by vman (1 Submission)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 26th May 2004
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
all about using resources in your program
VBcoders
'To load Bitmap Resource
LoadResPicture(101, vbResBitmap)
'To Load Cursor Resource
LoadResPicture(101, vbResCursor)
'To Load Icon Resource
LoadResPicture(101, vbResIcon)
'Example add a CommandButton to you form add an image to your Resource.
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Command1.Picture = LoadResPicture(101, vbResBitmap)
End Sub
'Using the String Table Resource
'Enter your string and to load it
Text1.Text = LoadResString(101)
'A CUSTOM text resource
'You Need A textbox and a text file for a CUSTOM Resource
'to print all the text to textbox
Dim txt As String
txt = LoadResData(101, "CUSTOM")
txt = StrConv(txt, vbUnicode)
Text1.Text = txt
'To display a certain line and not all
Dim txt As String
txt = LoadResData(101, "CUSTOM")
txt = StrConv(txt, vbUnicode)
lines = Split(txt, vbCrLf)
Text1.Text = lines(1) 'This displays the second line
'To extract a Resource
Dim File As Integer
Dim Data() As Byte
Data = LoadResData(101, "CUSTOM")
File = FreeFile
Open "C:\FileName.ext" For Binary As #File 'example FileName.exe,txt,ico or what ever type of file it is.
Put #File, 1, Data()
Close #File
Erase Data
