MouseHover.

hspc

4.00

Dynamic creation of DTS-packages in VB - Unedited
Updated: 22 Feb 2006

Example dymaic configuration of DTS-packages for transfering dbf files to SQL Server with VB

dts1

4.00

How to use Stored Procedures in VB6

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Updated: 27 Mar 2007

Describes how to use a simple stored procedure in Visual Basic 6.0

Win2K, WinXP, SQL 2000, VS6, VBScript, SQL, DB, Dev, ADO, WinForms, Intermediate

Sujith C Jose

3.88

Using Microsoft Agent Control 2.0 - Merlin - Unedited
Updated: 22 Jun 2004

Shows the main features of Microsoft Agent Control 2.0

spiderfreak3000

3.78

Using SOAP With Classic ASP / VBScript

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Updated: 28 Sep 2007

Using SOAP With Classic ASP / VBScript

AdamNThompson

3.71

VbScript Editor With Intellisense - Unedited
Updated: 13 Aug 2007

VbScript Editor With Intellisense

Rajneesh Noonia

3.59

Auto notify your team members with email, when performing Visual Source Safe operations. - Unedited
Updated: 20 Jan 2006

A Visual Source Safe Addin written in VB with the help of which you can auto-email your team members about the operations (Add, Check in, check out...) you performed on VSS

Lone Developer

3.53

A Method to get an overview of the SQL servers in a Domain - Unedited
Updated: 27 Sep 2007

A Method to get an overview of the SQL servers in a Domain

graham the programmmer

3.50

Using DataGrid and data controls to access an access database - Unedited
Updated: 9 Jan 2003

Using DataGrid and data controls to access an access database

hspc

3.42

Tetris 2005 Game Engine - Unedited
Updated: 7 Aug 2005

A Game engine tutorial describes how to play game and how to customize the game. The game is user friendly that lets you to change the view, difficulty, etc. without changing the VB code.

Mohit Soam

3.33

Capture Window - Active Window to XYZ.BMP - Unedited
Updated: 11 Aug 2005

This article describes how to Capture active window of your Application.

RSM_4_U

3.29

VB6 Perl HASH functionality - Unedited
Updated: 6 Dec 2003

Achieve Perl HASH functionality in the VB6 IDE and at Runtime.

QUIETTA

3.28

COM Object Serialization - Unedited
Updated: 22 Oct 2003

Serializes and deserializes COM objects into and from XML documents

Paul Welter

3.17

VBScript to disable old accounts in Active Directory

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Updated: 4 Sep 2007

Searches a given OU for all users that haven't logged on in a given length of time. Then gives you the option to disable them and move them to a new folder.

Jesse Fatherree

3.14

LIVE Exchange Rates in VB6 - Unedited
Updated: 11 Jun 2007

This articles is to explain the use on live XML for displaying data. I have used Exchange Rates from currencysource.com to show one of many use of this technique.

Beet_VB

3.14

Reorder Resource ID Macro - Unedited
Updated: 11 Aug 2001

This simple macro helps to Reorder Resource ID in resource.h.

Roy Luo

3.00

nls_lang when using multiple oracle homes - Unedited
Updated: 1 Nov 2005

nls_lang when using multiple oracle homes

fstrahberger

3.00

Using VBScript and WMI to Access Vista's BcdStore - Unedited
Updated: 1 Apr 2007

An example showing how to use VBScript and WMI to access Vista's BcdStore. This example mimics the output of the

Ross Johnston

3.00

Using icons in the menus VB! - Unedited
Updated: 16 Apr 2004

Add icons in the menus of your applications developed in VB 6.0.

Willian.BR

2.90

Natural Language Search Engine

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Updated: 14 Apr 2004

Some would call it a “natural language search engine”. Another term for it is an “automatic search engine” as you do not have to manually parse your ideas for the Internet, rather you converse with the Internet in natural language and it brings you materials as appropriate to facilitate your needs.

dzzxyz

2.81

Retrieve SQL Server Password - Unedited
Updated: 6 Oct 2006

This tool is used to retrieve the forgotten SQL Server Password and passwords of registered servers

Rajneesh Noonia

2.79

List SQL Servers on a network - Unedited
Updated: 11 Mar 2002

An activeX dll which lists any active SQL servers on your local network

Torsten Mauz

2.75

High Speed String Concatenation Using VBScript - Unedited
Updated: 13 Apr 2007

It has been said that large scale creation of long strings from small strings is not practicle in VBScript - NOT SO

alex turner

2.75

Temperature Controller -Asim Abbasi - Unedited
Updated: 25 Feb 2007

GW-BASIC project with code and interpreter included in Zip file. The purpose of this software is to controller the temperature of industry equipments, rooms, boiler, electric generators, steam turbines, combustion engine etc.

Asim_Abbasi

2.69

OCX Calendar VB - Unedited
Updated: 26 Apr 2002

OCX User Control for Visual Basic

Fernando Finelli

2.67

Small Web Agents using VB Part II - Unedited
Updated: 13 Aug 2002

Small Web Agents using VB Part II

Gopi Subramanian

2.67

How to get Windows Directory, Computer Name and System Information details - Unedited
Updated: 18 May 2004

This small program demonstrates to how to get the windows directory path name, Computer Name, and System information details

benoyraj

2.61

Drag Window - without using API - Unedited
Updated: 11 Aug 2005

This article describes how to move a window having no frame without using any API call.

RSM_4_U

2.60

TwinProxyS implement FULL HTTP/1.1 specifications about a Web Proxy Server - Unedited
Updated: 28 Aug 2006

It’s the ONLY ONE Web Proxy Server completed written in VB

Mindrinos Matthew

2.60

Use date & time in batch/log files

- Unedited
Updated: 18 Dec 2003

Use date and time in batch/log files

Peter Verijke

2.57

Changing Drive Icons in Windows 2000 - Unedited
Updated: 16 May 2003

This article Explains How to change the Specified Drive Icon using VB 6. This is only tested with Windows 2000.

pampatipraveen

2.54

Convert Currency To Words in Lakh, Crores etc. - Unedited
Updated: 17 Feb 2004

Convert a given currency in words with Indian style digital grouping.

P.K.Agarwal

2.50

PngSkin - Per Pixel Forms Skin - Unedited
Updated: 2 Nov 2007

PngSkin – ActiveX Control used to apply eye catching skins to windows forms with minimal code.

Rajneesh Noonia

2.50

Ask_Before_Exit - Unedited
Updated: 29 Apr 2001

Tiny Program To Capture The Terminate Event And Cancel It (Simple And Unknown)

Dr. Yovav Gad

2.44

Campaign Button Memory Game 2 (random placement, time limits) - Unedited
Updated: 24 Feb 2004

This version of campaign button memory uses timers to limit the game time and to limit how long users see their selected images when the images don’t match. This version also randomly places the political buttons on the form so that that the game can be played infinite times.

dzzxyz

2.36

multi-protocoll Chat - Unedited
Updated: 23 Mar 2005

With this application you can chat with computers and different protocolls.

Merz_Konstantin_FFB

2.36

VBJET Fighter - Visual Basic Game

- Unedited
Updated: 21 Sep 2007

2D Game Developed using Visual Basic 6

Humayun Shabbir Bhutta

2.32

Easy Way of Displaying JPEG 2000 images in VisualBasic - Unedited
Updated: 20 May 2005

An article on using ActiveX control to display JPEG 2000 images in your VisualBasic applications.

Alex Saveliev

2.31

Analog Clock - A desktop utility

- Unedited
Updated: 16 Jan 2007

A simple clock that sits on your desktop

RSM_4_U

2.31

Campaign Button Memory Game

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Updated: 25 Feb 2004

This intermediate tutorial describes how to play campaign button memory and how to customize the game. The game is data driven so you can change the images, difficulty, etc. without changing the VB code.

dzzxyz

2.31

Simple Encryption - Unedited
Updated: 24 Apr 2002

Sometimes we may desire to hide our file contents from others.One of the possible way is encrypting these files.Here a simple encryption technique is used(In VB - The same technique can be implemented in "c" also.)

Sumesh Ram

2.26

Read the Cache in VB - Unedited
Updated: 22 Dec 2003

Demonstration uses WinInet methods to read cached URL files.

QUIETTA

2.25

Sharing resources in the local network with VB 6.0

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Updated: 30 Aug 2007

How to share folders in a network with VB 6.0

Willian.BR

2.18

Checking Yahoo! Account via HTTP - Unedited
Updated: 21 May 2003

How to check Yahoo! mail account via HTTP

Parag Paithankar

2.17

VBSCRIPT - Window Always On Top - Unedited
Updated: 22 Feb 2005

This program's purpose is to load the target url and keep it in focus and covering the whole screen until the user selects a button on the screen which closes the window or hit's .

Vincegee

2.17

System Name and IP Address - Unedited
Updated: 17 Feb 2006

Program to get System Name and IP Address.

Muhammad Ghufran

2.16

Getting Logon times for users on a Domain/Computer - Unedited
Updated: 28 Feb 2005

An article on getting user logon times for a specific domain or computer

Parag Paithankar

2.14

Verify windows open VB - Unedited
Updated: 26 Apr 2002

Verify Windows Open in Visual Basic

Fernando Finelli

2.10

Download web content using internet transfer control - Unedited
Updated: 5 Nov 2001

An article that shows the usage of Internet Transfer Control

S.S. Ahmed

2.08

DressCare DB -Asim Abbasi - Unedited
Updated: 25 Feb 2007

Visual Basic, MS Access Project. Designed for Dress Cleaners in order to completely computerize their system. Using this product one can store and retrieve information about daily orders that comes, info about daily or monthly or yearly expenditures. Info about employees, their salaries etc.

Asim_Abbasi

2.00

Calc Input Box to replace Spin - Unedited
Updated: 8 Apr 2004

Control for entrance of numeric data with the mouse.

Willian.BR

1.95

Simple Text Codec in VB 6 - Unedited
Updated: 13 Sep 2006

Simple text codec in VB 6.

FERNANDO PAREDES ARNEDO

1.84

Puzzle - A 2D game using Visual Basic - Unedited
Updated: 23 Feb 2005

This is a complete Puzzle implementation.

Mohit Soam

1.81

How to Get an ADO RecordSet into an Array. - Unedited
Updated: 20 Oct 2005

How to convert an ADO RecordSet to and Array.

Smith_TVPM

1.80

Sudoku Solver - Unedited
Updated: 28 May 2006

The souurce code solves the soduku(Medum Level)

Diwahar A K

1.77

An ActiveX Control - you can create a Skinable Form in Desgin Time

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Updated: 5 Aug 2003

An ActiveX Control - you can create a Skinable Form in Desgin Time.

iranvig

1.74

SMS AUTOREPLY FOR NOKIA COMMUNECATOR (9210, 9210i, 9110) - Unedited
Updated: 30 May 2006

SMS AUTOREPLY FOR NOKIA COMMUNECATOR (9210, 9210i, 9110) REPLY,FORWERD

Ritesh Patel

1.60

Update NAV Server Virus Definition By VBScript - Unedited
Updated: 31 Dec 2003

Update NAV Virus Defination When the Liveupdate couldn't be used

Johnsonwang

1.56

MERLIN's RANDOM ONELINERS - Unedited
Updated: 11 Dec 2003

COVERS MSAGENT CHARACTER(MERLIN) USAGE AND MENU BUILDING, READING\WRITING TEXT FILES AND SEARCHING , SIMPLE ENCRYPTION (CAESAR CIPHER)

J.KARTHIK

1.51

Build a web page for database from a create database sql file - Unedited
Updated: 29 Jun 2006

Build a web page for database from a create database sql file

WuJunyin

1.50

Build a web page for database from a create database sql file - Unedited
Updated: 29 Jun 2006

Build a web page for database from a create database sql file

WuJunyin

1.50

Repair DBF File corrupted by power failer - Unedited
Updated: 21 Aug 2007

Repair the DBF file which corrupted by any cause.

Bhaskar Shetty

1.50

gTextbox - similar grid with source code

- Unedited
Updated: 21 Aug 2003

you can use this control to your program - see sample .

iranvig

1.47

Monitor your website - Unedited
Updated: 13 Jan 2004

Monitor your website and create HTML reports.

aa2max

1.47

Notify Icon - System tray icon explored - Unedited
Updated: 15 Feb 2006

A simple class that creates an icon in the status area.

RSM_4_U

1.44

Tic Tac Toe - An Artificial Intelligence Implementation - Unedited
Updated: 15 Feb 2006

A complete Tic Tac Toe describes full implementation of Artificial Intelligence

RSM_4_U

1.44

How to cleanup duplicate AciveX dll registry records - Unedited
Updated: 20 Sep 2003

DLLRegClean searches Windows Registry and cleans up all references to DLL file appointed by the user.

vba66a

1.40

Inventory Management System -Aluminum Parts For Windows, Doors etc. - Unedited
Updated: 25 Feb 2007

Visual Basic 6.0 with MS Access Project. Designed for those industries who deals with aluminum parts. Such aluminum parts are used in building glass windows and are available in number of sections. This system handle Stock, Order and Consignment data.

Asim_Abbasi

1.39

TripleTee FreeFileSpy - Unedited
Updated: 12 Nov 2003

An utility that automatically keep an eye on files you are interesting in, and shows messagebox if any of those files gets updated.

vba66a

1.33

Tailor Master 1.1 -Asim Abbasi - Unedited
Updated: 25 Feb 2007

Visual Basic Project. The software then generates the coordinates sequentially and send them to the microcontroller.

Asim_Abbasi

1.33

Subnet Scan - remotely scan a subnet and identify resources - Unedited
Updated: 19 Nov 2007

This script will identify several types of resoures on a subnet and store the results in an Excel spreadsheet.

In the Shadows

1.33

Group Check Box - Unedited
Updated: 4 Aug 2003

New Object "Group Check Box"

iranvig

1.32

RSM DX-Ball - A brick game - Unedited
Updated: 15 Feb 2006

A simple brick game.

RSM_4_U

1.29

How to change the home page of internet explorer using a Script - Unedited
Updated: 31 Aug 2007

This shows you how to change the home page of internet explorer using a Script

Thilina Hasantha

1.27

Convert Number To Binary - Unedited
Updated: 24 Jan 2006

Convert Number To Binary

Muhammad Amjad

1.25

VBScript to dump websitelayout and application running under AppPool in IIS WebServer - Unedited
Updated: 9 Dec 2005

VBScript to Provide websitelayout for IIS WebServer

Nauhwar

1.21

NY Time B O W S E R

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Updated: 3 Jan 2004

"A New York minute" is adjective about lifestyle.
Its a fast paced world. We need every time-saving appliance we can afford.

QUIETTA

1.20

Adding characters to number groups within a string - VBScript - Unedited
Updated: 28 Mar 2003

This code formats given string in a way that it adds a predefined number of characters to number groups within a string

mitja_ursic

1.00

How to show a help file in VB6 - Unedited
Updated: 29 Jun 2004

Showing a help file in VB

benoyraj

1.00

Tim's Domain Software Audit

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Updated: 25 Oct 2007

Audit all installed software in your domain.

Tim Brigham

1.00

ASiRC - Asim Internet Relay Chat Client - Unedited
Updated: 25 Feb 2007

Learn to implement RFC using Visual Basic as in the project we have implemented two RFC for Internet Relay Chat.

Asim_Abbasi

1.00

VBScript IsTime Function - Unedited
Updated: 1 Nov 2007

Sample code for IsTime function similar to VBScript's IsDate

sdkjfhsadlkufjhlawuhfp

1.00

ActiveX Magnetic Strip reader for Web and Windows Appications with a custom event

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Updated: 29 May 2006

Example for read Magnetic Strip Reader using ActiveX, COM Object for KioskMsr reader

Victor Velepucha

full text search with Oracle Text - Unedited
Updated: 8 Nov 2005

full text search with Oracle Text

fstrahberger

A Formated Text Box - Unedited
Updated: 23 Nov 2005

A Formated Text Box for VB

H. S. Masud

DestroyWindow in VBScript - Unedited
Updated: 28 Nov 2006

Destroys or kills a window using VBScript

Gopal Singh - avlands.com

Sending Emails Using VBScript And NetCat - Unedited
Updated: 7 Mar 2007

To complement my earlier post on sending emails using JScript and Netcat, here is the same but using VBScript and showing the translation from JScript to VBScript

alex turner

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