Visual Basic 6 - Argument not optional - vb6

I have this very simple code:
Private Sub Image87_Click()
PrintRTFWithMargins
End Sub
PrintRTFWithMargins is a function, which should "hopefully" print the contents of a RichTextBox. Every time I do run the code though, it gives me "Argument not optional" on PrintRTFWithMargins.
The code inside the function has already Option Explicit at the start, and I've tried to put it at the start of the Image87_Click too, but nothing.
Here's the code of PrintRTFWithMargins:
Option Explicit
Private Type Rect
Left As Long
Top As Long
Right As Long
Bottom As Long
End Type
Private Type CHARRANGE
cpMin As Long
cpMax As Long
End Type
Private Type FORMATRANGE
hdc As Long
hdcTarget As Long
rc As Rect
rcPage As Rect
chrg As CHARRANGE
End Type
Private Const WM_USER As Long = &H400
Private Const EM_FORMATRANGE As Long = WM_USER + 57
Private Const EM_SETTARGETDEVICE As Long = WM_USER + 72
Private Const PHYSICALOFFSETX As Long = 112
Private Const PHYSICALOFFSETY As Long = 113
Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" _
(ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "USER32" _
Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, _
ByVal wp As Long, lp As Any) As Long
Public Function PrintRTFWithMargins(RTFControl As Object, _
ByVal LeftMargin As Single, ByVal TopMargin As Single, _
ByVal RightMargin As Single, ByVal BottomMargin As Single) _
As Boolean
'********************************************************8
'PURPOSE: Prints Contents of RTF Control with Margins
'PARAMETERS:
'RTFControl: RichTextBox Control For Printing
'LeftMargin: Left Margin in Inches
'TopMargin: TopMargin in Inches
'RightMargin: RightMargin in Inches
'BottomMargin: BottomMargin in Inches
'***************************************************************
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
'*************************************************************
'I DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
'WHEN CALLING A SERVER DLL, YOU CAN RUN INTO
'PROBLEMS WHEN USING EARLY BINDING WHEN A PARAMETER
'IS A CONTROL OR A CUSTOM OBJECT. IF YOU JUST PLUG THIS INTO
'A FORM, YOU CAN DECLARE RTFCONTROL AS RICHTEXTBOX
'AND COMMENT OUT THE FOLLOWING LINE
If Not TypeOf RTFControl Is RichTextBox Then Exit Function
'**************************************************************
Dim lngLeftOffset As Long
Dim lngTopOffSet As Long
Dim lngLeftMargin As Long
Dim lngTopMargin As Long
Dim lngRightMargin As Long
Dim lngBottomMargin As Long
Dim typFr As FORMATRANGE
Dim rectPrintTarget As Rect
Dim rectPage As Rect
Dim lngTxtLen As Long
Dim lngPos As Long
Dim lngRet As Long
Dim iTempScaleMode As Integer
iTempScaleMode = Printer.ScaleMode
' needed to get a Printer.hDC
Printer.Print ""
Printer.ScaleMode = vbTwips
' Get the offsets to printable area in twips
lngLeftOffset = Printer.ScaleX(GetDeviceCaps(Printer.hdc, _
PHYSICALOFFSETX), vbPixels, vbTwips)
lngTopOffSet = Printer.ScaleY(GetDeviceCaps(Printer.hdc, _
PHYSICALOFFSETY), vbPixels, vbTwips)
' Get Margins in Twips
lngLeftMargin = InchesToTwips(LeftMargin) - lngLeftOffset
lngTopMargin = InchesToTwips(TopMargin) - lngTopOffSet
lngRightMargin = (Printer.Width - _
InchesToTwips(RightMargin)) - lngLeftOffset
lngBottomMargin = (Printer.Height - _
InchesToTwips(BottomMargin)) - lngTopOffSet
' Set printable area rect
rectPage.Left = 0
rectPage.Top = 0
rectPage.Right = Printer.ScaleWidth
rectPage.Bottom = Printer.ScaleHeight
' Set rect in which to print, based on margins passed in
rectPrintTarget.Left = lngLeftMargin
rectPrintTarget.Top = lngTopMargin
rectPrintTarget.Right = lngRightMargin
rectPrintTarget.Bottom = lngBottomMargin
' Set up the printer for this print job
typFr.hdc = Printer.hdc 'for rendering
typFr.hdcTarget = Printer.hdc 'for formatting
typFr.rc = rectPrintTarget
typFr.rcPage = rectPage
typFr.chrg.cpMin = 0
typFr.chrg.cpMax = -1
' Get length of text in the RichTextBox Control
lngTxtLen = Len(Form1.RichTextBox1.Text)
' print page by page
Do
' Print the page by sending EM_FORMATRANGE message
'Allows you to range of text within a specific device
'here, the device is the printer, which must be specified
'as hdc and hdcTarget of the FORMATRANGE structure
lngPos = SendMessage(Form1.RichTextBox1.hWnd, EM_FORMATRANGE, _
True, typFr)
If lngPos >= lngTxtLen Then Exit Do 'Done
typFr.chrg.cpMin = lngPos ' Starting position next page
Printer.NewPage ' go to next page
Printer.Print "" 'to get hDC again
typFr.hdc = Printer.hdc
typFr.hdcTarget = Printer.hdc
Loop
' Done
Printer.EndDoc
' This frees memory
lngRet = SendMessage(Form1.RichTextBox1.hWnd, EM_FORMATRANGE, _
False, Null)
Printer.ScaleMode = iTempScaleMode
PrintRTFWithMargins = True
Exit Function
ErrorHandler:
Err.Raise Err.Number, , Err.Description
End Function
Private Function InchesToTwips(ByVal Inches As Single) As Single
InchesToTwips = 1440 * Inches
End Function
I really, really don't know what else to put. It's such a simple code, just running a function, and yet "Argument not optional". It's single-hand the most annoying Visual Basic error I've ever experienced, because it's so dumb
'''

Call your function as:
Dim retVal as Boolean
retVal = PrintRTFWithMargins(RichTextBox1, 1.1, 1, 1, 1)

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I want to decode a string (which I got via readAsDataUrl()) to bytes.
At first, I remove the data:*/*;base64, then I call the following:
Option Explicit
Private Const CRYPT_STRING_BASE64 As Long = &H1&
Private Declare Function CryptStringToBinaryW Lib "Crypt32.dll" ( _
ByVal pszString As Long, _
ByVal cchString As Long, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal pbBinary As Long, _
ByRef pcbBinary As Long, _
ByVal pdwSkip As Long, _
ByVal pdwFlags As Long) As Long
Public Function DecodeBase64(ByVal strData As String) As Byte()
Dim Buffer() As Byte
Dim dwBinaryBytes As Long
dwBinaryBytes = LenB(strData)
ReDim Buffer(dwBinaryBytes - 1) As Byte
'within the following call, VB6 crashes:
If CryptStringToBinaryW(StrPtr(strData), LenB(strData), CRYPT_STRING_BASE64, _
VarPtr(Buffer(0)), dwBinaryBytes, 0, 0) Then
ReDim Preserve Buffer(dwBinaryBytes - 1) As Byte
DecodeBase64 = Buffer
End If
Erase Buffer
End Function
Now I call this:
Dim s$
'code to get base64 string
'code to strip for example "data:image/jpeg;base64,"
Dim nBytes() As Byte
nBytes = DecodeBase64(s) 'Here VB6 crashes
Edit:
I am using the following alternative version now, and it works, but I wonder what the error is:
Public Function DecodeBase64(ByVal sBase64Buf As String) As Byte()
Const CRYPT_STRING_BASE64 As Long = 1
Const CRYPT_STRING_NOCRLF As Long = &H40000000
Dim bTmp() As Byte
Dim lLen As Long
Dim dwActualUsed As Long
'Get output buffer length
If CryptStringToBinary(StrPtr(sBase64Buf), Len(sBase64Buf), CRYPT_STRING_BASE64, StrPtr(vbNullString), lLen, 0&, dwActualUsed) = 0 Then
'RaiseEvent Error(Err.LastDllError, CSB, Routine)
GoTo ReleaseHandles
End If
'Convert Base64 to binary.
ReDim bTmp(lLen - 1)
If CryptStringToBinary(StrPtr(sBase64Buf), Len(sBase64Buf), CRYPT_STRING_BASE64, VarPtr(bTmp(0)), lLen, 0&, dwActualUsed) = 0 Then
'RaiseEvent Error(Err.LastDllError, CSB, Routine)
GoTo ReleaseHandles
Else
'm_bData = bTmp
End If
ReleaseHandles:
DecodeBase64 = bTmp
End Function
Edit:
In version 1, dwBinaryBytes is 156080 in this line:
dwBinaryBytes = LenB(strData)
and in version 2, lLen is 58528 in this line:
ReDim bTmp(lLen - 1)
Why the discrepancy, and why didn't the author notice that?
The "CryptStringToBinaryW" requires the number of characters in the string as a parameter. That is returned by the "Len" function. You used the "LenB" function which returns the number of bytes in the string which is larger than the number of characters in the string so the function attempted to access memory past the end of the string which caused the crash.

LoadImage PNG in excel vba form image1.picture control, black background

I have code which load png images to picture control
Option Explicit
Option Private Module
Private Type GUID
Data1 As Long
Data2 As Integer
Data3 As Integer
Data4(0 To 7) As Byte
End Type
Private Type PICTDESC
Size As Long
Type As Long
hPic As Long
hPal As Long
End Type
Private Type GdiplusStartupInput
GdiplusVersion As Long
DebugEventCallback As Long
SuppressBackgroundThread As Long
SuppressExternalCodecs As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function GdiplusStartup Lib "GDIPlus" ( _
token As Long, _
inputbuf As GdiplusStartupInput, _
Optional ByVal outputbuf As Long = 0) As Long
Private Declare Function GdipCreateBitmapFromFile Lib "GDIPlus" ( _
ByVal FileName As Long, _
bitmap As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GdipCreateHBITMAPFromBitmap Lib "GDIPlus" ( _
ByVal bitmap As Long, _
hbmReturn As Long, _
ByVal background As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GdipDisposeImage Lib "GDIPlus" ( _
ByVal Image As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GdiplusShutdown Lib "GDIPlus" ( _
ByVal token As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function OleCreatePictureIndirect Lib "olepro32.dll" ( _
PicDesc As PICTDESC, _
RefIID As GUID, _
ByVal fPictureOwnsHandle As Long, _
IPic As IPicture) As Long
Public Function LoadImage(ByVal strFName As String) As IPicture
Dim uGdiInput As GdiplusStartupInput
Dim hGdiPlus As Long
Dim hGdiImage As Long
Dim hBitmap As Long
uGdiInput.GdiplusVersion = 1
If GdiplusStartup(hGdiPlus, uGdiInput) = 0 Then
If GdipCreateBitmapFromFile(StrPtr(strFName), hGdiImage) = 0 Then
GdipCreateHBITMAPFromBitmap hGdiImage, hBitmap, 0
Set LoadImage = ConvertToIPicture(hBitmap)
GdipDisposeImage hGdiImage
End If
GdiplusShutdown hGdiPlus
End If
End Function
Public Function ConvertToIPicture(ByVal hPic As Long) As IPicture
Dim uPicInfo As PICTDESC
Dim IID_IDispatch As GUID
Dim IPic As IPicture
Const PICTYPE_BITMAP = 1
With IID_IDispatch
.Data1 = &H7BF80980
.Data2 = &HBF32
.Data3 = &H101A
.Data4(0) = &H8B
.Data4(1) = &HBB
.Data4(2) = &H0
.Data4(3) = &HAA
.Data4(4) = &H0
.Data4(5) = &H30
.Data4(6) = &HC
.Data4(7) = &HAB
End With
With uPicInfo
.Size = Len(uPicInfo)
.Type = PICTYPE_BITMAP
.hPic = hPic
.hPal = 0
End With
OleCreatePictureIndirect uPicInfo, IID_IDispatch, True, IPic
Set ConvertToIPicture = IPic
End Function
But png images loading with black backgrounds instead of transparent? how to fix this?
I use this function (note the function can be in a separate module):
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
With Me.Image1
.BorderStyle = fmBorderStyleNone
.PictureSizeMode = fmPictureSizeModeZoom
.BackStyle = fmBackStyleTransparent
.Picture = LoadImage("C:\images\MinersBag.png")
End With
end sub
Public Function LoadImagePat(ByVal h$) As IPicture 'si LoadImage ne marche pas , ou ne fait pas la transparance correct :
'code by lepelletier Patrick 28/02/2016
Dim Aff As Boolean
Dim Pic As Shape
With Application
Aff = .ScreenUpdating
.ScreenUpdating = False
End With
Set Pic = ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(h).ShapeRange(1)
With Pic
.Copy
Set LoadImagePat = PastePicture
.Delete
End With
Set Pic = Nothing
If Aff Then Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Function
The PastPicture routine is by Stephen Bullen and is found here (direct download link). In case of link rot, here is a copy of modPastePicture. Save it all into modPastePicture.bas, then import that file into the VBA editor.
Attribute VB_Name = "modPastePicture"
'***************************************************************************
'*
'* MODULE NAME: Paste Picture
'* AUTHOR & DATE: STEPHEN BULLEN, Office Automation Ltd
'* 15 November 1998
'*
'* CONTACT: Stephen#oaltd.co.uk
'* WEB SITE: http://www.oaltd.co.uk
'*
'* DESCRIPTION: Creates a standard Picture object from whatever is on the clipboard.
'* This object can then be assigned to (for example) and Image control
'* on a userform. The PastePicture function takes an optional argument of
'* the picture type - xlBitmap or xlPicture.
'*
'* The code requires a reference to the "OLE Automation" type library
'*
'* he code in this module has been derived from a number of sources
'* discovered on MSDN.
'*
'* To use it, just copy this module into your project, then you can use:
'* Set Image1.Picture = PastePicture(xlPicture)
'* to paste a picture of whatever is on the clipboard into a standard image control.
'*
'* PROCEDURES:
'* PastePicture The entry point for the routine
'* CreatePicture Private function to convert a bitmap or metafile handle to an OLE reference
'* fnOLEError Get the error text for an OLE error code
'***************************************************************************
Option Explicit
Option Compare Text
''' User-Defined Types for API Calls
'Declare a UDT to store a GUID for the IPicture OLE Interface
Private Type GUID
Data1 As Long
Data2 As Integer
Data3 As Integer
Data4(0 To 7) As Byte
End Type
'Declare a UDT to store the bitmap information
Private Type uPicDesc
Size As Long
Type As Long
hPic As Long
hPal As Long
End Type
'''Windows API Function Declarations
'Does the clipboard contain a bitmap/metafile?
Private Declare Function IsClipboardFormatAvailable Lib "user32" (ByVal wFormat As Integer) As Long
'Open the clipboard to read
Private Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
'Get a pointer to the bitmap/metafile
Private Declare Function GetClipboardData Lib "user32" (ByVal wFormat As Integer) As Long
'Close the clipboard
Private Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long
'Convert the handle into an OLE IPicture interface.
Private Declare Function OleCreatePictureIndirect Lib "olepro32.dll" (PicDesc As uPicDesc, RefIID As GUID, ByVal fPictureOwnsHandle As Long, IPic As IPicture) As Long
'Create our own copy of the metafile, so it doesn't get wiped out by subsequent clipboard updates.
Declare Function CopyEnhMetaFile Lib "gdi32" Alias "CopyEnhMetaFileA" (ByVal hemfSrc As Long, ByVal lpszFile As String) As Long
'Create our own copy of the bitmap, so it doesn't get wiped out by subsequent clipboard updates.
Declare Function CopyImage Lib "user32" (ByVal handle As Long, ByVal un1 As Long, ByVal n1 As Long, ByVal n2 As Long, ByVal un2 As Long) As Long
'The API format types we're interested in
Const CF_BITMAP = 2
Const CF_PALETTE = 9
Const CF_ENHMETAFILE = 14
Const IMAGE_BITMAP = 0
Const LR_COPYRETURNORG = &H4
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''' Subroutine: PastePicture
'''
''' Purpose: Get a Picture object showing whatever's on the clipboard.
'''
''' Arguments: lXlPicType - The type of picture to create. Can be one of:
''' xlPicture to create a metafile (default)
''' xlBitmap to create a bitmap
'''
''' Date Developer Action
''' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
''' 30 Oct 98 Stephen Bullen Created
''' 15 Nov 98 Stephen Bullen Updated to create our own copies of the clipboard images
'''
Function PastePicture(Optional lXlPicType As Long = xlPicture) As IPicture
'Some pointers
Dim h As Long, hPicAvail As Long, hPtr As Long, hPal As Long, lPicType As Long, hCopy As Long
'Convert the type of picture requested from the xl constant to the API constant
lPicType = IIf(lXlPicType = xlBitmap, CF_BITMAP, CF_ENHMETAFILE)
'Check if the clipboard contains the required format
hPicAvail = IsClipboardFormatAvailable(lPicType)
If hPicAvail <> 0 Then
'Get access to the clipboard
h = OpenClipboard(0&)
If h > 0 Then
'Get a handle to the image data
hPtr = GetClipboardData(lPicType)
'Create our own copy of the image on the clipboard, in the appropriate format.
If lPicType = CF_BITMAP Then
hCopy = CopyImage(hPtr, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_COPYRETURNORG)
Else
hCopy = CopyEnhMetaFile(hPtr, vbNullString)
End If
'Release the clipboard to other programs
h = CloseClipboard
'If we got a handle to the image, convert it into a Picture object and return it
If hPtr <> 0 Then Set PastePicture = CreatePicture(hCopy, 0, lPicType)
End If
End If
End Function
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''' Subroutine: CreatePicture
'''
''' Purpose: Converts a image (and palette) handle into a Picture object.
'''
''' Requires a reference to the "OLE Automation" type library
'''
''' Arguments: None
'''
''' Date Developer Action
''' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
''' 30 Oct 98 Stephen Bullen Created
'''
Private Function CreatePicture(ByVal hPic As Long, ByVal hPal As Long, ByVal lPicType) As IPicture
' IPicture requires a reference to "OLE Automation"
Dim r As Long, uPicInfo As uPicDesc, IID_IDispatch As GUID, IPic As IPicture
'OLE Picture types
Const PICTYPE_BITMAP = 1
Const PICTYPE_ENHMETAFILE = 4
' Create the Interface GUID (for the IPicture interface)
With IID_IDispatch
.Data1 = &H7BF80980
.Data2 = &HBF32
.Data3 = &H101A
.Data4(0) = &H8B
.Data4(1) = &HBB
.Data4(2) = &H0
.Data4(3) = &HAA
.Data4(4) = &H0
.Data4(5) = &H30
.Data4(6) = &HC
.Data4(7) = &HAB
End With
' Fill uPicInfo with necessary parts.
With uPicInfo
.Size = Len(uPicInfo) ' Length of structure.
.Type = IIf(lPicType = CF_BITMAP, PICTYPE_BITMAP, PICTYPE_ENHMETAFILE) ' Type of Picture
.hPic = hPic ' Handle to image.
.hPal = IIf(lPicType = CF_BITMAP, hPal, 0) ' Handle to palette (if bitmap).
End With
' Create the Picture object.
r = OleCreatePictureIndirect(uPicInfo, IID_IDispatch, True, IPic)
' If an error occured, show the description
If r <> 0 Then Debug.Print "Create Picture: " & fnOLEError(r)
' Return the new Picture object.
Set CreatePicture = IPic
End Function
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''' Subroutine: fnOLEError
'''
''' Purpose: Gets the message text for standard OLE errors
'''
''' Arguments: None
'''
''' Date Developer Action
''' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
''' 30 Oct 98 Stephen Bullen Created
'''
Private Function fnOLEError(lErrNum As Long) As String
'OLECreatePictureIndirect return values
Const E_ABORT = &H80004004
Const E_ACCESSDENIED = &H80070005
Const E_FAIL = &H80004005
Const E_HANDLE = &H80070006
Const E_INVALIDARG = &H80070057
Const E_NOINTERFACE = &H80004002
Const E_NOTIMPL = &H80004001
Const E_OUTOFMEMORY = &H8007000E
Const E_POINTER = &H80004003
Const E_UNEXPECTED = &H8000FFFF
Const S_OK = &H0
Select Case lErrNum
Case E_ABORT
fnOLEError = " Aborted"
Case E_ACCESSDENIED
fnOLEError = " Access Denied"
Case E_FAIL
fnOLEError = " General Failure"
Case E_HANDLE
fnOLEError = " Bad/Missing Handle"
Case E_INVALIDARG
fnOLEError = " Invalid Argument"
Case E_NOINTERFACE
fnOLEError = " No Interface"
Case E_NOTIMPL
fnOLEError = " Not Implemented"
Case E_OUTOFMEMORY
fnOLEError = " Out of Memory"
Case E_POINTER
fnOLEError = " Invalid Pointer"
Case E_UNEXPECTED
fnOLEError = " Unknown Error"
Case S_OK
fnOLEError = " Success!"
End Select
End Function
Why not use Insert/Picture which accepts png files? You can still assign a macro to it.
AFAIK only png files support transparent backgrounds.
If it's for a userform, I don't know of anything you can add that supports transparent objects. However your background should be static so you can fake it.
Perhaps you could just match the color behind the image? You can get the color code from your form properties.
If it's a static background but not a single color, you could take a screen shot and clip the portion you want as background for the image, layer the 2 images together in a photo editor then output as bmp which will flatten the two layers as one. There are free photo editors that can do this.

Saving a picture from a webcam displayed video in a PictureBox in VB6

I have used a code from the internet to show my webcam in a certain form, however, i dont know how to capture an image and save it automatically to my local disk drive via command button click. would anyone help me ASAP :))
here is my code for the form.
Option Explicit
Const ws_visible = &H10000000
Const ws_child = &H40000000
Const WM_USER = 1024
Const WM_CAP_EDIT_COPY = WM_USER + 30
Const wm_cap_driver_connect = WM_USER + 10
Const wm_cap_set_preview = WM_USER + 50
Const wm_cap_set_overlay = WM_USER + 51
Const WM_CAP_SET_PREVIEWRATE = WM_USER + 52
Const WM_CAP_SEQUENCE = WM_USER + 62
Const WM_CAP_SINGLE_FRAME_OPEN = WM_USER + 70
Const WM_CAP_SINGLE_FRAME_CLOSE = WM_USER + 71
Const WM_CAP_SINGLE_FRAME = WM_USER + 72
Const DRV_USER = &H4000
Const DVM_DIALOG = DRV_USER + 100
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Dim hwndc As Long
Dim saveflag As Integer
Dim pictureindex As Integer
Dim filter1(-1 To 1, -1 To 1) As Single
Dim filter2(-1 To 1, -1 To 1) As Single
Dim temp As String
Private Sub Command2_Click()
Unload Me
Main.Show
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
On Error GoTo handler:
hwndc = capCreateCaptureWindow("CaptureWindow", ws_child Or ws_visible, 0, 0, Pichwnd.Width, Pichwnd.Height, Pichwnd.hWnd, 0)
If (hwndc <> 0) Then
temp = SendMessage(hwndc, wm_cap_driver_connect, 0, 0)
temp = SendMessage(hwndc, wm_cap_set_preview, 1, 0)
temp = SendMessage(hwndc, WM_CAP_SET_PREVIEWRATE, PREVIEWRATE, 0)
temp = SendMessage(Me.hWnd, WM_CAP_EDIT_COPY, 1, 0)
Picture1.Picture = Clipboard.GetData
Else
MsgBox "Unable to capture video.", vbCritical
End If
Exit Sub
handler:
End
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Initialize()
If Me.WindowState <> vbMaximized Then
Me.WindowState = vbMaximized
Else
Me.WindowState = vbNormal
End If
End Sub
my code might be too long but i just learned some vb6 via tutorials as i need to make a GUI to my Grad project. Finally thanks for help
Send the WM_CAP_FILE_SAVEDIB message to your hwndc with the filename to save to.
A better option is to handle the video callbacks yourself with WM_CAP_SET_CALLBACK_FRAME message or the capVideoStreamCallback callback function.
Also, take a look at the examples at http://www.shrinkwrapvb.com/videocap.htm.
Note that VfW capture is very outdated and should be replaced with Directshow (but is very difficult to do properly in VB6)

A Color Picker Control for Visual Basic 6 (VB6)

I am looking for a free color picker control for Visual Basic 6. Something like this or this. Is there any?
Update. Here is what I found so far:
A Photoshop-style Color Picker
Color Picker Control with Sample Code
Have a look at: https://web.archive.org/web/20111001144343/http://www.devx.com/vb2themax/Tip/19257
It's supposed to show the standard color dialog (ChooseColor API in comdlg32.dll).
For convenience, here's the code:
Private Type ChooseColorStruct
lStructSize As Long
hwndOwner As Long
hInstance As Long
rgbResult As Long
lpCustColors As Long
flags As Long
lCustData As Long
lpfnHook As Long
lpTemplateName As String
End Type
Private Declare Function ChooseColor Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "ChooseColorA" _
(lpChoosecolor As ChooseColorStruct) As Long
Private Declare Function OleTranslateColor Lib "oleaut32.dll" (ByVal lOleColor _
As Long, ByVal lHPalette As Long, lColorRef As Long) As Long
Private Const CC_RGBINIT = &H1&
Private Const CC_FULLOPEN = &H2&
Private Const CC_PREVENTFULLOPEN = &H4&
Private Const CC_SHOWHELP = &H8&
Private Const CC_ENABLEHOOK = &H10&
Private Const CC_ENABLETEMPLATE = &H20&
Private Const CC_ENABLETEMPLATEHANDLE = &H40&
Private Const CC_SOLIDCOLOR = &H80&
Private Const CC_ANYCOLOR = &H100&
Private Const CLR_INVALID = &HFFFF
' Show the common dialog for choosing a color.
' Return the chosen color, or -1 if the dialog is canceled
'
' hParent is the handle of the parent form
' bFullOpen specifies whether the dialog will be open with the Full style
' (allows to choose many more colors)
' InitColor is the color initially selected when the dialog is open
' Example:
' Dim oleNewColor As OLE_COLOR
' oleNewColor = ShowColorsDialog(Me.hwnd, True, vbRed)
' If oleNewColor <> -1 Then Me.BackColor = oleNewColor
Function ShowColorDialog(Optional ByVal hParent As Long, _
Optional ByVal bFullOpen As Boolean, Optional ByVal InitColor As OLE_COLOR) _
As Long
Dim CC As ChooseColorStruct
Dim aColorRef(15) As Long
Dim lInitColor As Long
' translate the initial OLE color to a long value
If InitColor <> 0 Then
If OleTranslateColor(InitColor, 0, lInitColor) Then
lInitColor = CLR_INVALID
End If
End If
'fill the ChooseColorStruct struct
With CC
.lStructSize = Len(CC)
.hwndOwner = hParent
.lpCustColors = VarPtr(aColorRef(0))
.rgbResult = lInitColor
.flags = CC_SOLIDCOLOR Or CC_ANYCOLOR Or CC_RGBINIT Or IIf(bFullOpen, _
CC_FULLOPEN, 0)
End With
' Show the dialog
If ChooseColor(CC) Then
'if not canceled, return the color
ShowColorDialog = CC.rgbResult
Else
'else return -1
ShowColorDialog = -1
End If
End Function
There is a color-picker built into VB6. The common dialog control can be used as a color picker.
Here's the code example from the VB6 manual
Private Sub Command1_Click()
' Set Cancel to True
CommonDialog1.CancelError = True
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
'Set the Flags property
CommonDialog1.Flags = cdlCCRGBInit
' Display the Color Dialog box
CommonDialog1.ShowColor
' Set the form's background color to selected color
Form1.BackColor = CommonDialog1.Color
Exit Sub
ErrHandler:
' User pressed the Cancel button
End Sub

How can I stop Excel workbook flicker on automation open?

I'm using GetObject with a workbook path to either create a new or grab an existing Excel instance. If it's grabbing an existing user-created instance, the application window is visible; if the workbook path in question is closed, it will open and hide, but not before it flickers on the screen. Application.ScreenUpdating does not help with this.
I don't think I can use the Win32Api call LockWindowUpdate, because I don't know whether I'm getting or creating before the file is open. Is there some other VBA-friendly way (i.e. WinAPI) to freeze the screen long enough to get the object?
EDIT: Just to clarify, because the first answer suggests using the Application object... These are the steps to reproduce this behavior.
1. Open Excel--make sure you're only running one instance--save and close the default workbook. Excel window now visible but "empty"
2. Open Powerpoint or Word, insert a module, add the following code
Public Sub Open_SomeWorkbook()
Dim MyObj As Object
Set MyObj = GetObject("C:\temp\MyFlickerbook.xlsx")
'uncomment the next line to see the workbook again'
'MyObj.Parent.Windows(MyObj.Name).Visible = True'
'here's how you work with the application object... after the fact'
Debug.Print MyObj.Parent.Version
End Sub
Note the flicker as Excel opens the file in the existing instance, and then hides it... because it's automation
Note also, however, that there is no application object to work with, until the flickering is done. This is why I'm looking for some larger API method to "freeze" the screen.
Try,
Application.VBE.MainWindow.Visible = False
If that doesn't work try
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" _
(ByVal ClassName As String, ByVal WindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function LockWindowUpdate Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hWndLock As Long) As Long
Sub EliminateScreenFlicker()
Dim VBEHwnd As Long
On Error GoTo ErrH:
Application.VBE.MainWindow.Visible = False
VBEHwnd = FindWindow("wndclass_desked_gsk", _
Application.VBE.MainWindow.Caption)
If VBEHwnd Then
LockWindowUpdate VBEHwnd
End If
'''''''''''''''''''''''''
' your code here
'''''''''''''''''''''''''
Application.VBE.MainWindow.Visible = False
ErrH:
LockWindowUpdate 0&
End Sub
Both found here Eliminating Screen Flicker During VBProject Code
Ok you didn't mention multiple instances... [1. Open Excel--make sure you're only running one instance] :)
How about something like this.....
Public Declare PtrSafe Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" _
(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal lHwnd As Long, _
ByVal lCmdShow As Long) As Boolean
Public Declare PtrSafe Function LockWindowUpdate Lib "user32" (ByVal hwndLock As Long) As Long
Sub GetWindowHandle()
Const SW_HIDE As Long = 0
Const SW_SHOW As Long = 5
Const SW_MINIMIZE As Long = 2
Const SW_MAXIMIZE As Long = 3
'Const C_WINDOW_CLASS = "XLMAIN"
Const C_WINDOW_CLASS = vbNullString
Const C_FILE_NAME = "Microsoft Excel - Flickerbook.xlsx"
'Const C_FILE_NAME = vbNullString
Dim xlHwnd As Long
xlHwnd = FindWindow(lpClassName:=C_WINDOW_CLASS, _
lpWindowName:=C_FILE_NAME)
'Debug.Print xlHwnd
if xlHwnd = 0 then
Dim MyObj As Object
Dim objExcel As Excel.Application
Set objExcel = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
objExcel.ScreenUpdating = False
Set MyObj = GetObject("C:\temp\MyFlickerbook.xlsx")
'uncomment the next line to see the workbook again'
'MyObj.Parent.Windows(MyObj.Name).Visible = True
'here's how you work with the application object... after the fact'
Debug.Print MyObj.Parent.Version
MyObj.Close
objExcel.ScreenUpdating = True
else
'Either HIDE/SHOW or MINIMIZE/MAXIMISE
ShowWindow xlHwnd, SW_HIDE
Set MyObj = GetObject("C:\temp\MyFlickerbook.xlsx")
'manage MyObj
ShowWindow xlHwnd, SW_SHOW
'Or LockWindowUpdate then Unlock
LockWindowUpdate xlHwnd
Set MyObj = GetObject("C:\temp\MyFlickerbook.xlsx")
'manage MyObj
LockWindowUpdate 0
end if
' 'Get Window Name
' Dim strWindowTitle As String
' strWindowTitle = Space(260) ' We must allocate a buffer for the GetWindowText function
' Call GetWindowText(xlHwnd, strWindowTitle, 260)
' debug.print (strWindowTitle)
End Sub
I ended up basically ditching GetObject, because it wasn't granular enough, and wrote my own flickerless opener, with some inspiration from osknows and great code samples from here and here. Thought I would share it in case others found it useful. First the complete module
'looping through, parent and child (see also callbacks for lpEnumFunc)
Private Declare Function EnumWindows Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal lpEnumFunc As Long, _
ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function EnumChildWindows Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hWndParent As Long, _
ByVal lpEnumFunc As Long, _
ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
'title of window
Private Declare Function GetWindowTextLength Lib "user32.dll" Alias "GetWindowTextLengthA" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32.dll" Alias "GetWindowTextA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal lpString As String, _
ByVal cch As Long) As Long
'class of window object
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal lpClassName As String, _
ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
'control window display
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal lHwnd As Long, _
ByVal lCmdShow As Long) As Boolean
Private Declare Function BringWindowToTop Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetFocus Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long
Public Enum swcShowWindowCmd
swcHide = 0
swcNormal = 1
swcMinimized = 2 'but activated
swcMaximized = 3
swcNormalNoActivate = 4
swcShow = 5
swcMinimize = 6 'activates next
swcMinimizeNoActivate = 7
swcShowNoActive = 8
swcRestore = 9
swcShowDefault = 10
swcForceMinimized = 11
End Enum
'get application object using accessibility
Private Declare Function AccessibleObjectFromWindow Lib "oleacc" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal dwId As Long, _
ByRef riid As GUID, _
ByRef ppvObject As Object) _
As Long
Private Declare Function IIDFromString Lib "ole32" (ByVal lpsz As Long, _
ByRef lpiid As GUID) As Long
'Const defined in winuser.h
Private Const OBJID_NATIVEOM As Long = &HFFFFFFF0
'IDispath pointer to native object model
Private Const Guid_Excel As String = "{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Private Type GUID
Data1 As Long
Data2 As Integer
Data3 As Integer
Data4(7) As Byte
End Type
'class names to search by (Excel, in this example, is XLMAIN)
Private mstrAppClass As String
'title (a.k.a. pathless filename) to search for
Private mstrFindTitle As String
'resulting handle outputs - "default" app instance and child with object
Private mlngFirstHwnd As Long
Private mlngChildHwnd As Long
'------
'replacement GetObject
'------
Public Function GetExcelWbk(pstrFullName As String, _
Optional pbleShow As Boolean = False, _
Optional pbleWasOpenOutput As Boolean) As Object
Dim XLApp As Object
Dim xlWbk As Object
Dim strWbkNameOnly As String
Set XLApp = GetExcelAppForWbkPath(pstrFullName, pbleWasOpenOutput)
'other stuff can be done here if the app needs to be prepared for the load
If pbleWasOpenOutput = False Then
'load it, without flicker, if you plan to show it
If pbleShow = False Then
XLApp.ScreenUpdating = False
End If
Set xlWbk = XLApp.Workbooks.Open(pstrFullName)
Else
'get it by its (pathless, if saved) name
strWbkNameOnly = PathOrFileNm("FileNm", pstrFullName)
Set xlWbk = XLApp.Workbooks(strWbkNameOnly)
End If
Set GetExcelWbk = xlWbk
Set xlWbk = Nothing
Set XLApp = Nothing
End Function
Private Function GetExcelAppForWbkPath(pstrFullName As String, _
pbleWbkWasOpenOutput As Boolean, _
Optional pbleLoadAddIns As Boolean = True) As Object
Dim XLApp As Object
Dim bleAppRunning As Boolean
Dim lngHwnd As Long
'get a handle, and determine whether it's for a workbook or an app instance
lngHwnd = WbkOrFirstAppHandle(pstrFullName, pbleWbkWasOpenOutput)
'if a handle came back, at least one instance of Excel is running
'(this isnt' particularly useful; just check XLApp.Visible when you're done getting/opening;
'if it's a hidden instance, it wasn't running)
bleAppRunning = (lngHwnd > 0)
'get an app instance.
Set XLApp = GetAppForHwnd(lngHwnd, pbleWbkWasOpenOutput, pbleLoadAddIns)
Set GetExcelAppForWbkPath = XLApp
Set XLApp = Nothing
Exit Function
End Function
Private Function WbkOrFirstAppHandle(pstrFullName As String, _
pbleIsChildWindowOutput As Boolean) As Long
Dim retval As Long
'defaults
mstrAppClass = "XLMAIN"
mstrFindTitle = PathOrFileNm("FileNm", pstrFullName)
mlngFirstHwnd = 0
mlngChildHwnd = 0
'find
retval = EnumWindows(AddressOf EnumWindowsProc, 0)
If mlngChildHwnd > 0 Then
pbleIsChildWindowOutput = True
WbkOrFirstAppHandle = mlngChildHwnd
Else
WbkOrFirstAppHandle = mlngFirstHwnd
End If
'clear
mstrAppClass = ""
mstrFindTitle = ""
mlngFirstHwnd = 0
mlngChildHwnd = 0
End Function
Private Function GetAppForHwnd(plngHWnd As Long, _
pbleIsChild As Boolean, _
pbleLoadAddIns As Boolean) As Object
On Error GoTo HandleError
Dim XLApp As Object
Dim AI As Object
If plngHWnd > 0 Then
If pbleIsChild = True Then
'get the parent instance using accessibility
Set XLApp = GetExcelAppForHwnd(plngHWnd)
Else
'get the "default" instance
Set XLApp = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
End If
Else
'no Excel running
Set XLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
If pbleLoadAddIns = True Then
'explicitly reload add-ins (automation doesn't)
For Each AI In XLApp.AddIns
If AI.Installed Then
AI.Installed = False
AI.Installed = True
End If
Next AI
End If
End If
Set GetAppForHwnd = XLApp
Set AI = Nothing
Set XLApp = Nothing
Exit Function
End Function
'------
'API wrappers and utilities
'------
Public Function uWindowClass(ByVal hWnd As Long) As String
Dim strBuffer As String
Dim retval As Long
strBuffer = Space(256)
retval = GetClassName(hWnd, strBuffer, 255)
uWindowClass = Left(strBuffer, retval)
End Function
Public Function uWindowTitle(ByVal hWnd As Long) As String
Dim lngLen As Long
Dim strBuffer As String
Dim retval As Long
lngLen = GetWindowTextLength(hWnd) + 1
If lngLen > 1 Then
'title found - pad buffer
strBuffer = Space(lngLen)
'...get titlebar text
retval = GetWindowText(hWnd, strBuffer, lngLen)
uWindowTitle = Left(strBuffer, lngLen - 1)
End If
End Function
Public Sub uShowWindow(ByVal hWnd As Long, _
Optional pShowType As swcShowWindowCmd = swcRestore)
Dim retval As Long
retval = ShowWindow(hWnd, pShowType)
Select Case pShowType
Case swcMaximized, swcNormal, swcRestore, swcShow
BringWindowToTop hWnd
SetFocus hWnd
End Select
End Sub
Private Function EnumWindowsProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Dim strThisClass As String
Dim strThisTitle As String
Dim retval As Long
Dim bleMatch As Boolean
'mlngWinCounter = mlngWinCounter + 1
'type of window is all you need for parent
strThisClass = uWindowClass(hWnd)
bleMatch = (strThisClass = mstrAppClass)
If bleMatch = True Then
strThisTitle = uWindowTitle(hWnd)
'Debug.Print "Window #"; mlngWinCounter; " : ";
'Debug.Print strThisTitle; "(" & strThisClass & ") " & hWnd
If mlngFirstHwnd = 0 Then mlngFirstHwnd = hWnd
'mlngChildWinCounter 0
retval = EnumChildWindows(hWnd, AddressOf EnumChildProc, 0)
If mlngChildHwnd > 0 Then
'If mbleFindAll = False And mlngChildHwnd > 0 Then
'stop EnumWindows by setting result to 0
EnumWindowsProc = 0
Else
EnumWindowsProc = 1
End If
Else
EnumWindowsProc = 1
End If
End Function
Private Function EnumChildProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Dim strThisClass As String
Dim strThisTitle As String
Dim retval As Long
Dim bleMatch As Boolean
strThisClass = uWindowClass(hWnd)
strThisTitle = uWindowTitle(hWnd)
If Len(mstrFindTitle) > 0 Then
bleMatch = (strThisTitle = mstrFindTitle)
Else
bleMatch = True
End If
If bleMatch = True Then
mlngChildHwnd = hWnd
EnumChildProc = 0
Else
EnumChildProc = 1
End If
End Function
Public Function GetExcelAppForHwnd(pChildHwnd As Long) As Object
Dim o As Object
Dim g As GUID
Dim retval As Long
'for child objects only, e.g. must use a loaded workbook to get its parent Excel.Application
'make a valid GUID type
retval = IIDFromString(StrPtr(Guid_Excel), g)
'get
retval = AccessibleObjectFromWindow(pChildHwnd, OBJID_NATIVEOM, g, o)
If retval >= 0 Then
Set GetExcelAppForHwnd = o.Application
End If
End Function
Public Function PathOrFileNm(pstrPathOrFileNm As String, _
pstrFileNmWithPath As String)
On Error GoTo HandleError
Dim i As Integer
Dim j As Integer
Dim strChar As String
If Len(pstrFileNmWithPath) > 0 Then
i = InStrRev(pstrFileNmWithPath, "\")
If i = 0 Then
i = InStrRev(pstrFileNmWithPath, "/")
End If
If i > 0 Then
Select Case pstrPathOrFileNm
Case "Path"
PathOrFileNm = Left(pstrFileNmWithPath, i - 1)
Case "FileNm"
PathOrFileNm = Mid(pstrFileNmWithPath, i + 1)
End Select
ElseIf pstrPathOrFileNm = "FileNm" Then
PathOrFileNm = pstrFileNmWithPath
End If
End If
End Function
And then some sample/test code.
Public Sub Test_GetExcelWbk()
Dim MyXLApp As Object
Dim MyXLWbk As Object
Dim bleXLWasRunning As Boolean
Dim bleWasOpen As Boolean
Const TESTPATH As String = "C:\temp\MyFlickerbook.xlsx"
Const SHOWONLOAD As Boolean = False
Set MyXLWbk = GetExcelWbk(TESTPATH, SHOWONLOAD, bleWasOpen)
If Not (MyXLWbk Is Nothing) Then
Set MyXLApp = MyXLWbk.Parent
bleXLWasRunning = MyXLApp.Visible
If SHOWONLOAD = False Then
If MsgBox("Show " & TESTPATH & "?", vbOKCancel) = vbOK Then
MyXLApp.Visible = True
MyXLApp.Windows(MyXLWbk.Name).Visible = True
End If
End If
If bleWasOpen = False Then
If MsgBox("Close " & TESTPATH & "?", vbOKCancel) = vbOK Then
MyXLWbk.Close SaveChanges:=False
If bleXLWasRunning = False Then
MyXLApp.Quit
End If
End If
End If
End If
Set MyXLWbk = Nothing
Set MyXLApp = Nothing
End Sub
Hope someone else finds this useful.

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