Firecall for Windows, written in VB6. A WoW64 utility for Reactos, Windows XP, Win7, 8 and 10+.
Fire Call Win is a simple chat tool that allows two users, typically developers, to communicate person-to-person using encrypted transfer via shared files and folders. Files can be transferred and exchanged, chat and data swapped on almost real-time basis. This version uses the basic Dropbox service to share files and folders but it can also use any shared file or folder resource over a network of some sort as long as it appears as a locally accessible resource to Windows. In addition to chat, Emojis, voice recordings and user files can be shared too.
I use FireCall to communicate with my programming YODA, Harry Whitfield. He runs the Yahoo Widget version of this utility on Mac OSX whilst I use this Windows version. We have been using this utility for some years now and it works well for us.
This program is free and FOSS. The basic file and folder sharing services are free, this program uses Dropbox out of the box but Google Drive and Microsofts Onedrive all provide basic file and folder sharing facilities for free.
Firecall for Windows is Beta-grade software, under development, not yet ready to use on a production system - use at your own risk.
This version was developed on Windows 7 using 32 bit VisualBasic 6 as a FOSS project creating a WoW64 program for the desktop.
It is open source to allow easy configuration, bug-fixing, enhancement and community contribution towards free-and-useful VB6 utilities that can be created by anyone. The first step was the creation of this template program to form the basis for the conversion of other desktop utilities or widgets. A future step is conversion to RADBasic/TwinBasic for future-proofing and 64bit-ness.
This utility is one of a set of steampunk and dieselpunk desktop widgets. That you can find here on Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/yereverluvinuncleber/gallery
I do hope you enjoy using this utility and others. Your own software enhancements and contributions will be gratefully received if you choose to contribute.
Credits :
LA Volpe (VB Forums) for his transparent picture handling.
Shuja Ali (codeguru.com) for his settings.ini code.
Registry reading code from ALLAPI.COM.
Rxbagain on codeguru for his Open File common dialog code without dependent OCX.
Krool on the VBForums for his impressive common control replacements, slider and textboxW.
si_the_geek for his special folder code.
theTrick for his sound recording and saving to a WAV file.
Elroy for his kind help with subclassing and balloon tooltips and all his other kindness.
Wqweto for his innovative email injection work and help .
Thats all as far as I know. There may be others but it is not my intention to hide their efforts.
Built using: VB6, MZ-TOOLS 3.0, CodeHelp Core IDE Extender Framework 2.2 & Rubberduck 2.4.1
MZ-TOOLS https://www.mztools.com/
vBAdvance
CodeHelp http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=62468&lngWId=1
Rubberduck http://rubberduckvba.com/
Registry code ALLAPI.COM
La Volpe superb VB6 non-native image types http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=67466&lngWId=1
Open File common dialog code without dependent OCX - http://forums.codeguru.com/member.php?92278-rxbagain
Open font dialog code without dependent OCX - unknown URL
Krools superb replacement Controls http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?698563-CommonControls-%28Replacement-of-the-MS-common-controls%29
Chris Fannin (AbbydonKrafts) Copying a folder http://vbcity.com/forums/t/129391.aspx
Austin Hickl fnGetDateInUniversalFormat http://computer-programming-forum.com/66-vb-controls/6dff1bae05df0a6e.htm
Ellis Dee VB6 quicksort https://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?473677-VB6-Sorting-algorithms-(sort-array-sorting-arrays)
KayJay fnIsGoodURL that utilises the isValidURL API https://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?231061-Validate-URL&p=1361958&viewfull=1#post1361958
JCIs resize image https://www.vbforums.com/member.php?40893-jcis
qvb6 vb6 date from epoch https://www.vbforums.com/member.php?291519-qvb6
Elroys superb balloon Tooltips.
Wqwetos superb TLS/STARTTLS code to enable email from VB6 using STARTTLS.
theTricks superb sound code allowing recording of high quality sound.
Keith Lacelle for the alternative FSO code to read a value from an INI file when GetPrivateProfileString fails.
https://gist.github.com/Grimthorr/d17810f34cd361769ed0
Olaf Schmidt and his Date to Epoch code
Tested on :
ReactOS 0.4.14 32bit on virtualBox
Windows 7 Professional 32bit on Intel
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on Intel
Windows 7 Professional 64bit on Intel
Windows XP SP3 32bit on Intel
Windows 10 Home 64bit on Intel
Windows 10 Home 64bit on AMD
Dependencies:
Krools replacement for the Microsoft Windows Common Controls found in mscomctl.ocx (slider) is replicated by the addition of one dedicated OCX file that is shipped with this package - CCRSlider.ocx
This OCX will reside in the program folder. The program reference to this OCX is contained within the supplied resource file Panzer Earth Gauge.RES. It is compiled into the binary.
requires a FireCallWin folder in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\ eg: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\FireCallWin
requires a Recordings folder in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\FireCallWin eg: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\FireCallWin\Recordings
requires a settings.ini file to exist in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\FireCallWin
requires CCRSlider.ocx to exist in the program folder
requires an archive folder in app.path
requires a backup folder in app.path
Project References:
VisualBasic for Applications
VisualBasic Runtime Objects and Procedures
VisualBasic Objects and Procedures
OLE Automation - drag and drop
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 Library msador28.tlb as shipped with Windows XP +
Microsoft CDO for windows 2000 library component cdosys.dll
LICENCE AGREEMENTS:
Copyright 2023 Dean Beedell
In addition to the GNU General Public Licence please be aware that you may use any of my own imagery in your own creations but commercially only with my permission. In all other non-commercial cases I require a credit to the original artist using my name or one of my pseudonyms and a link to my site. With regard to the commercial use of incorporated images, permission and a licence would need to be obtained from the original owner and creator, ie. me.
Program Notes:
The VB6 non native images (PNGs &c) are displayed using Lavolpes transparent DIB image code, except for the .ico files which use his earlier StdPictureEx class. Lavolpes later ico code caused many strange visual artifacts and complete failures to show .ico files. especially when other image types were displayed on screen simultaneously.
The sound is recorded using theTricks sound code. It previously used MCISendString to record but Cortana on Win10+ hijacks the sound device so it does not work on those oses.
We have two comboboxes to store the audio input devices. The main combobox on the main form is used on form startup, reason this is done this way is because the enumeration must be done on form_load for the recording button to operate in HQ mode. Although we normally store the config. data in the prefs form, if we read that construct on startup it will try to load the whole prefs form and the prefs program variables are not ready for that to occur. Basically, we cannot have the combobox on another form and instead we keep the two in synch.
The email is achieved using a tool from Microsoft called CDO, Firecall uses this to make the email point-to-point connection. Microsoft have failed to update CDO for a while so STARTTLS is not supported by default. In order to make STARTTLS function we have a proxy on port 10025 that takes any STARTTLS connection and manually injects the STARTTLS command into the stream just at the right time, for correct negotiation of a secure connection. The proxy forwards on the connection to the users chosen port. This is the only way to make CDO negotiate a STARTTLS connection.