Since I am almost 100% retired now and doing a lot less VB6 programming I have been looking for things in my toolkit that might be worth sharing with the remaining VB6 community.
I have done a big rewrite of my BatchRtb Class. Here is the main ReadMe:
This isn't for everyone. Few people are doing Service development, ASP scripting, etc. Most don't even have a clue how to use a CLI (cmd.exe) window, let alone schedule a non-interactive batch task using Task Scheduler any more.
But this code may contain techniques you could employ in your own programs.
BatchRtb 2.0 has been tested on Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update but not on anything else yet. It should work on anything from Windows Vista on up. I'm not sure it could be made to work on Win9x but I think it could be reworked to run on NT 4.0 on up by rewriting the ShStream class - as long as a recent version of ADO (2.5 or later) is installed. The ADO requirement could also be stripped out if necessary.
I haven't done exhaustive testing so bugs may remain in this release. But the attachment contains a number of test case Projects that exercise most of its operations.
I have done a big rewrite of my BatchRtb Class. Here is the main ReadMe:
Code:
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BatchRtb Version 2.0
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BatchRtb is a VB6 class for working with RTF data in batch programs.
Instead of a RichTextBox control it creates an invisible RichEdit
control and exposes its Text Object Model (TOM) ITextDocument
interface. A few additional methods and properties are provided for
opening, saving, and clearing RTF data.
Open and save operations accept:
o A file name.
o A Byte array.
o An IStream object.
o A ShStream object (another provided class also used internally).
o An ADODB.Stream object.
These should all contain raw RTF data.
Notes:
Edanmo's olelib.tlb is required for compiling, but is of course
not needed at run time and does not need to be deployed. A recent
copy has been included.
If necessary you could even create and compile an ActiveX DLL
Project exposing the BatchRtb class and perhaps the ShStream class.
Then this can be used from VBScript in WSH scripts, IIS ASP
scripts, etc. (anywhere a 32-bit ActiveX DLL can be used).
Several demo/test Projects using BatchRtb are included.
Some uses:
o Command line programs. Local, via PsExec.exe, etc.
o Batch unattended scheduled tasks.
o Services.
o Or anywhere that you don't have a Form or UserControl you can
site a RichTextBox or InkEdit control on.But this code may contain techniques you could employ in your own programs.
BatchRtb 2.0 has been tested on Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update but not on anything else yet. It should work on anything from Windows Vista on up. I'm not sure it could be made to work on Win9x but I think it could be reworked to run on NT 4.0 on up by rewriting the ShStream class - as long as a recent version of ADO (2.5 or later) is installed. The ADO requirement could also be stripped out if necessary.
I haven't done exhaustive testing so bugs may remain in this release. But the attachment contains a number of test case Projects that exercise most of its operations.