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- VERSION 5.00
- Begin VB.Form frmTip
- Caption = "Tip of the Day"
- ClientHeight = 3285
- ClientLeft = 2370
- ClientTop = 2400
- ClientWidth = 5415
- LinkTopic = "Form1"
- MaxButton = 0 'False
- MinButton = 0 'False
- ScaleHeight = 3285
- ScaleWidth = 5415
- WhatsThisButton = -1 'True
- WhatsThisHelp = -1 'True
- Begin VB.CheckBox chkLoadTipsAtStartup
- Caption = "&Show Tips at Startup"
- Height = 315
- Left = 120
- TabIndex = 3
- Top = 2940
- Width = 2055
- End
- Begin VB.CommandButton cmdNextTip
- Caption = "&Next Tip"
- Height = 375
- Left = 4080
- TabIndex = 2
- Top = 600
- Width = 1215
- End
- Begin VB.PictureBox Picture1
- BackColor = &H00FFFFFF&
- Height = 2715
- Left = 120
- Picture = "frmTip.frx":0000
- ScaleHeight = 2655
- ScaleWidth = 3675
- TabIndex = 1
- Top = 120
- Width = 3735
- Begin VB.Label Label1
- BackColor = &H00FFFFFF&
- Caption = "Did you know..."
- Height = 255
- Left = 540
- TabIndex = 5
- Top = 180
- Width = 2655
- End
- Begin VB.Label lblTipText
- BackColor = &H00FFFFFF&
- Height = 1635
- Left = 180
- TabIndex = 4
- Top = 840
- Width = 3255
- End
- End
- Begin VB.CommandButton cmdOK
- Cancel = -1 'True
- Caption = "OK"
- Default = -1 'True
- Height = 375
- Left = 4080
- TabIndex = 0
- Top = 120
- Width = 1215
- End
- Attribute VB_Name = "frmTip"
- Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
- Attribute VB_Creatable = False
- Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
- Attribute VB_Exposed = False
- Option Explicit
- ' The in-memory database of tips.
- Dim Tips As New Collection
- ' Name of tips file
- Const TIP_FILE = "TIPOFDAY.TXT"
- ' Index in collection of tip currently being displayed.
- Dim CurrentTip As Long
- Private Sub DoNextTip()
- ' Select a tip at random.
- CurrentTip = Int((Tips.Count * Rnd) + 1)
- ' Or, you could cycle through the Tips in order
- ' CurrentTip = CurrentTip + 1
- ' If Tips.Count < CurrentTip Then
- ' CurrentTip = 1
- ' End If
- ' Show it.
- frmTip.DisplayCurrentTip
- End Sub
- Function LoadTips(sFile As String) As Boolean
- Dim NextTip As String ' Each tip read in from file.
- Dim InFile As Integer ' Descriptor for file.
- ' Obtain the next free file descriptor.
- InFile = FreeFile
- ' Make sure a file is specified.
- If sFile = "" Then
- LoadTips = False
- Exit Function
- End If
- ' Make sure the file exists before trying to open it.
- If Dir(sFile) = "" Then
- LoadTips = False
- Exit Function
- End If
- ' Read the collection from a text file.
- Open sFile For Input As InFile
- While Not EOF(InFile)
- Line Input #InFile, NextTip
- Tips.Add NextTip
- Wend
- Close InFile
- ' Display a tip at random.
- DoNextTip
- LoadTips = True
- End Function
- Private Sub chkLoadTipsAtStartup_Click()
- ' save whether or not this form should be displayed at startup
- SaveSetting App.EXEName, "Options", "Show Tips at Startup", chkLoadTipsAtStartup.Value
- End Sub
- Private Sub cmdNextTip_Click()
- DoNextTip
- End Sub
- Private Sub cmdOK_Click()
- Unload Me
- End Sub
- Private Sub Form_Load()
- Dim ShowAtStartup As Long
- ' See if we should be shown at startup
- ShowAtStartup = GetSetting(App.EXEName, "Options", "Show Tips at Startup", 1)
- If ShowAtStartup = 0 Then
- Unload Me
- Exit Sub
- End If
-
- ' Set the checkbox, this will force the value to be written back out to the registry
- Me.chkLoadTipsAtStartup.Value = vbChecked
- ' Seed Rnd
- Randomize
- ' Read in the tips file and display a tip at random.
- If LoadTips(App.Path & "\" & TIP_FILE) = False Then
- lblTipText.Caption = "That the " & TIP_FILE & " file was not found? " & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
- "Create a text file named " & TIP_FILE & " using NotePad with 1 tip per line. " & _
- "Then place it in the same directory as the application. "
- End If
- End Sub
- Public Sub DisplayCurrentTip()
- If Tips.Count > 0 Then
- lblTipText.Caption = Tips.Item(CurrentTip)
- End If
- End Sub
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