by DanDaMan (2 Submissions)
Category: Internet/HTML
Compatability: VB Script
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(16 Votes)
The coding shows for any beginner or intermediate how to solve many of the tough challenges of:
Inserting a picture without using the clipboard
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A list of people currently in the chat room, and an icon showing whether they are away or not
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How to use an imagelist to draw onto a picturebox that changes it's color on mouseover
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How to use the Tree control
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How to create your VERY OWN PROTOCOL using winsocks and dataarrivals
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How to use the Toolbar control
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How to dynamically load as many winsocks as necessary
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How to unload spare winsocks when they are no longer in use to save memory
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Shows how to use anti-flood methods by not allowing the client to re-post until the server sends everyone the last post
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Shows how to use picture manipulation in a tree control
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THERES EVEN A SPECIAL SUB HERE TO CONVERT A PICTURE TO RTF CODE!!!!!
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You cannot send text while in an away state
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How to create a max send, not from the text they write, but from the maximum a socket can send, ie. the TextRTF of a RichTextBox
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How to scroll to the bottom of a textbox, where more text is added
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Inserting smilies and converting them from pictures to strings, using their keys to store which picture they are
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And many more techniques, including good programming habits
API DeclarationsThey can be viewed in the program.
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