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| Submitted on: 10/18/2000 11:23:03 PM
By: Daniel Vandersluis
Level: Advanced
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Compatibility:VB 5.0, VB 6.0
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| | | AutoSave is a program that automatically saves the file you are working on in the program you specify as often as you want. It is a very useful program especially if you work in a program that has crashing tendecies, and you are worried that your work might be lost. AutoSave demonstrates use of Registry, Menu and Window API calls, and is commented pretty fully.
***Autosave v1.2 is now out!*** Bugs found in the first version have been fixed, so it now works well in both VB5 and VB6! Check it out at http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/showcode.asp?txtCodeId=12825 and be sure to vote!
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10/18/2000 11:27:37 PM:Daniel Vandersluis
Well here it is! I've been trying to
actually have something to submit to
PSC forever! I hope you like me code.
And comments, questions, concerns can
be directed to
dvandersluis@icqmail.com
Thanks, and
don't forget to vote!
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10/18/2000 11:29:30 PM:Daniel Vandersluis
Oh, by the way, feel free to comment on
PSC, and I'll be sure to respond...
Thanks.
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10/19/2000 12:10:35 AM:Sux2BMe
I still think this should have been
made in C++... what's the point in
making so many .bas files full of
"Declare this Lib this Alias this
(this) As this"
But hey... what the
heck
I guess the VB community deserves
some code too, even if their
programming language is INFERIOR to C++
(I say such controvercial things all
the time, don't I?)
Great code,
nonetheless...
I must also add that
this program will vanish if people
actually learned that there is a menu
called Save programmed into most
programs..............
they should use
it once in a while, and their lives
will get SOOOOO much easier
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10/19/2000 5:40:48 AM:Rik
Type Missmatch...
This
line:
chkSaveAs.Value =
GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
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10/19/2000 5:42:42 AM:Rik
Sorry.. half my post
disappeard...
12th line in Form Load
anyhow. I'm on win2000, any ideas?
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10/19/2000 10:08:31 AM:Rik
I commented it out (since it was just
regisrtary stuff) and it gave no
errors... But I aint got it to save
anything.....
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10/19/2000 11:37:17 AM:Afshaad Patel
This application does not work on
visual basic 6.0 and win 2000
can you
please help :)
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10/19/2000 1:03:27 PM:Daniel Vandersluis
1) Rik: I'm not sure exactly, but I'll
try. Basically, this takes the Registry
Key value that stores the value of that
checkbox. I'm not really sure why it
doesn't want to work, but perhaps you
could try adding a Registry Key
manually...
2) Afshaad: This version
was created on visual Basic 5 and
Windows 98 SE. I'm not sure why it
wouldn't work, but maybe the APIs are a
little different. The next version will
hopefully be written in VB6, once I get
it (I should have it soon). Hope this
helps!
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10/24/2000 1:05:32 PM:Daniel Vandersluis
Thank you to everyone who voted for me!
Feel free to post any questions, and
keep on voting!
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11/3/2000 9:34:41 AM:Daniel Vandersluis
Thank you to all the voters for helping
me win a coding contest award!
I have
a couple things to report on:
1) There
is a small problem using this with
Visual Basic 6 - it will give you error
13 - type mismatch at a couple of
places, including the calls to retrieve
values from the registry. Although I am
currently working on fixing this, and
the release of Autosave 1.2, which is
coming out soon, and built in VB6, will
work properly, you could temporarily
fix this Registry problem by manually
adding the Registry keys (I don't
remember what they are offhand, but if
you look at my code, you can find
them). I'm sorry for this little
problem. Autosave works perfectly,
however, with VB5.
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11/3/2000 9:34:57 AM:Daniel Vandersluis
2) Since I used the VB Timer, the
maximum interval that can be used is
65535, which is a little bit over 65
seconds. However, Autosave 1.2 will
have a longer timer that I hopefully
will make using Windows Timing
APIs.
As usual, thanks for all your
comments and suggestions. Please
continue to make thes comments, and
vote for me! :)
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11/6/2000 10:34:50 PM:Adam Cowart
Try this on the registry
save
chkSaveAs.Value =
Val(GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE....
)
That should return the value
of
GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE..)
in stead of saying that it equals
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11/6/2000 10:37:36 PM:Adam Cowart
I have not downloaded the source but I
was considering it. On the registry
load error try this:
chkSaveAs.Value =
Val(GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...)
That should return the value of the
actual key instead of returning the
value as:
"GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...)"
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11/27/2000 9:26:49 AM:Ackbar
Sux2BMe we could also say C++ is
inferior to c :) I mean it's slower
isn't it :P I prefer c over any
language and do most all my programming
in it. C++ was written in c after all :)
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7/15/2002 8:23:45 AM:SANDOWN Software
Well, ladies, I reckon C, C++ and VB
are all inferior to Delphi. But, hey,
who cares what I think?
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7/31/2002 2:35:17 AM:Divya
Hi,
Its nice job u have done.But
it is listing the windows which we
opened.I want to save them
automatically without user
interaction.So,when I forgot to save
the data manually the system should
save them automatically.So,whenever
system got shutdowned,I can retrieve
the data again.Is it possible through
your program .Do u have any idea on
that.If u have send it to
divya319@rediffmail.com,It is very
URGENT!!!!!!
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