Dim conn As New ADODB.Connection Dim rsStudents As New ADODB.Recordset conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & App.Path & "\school.mdb" conn.Open rsStudents.Open "select * from students", conn, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic : StudentManagement_VB6.zip (Includes .vbp, .frm, .bas, and school.mdb) Project 2: Simple Paint Application (Intermediate) Description : A drawing program mimicking MS Paint. Users can draw lines, rectangles, circles, and freehand with color selection.
' Requires: Microsoft Windows Media Player component (MSCOMCTL.OCX) Private Sub lstPlaylist_Click() If lstPlaylist.ListIndex >= 0 Then wmpPlayer.URL = lstPlaylist.List(lstPlaylist.ListIndex) lblCurrentlyPlaying.Caption = "Now Playing: " & GetFileName(wmpPlayer.URL) End If End Sub Private Sub cmdPlay_Click() wmpPlayer.Controls.Play End Sub
Public Sub CheckLowStock() Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset rs.Open "SELECT ProductName, Quantity FROM products WHERE Quantity < ReorderLevel", conn, adOpenForwardOnly, adLockReadOnly If Not rs.EOF Then Dim msg As String msg = "The following products are running low:" & vbCrLf Do While Not rs.EOF msg = msg & rs!ProductName & " (Stock: " & rs!Quantity & ")" & vbCrLf rs.MoveNext Loop MsgBox msg, vbExclamation, "Inventory Alert" End If End Sub visual basic 6.0 projects with source code
Last updated: March 2025. Tested on Windows 11 23H2, VB6 Enterprise SP6.
| VB6 Component | Modern Equivalent | |---------------|-------------------| | Form (.frm) | Windows Forms (.NET) or WPF | | ADODB | Entity Framework / ADO.NET | | PictureBox | PictureBox (still exists) | | MSFlexGrid | DataGridView | | Timer | System.Windows.Forms.Timer | | VB6 Collections | List<T> or Dictionary<K,V> | Dim conn As New ADODB
Private Sub picCanvas_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single) drawing = False End Sub
Dim drawing As Boolean Dim oldX As Integer, oldY As Integer Private Sub picCanvas_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single) drawing = True oldX = X oldY = Y End Sub Tested on Windows 11 23H2, VB6 Enterprise SP6
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