Posts by vb6boy
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Speed Optimization Using Arrays
I was recently given a small programming challenge by a friend, which entailed splitting a text file into multiple text files, based on word length. I got run time down to 11 seconds. Can you do better?
Start the screensaver from code in VB6
Nothing magical here. Just using the Windows API to start the screensaver on demand from code in Windows.
I've put together a few string handling functions in a module that I've found useful over of the years, and thought I would share them here so that others might find them useful.
String Handling for File Operations
This is a module containing twenty useful functions for working with files, directories, drives, and volumes.
Strip Non-Numeric Characters in ASP/VBScript
I have been asked for this little snippet of code by several users, so here it is. It does something that sounds really simple, but "classic" development languages from Microsoft don't seem to have a built in function for it.
This is just a short program for building test files. The files contain random characters, and are useful for testing things such as transfer speeds, compression ratios, attachment size limits in email, and other things that can use files of varying sizes.
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