To avoid GUI choked when adding large number item in listview in an event (eg buttonclick). Im using Multithread. Place Dir listing and listview add item code in separate thread function IDD_DLG1_btFind_Clicked(Byval hWin as hwnd,Byval hCtrl as lparam)as long If busy Then Return 0 pthrd=Thre...

if this is our windows message handling, usually we put our cleanup procedure inside WM_CLOSE, but I have memory can not read error with this. this problem solved when I move my cleanup procedure inside WM_DESTROY. I also found excel task still reside if we didnt call Couninitialize API. in disphelp...

Hi phisguy,
I just found found how to close excel.
Put xlapp.quit method in WM_DESTROY event then call Couninitialize API

yeah, excel is like a labyrinth for programming other than VB:)
do you know there is FOR..EACH macro in disphelper?
but i still dont figure it out how to use it.

not tested '-should created and shared first 'dim shared xlapp as lpdispatch 'dim shared pactivecell as lpdispatch Sub Macro1() ' ' Macro1 Macro ' ' 'Sheets("Sheet2").Select dhCallMethod(xlapp,".sheets.item(%s).select","sheet2") dhgetvalu...

dhCreateObject("speech.voicetext", NULL, @spvoice) used so far is for creating sapi4 vtxtauto object: '================================================================================ 'CLSID - ? '================================================================================ Const CLSID_VTxtAuto=&q...

you can 'cheat' by renaming *.bmp file to *.ico. but make sure bitmap resolution and color depth should follow icon standard. eg. 32x32pixels 256color

@phisguy here invoke kind list of COM/ActiveX 'CONST DISPATCH_METHOD = 1 ' The member is called using a normal function invocation syntax. 'CONST DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET = 2 ' The function is invoked using a normal property-access syntax. 'CONST DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT = 4 ' The function is invoked using ...

Gotcha!!!!
Didnt notice thereis putref method in disphelper.
Change dhput value to dhputref, it work now

it is weird, voice method not recognized by disphelper.
Voice method exist in ISpeechVoice interface.
In VB the command could be spvoice.voice=token,
anyway it work in axsupport dispatch automation mode.

I'll try to change short code to disphelper. Here we go #define UNICODE #include once "windows.bi" #include once "disphelper/disphelper.bi" Dim As zString ptr text Dim As Integer count,i 'define required object DISPATCH_OBJ(spvoice) DISPATCH_OBJ(tokens) DISPATCH_O...

textaloud is an application that use sapi4 or 5, if installed voice can seen via sapi control panel, so the code will work.
about the link, you only need compiled libvariant.a. i'll send you, if you want it

Hi Teslacoil, here http://freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16848&highlight=recognizer FB code of SAPI5 for speech recognizer, change voice and text to speech for the short code only for voice change and text to speech #include once "windows.bi" #Include Once "axobj2.bi" Di...

if direct3d you mean is part of directx, there is tutorial in your freebasic installation under FreeBSIC/examples/windows/COM/D3DX/meshes

hi buvh, since vtcall dropped in further release of axsupport, i'll use this reply as request to admin to remove some of axsupport lib in freebasic/arch before axsuite (axsupport package & axsupport-bug fixed) i'll give an example use mdb without ado data control using dispatch automation call. ...