http://vbaccelerator.com/Whats_New/index.asp The latest articles and updates published at vbAccelerator.com: free source code and controls for VB, C# and VB.NET. en-us Copyright © 2004 Steve McMahon <a href="steve@vbaccelerator.com">steve@vbaccelerator.com<a> steve@vbaccelerator.com steve@vbaccelerator.com Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:54:43 GMT vbAccelerator Site Publisher v1.0.1209.33203 http://backend.userland.com/rss 720 http://vbaccelerator.com/home/res/vbaccelRssLogo.png http://vbaccelerator.com/Whats_New/index.asp 88 31 The latest articles and updates published at vbAccelerator.com: free source code and controls for VB, C# and VB.NET. http://vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Libraries/Writing_CDs/Writing_Audio_CDs/article.asp This sample demonstrates how to burn audio CDs using the .NET IMAPI Wrapper from WAV files. Sample code is provided in both VB and C#. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15412 Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Libraries/Writing_CDs/Writing_Data_CDs/article.asp This article demonstrates how to use the IMAPI wrapper to burn data CDs (also known as "Joliet" format CDs). Sample code is provided in both C# and VB. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15413 Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Media/Audio/WaveStream/article.asp This article describes two classes which provide Stream wrappers around the Windows Multimedia API to work with .WAV files in .NET. These classes allow you to read and write .WAV files directly from managed code. Both C# and VB versions of the code are provided. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15506 Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Libraries/Writing_CDs/IMAPI/article.asp IMAPI is provided with Windows XP and above to provide full control over the creation of audio and data discs. This sample provides a wrapper around the API allowing it to be used from .NET; both VB and C# client code is provided. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15411 Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/The_Site/vbAccelerator_Users/STARBRIGHT_World/article.asp STARBRIGHT World is a private online community for children living with serious illness. In STARBRIGHT World, children can instant message, chat, video conference, browse topical web content, post to message boards and more, all within a private community only they can access. The current version of the system has been running since mid-January, and has been a great success. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15385 Sun, 13 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Libraries/Writing_CDs/Writing_Audio_CDs/article.asp "Perhaps they were expecting someone to write an audio recorder in Visual Basic?" Paul DiLascia writes, somewhat sarcastically, in the April 2004 issue of MSDN Magazine on the subject of the Image Mastering API. Whether they were expecting it or not, here it is: a VB application which creates audio CDs. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14970 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/vbMedia/Audio/Using_WinAmp_Plugins/article.asp Winamp is one of the better music player applications out there, and one of the neat features is its extensive support for plugins, most of which are developed and made available independently from Winamp. This article provides a small DLL and source which allows you to use these plugins to play and convert audio files relatively easily from VB. It has been tested with the MP3, MP4/AAC, APE (Monkey's Audio) and Ogg Vorbis plugins; it should work fine with the other plugins for more esoteric tracker and console formats out there too. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14973 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Libraries/Writing_CDs/Simple_CD_Burn/article.asp Windows XP and above include built-in support for burning CDs. This sample demonstrates how to use the simple ICDBurn API included in the shell to create data CDs from within a Visual Basic application. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14969 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Libraries/Writing_CDs/IMAPI/article.asp IMAPI is provided with Windows XP and above to provide full control over the creation of audio and data discs. This sample provides a wrapper around the API allowing it to be used from VB. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14968 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Libraries/Windows/Creating_New_Desktops/article.asp All varieties of Windows NT since 3.51 include the ability to create and run multiple desktops. Normally, this feature isn't used, and all applications run within the "Default" desktop. However, if you want to create a kiosk-style application which has a full-screen interface, and prevents Ctrl+Alt+Del or any of the other standard Windows options from being accessed, then this technique is the way to do it. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15313 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/vbMedia/Audio/CD_Ripping_2/article.asp This sample provides a more sophisticated CD Ripper which is capable of writing MP3 files by adding the following: A plugin-based architecture for writing audio files.Implementing a WAV to MP3 encoder. The audio plugins can be re-used wherever you want to be able to create audio files. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14972 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/vbMedia/Audio/CD_Ripping_1/article.asp This sample looks at ripping CDs from VB using the CD ripping library provided with CDEx. In addition to providing a VB compatible wrapper around the CD ripping functions, it provides a buffered WAV file writer which can be reused for other applications such as audio recorders and processors. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14971 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/The_Site/About_the_Site/vbAccelerator_Ltd/article.asp vbAccelerator Ltd is a small London based software consultancy. As well as this website (and despite our name!) vbAccelerator also provides software design and development services for J2EE, .NET, VB and XML projects. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14967 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Type_Libraries/IMAPI_(CD_Burning)/article.asp This type library provides access to the various objects exposed in the Windows Image Mastering API (IMAPI). This API allows you to burn audio and data CD-R and CD-RW discs. Note that this API is only available on Windows XP and above. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14976 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/The_Site/About_the_Site/Using_the_Site/article.asp Welcome to the vbAccelerator site. Here you can learn about the site's features, navigating the array of content and find out how the site was put together. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=2725 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/The_Site/About_the_Site/RDF_Metadata/article.asp vbAccelerator pages now include support for RDF tags which describe meta-data and licensing conditions for the articles and code. This article describes the RDF tagging that's provided and some details of the implementation. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14966 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/The_Site/About_the_Site/Contributors/article.asp The software available on this site includes voluntary contributions made by many individuals. This article lists the main contributors and thanks them for their support. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14965 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Tips/Preventing_Logoff_or_Shutdown/article.asp Sometimes if an application is performing a long operation you do not want the user to log-off or shutdown the system until it is complete. An example is when burning a CD, as the CD burn will be terminated and the disc potentially ruined. This sample demonstrates how to respond to the WM_QUERYENDSESSION message to prevent this from occurring. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14975 Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Tips/Mapping_NT_Device_Names/article.asp This tip demonstrates how you convert between MS-DOS style drive letters and NT-style device names. This can be useful if you're working with an API that exposes an NT device name, such as IMAPI for CD Burning. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=14974 Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/The_Site/vbAccelerator_Users/StealthBot/article.asp StealthBot is an application that, erm, does something or other related to games. (I have to apologise for being such a lamer, but not having played that many games for the last few years I couldn't actually figure out what this is for...) In any case, it works with Starcraft, Warcraft III and Diablo II and uses a vbAccelerator TreeView control to get the much-needed black background and colours. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15386 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/Resources/Links/Other/MameJump/article.asp Flash had to be useful for something: this is it I think; covering just about every old-school arcade game with a jump option all rendered in time to Van Halen's "Jump". http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15382 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/Resources/Links/Other/Dismount/article.asp If you used to configure your train set purely for the purpose of simulating dramatic crashes into stations or over mis-set points (as I may have done), then you should find these dismounting games fun too. Good physics simulation too... http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15381 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/Resources/Links/Other/Cryptogram/article.asp Bruce Schneier is the author of the excellent Applied Cryptography, which is still the best resource for information on cryptographic algorithms and security. He also publishes Cryptogram, a monthly newsletter which I can't recommend highly enough. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15380 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/The_Site/vbAccelerator_Users/MyStuffNow/article.asp MyStuffNow is an application which creates discs that support Hasbro's VideoNow, a children's toy that plays audio and video mini-CDs. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15383 Fri, 28 May 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/The_Site/vbAccelerator_Users/Server_System_Check/article.asp Server System Check is an in-house application, written in VB and currently under development by Wizard Software Solutions. An attractive and easy to use interface allows easy monitoring of servers for Dr. Watson errors, low diskspace and NT Service problems. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15384 Tue, 25 May 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/Resources/Links/IBrowse/Thumbnail_Extractor_feature/article.asp This article in the .NET Developer's Journal reuses the Thumbnail Extractor code to create a thumbnail viewer control in .NET. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=15379 Sat, 22 May 2004 01:00:00 GMT http://vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Type_Libraries/Runnable/article.asp This Type Library was originally provided with the CodeFlow sample from the VB Owner's Area at MSDN. It contains only one interface declaration (which could equally be written in VB as a class) but does allow an ActiveX object to be created without its public interface being cluttered with items the user of the object does not care about. http://vbaccelerator.com/article.asp?id=1026 Fri, 21 May 2004 01:00:00 GMT