ICON SETTINGS for Steamydock, written in VB6. A WoW64 dock settings utility for Reactos, XP, Win7, 8 and 10+.
This utility is for use with SteamyDock, is Beta-grade software, under development, not yet ready to use on a production system - use at your own risk.
This utility is a functional reproduction of the original settings screen that came from Rocketdock. Please note that the design is limited to enhancing what Rocketdock already provides in order to make the utility familiar to Rocketdock users. If you hover your mouse cursor on the various components that comprise the utility a tooltip will appear that will give more information on each item. There is a help button on the bottom right that will provide further detail at any time. Presing CTRL+H will give you an instant HELP pop up.
The tool is designed to operate with SteamyDock, the open source replacement for Rocketdock. SteamyDock is a work in progress so please bear that in mind when any reference to SteamyDock is made in this documentation.
This tool 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 : Standing on the shoulders of the following giants:
LA Volpe (VB Forums) for his transparent picture handling.
Shuja Ali (codeguru.com) for his settings.ini code.
KillApp code from an unknown, untraceable source, possibly on MSN.
Registry reading code from ALLAPI.COM.
Punklabs for the original inspiration and for Rocketdock, Skunkie in particular.
Active VB Germany for information on the undocumented PrivateExtractIcons API.
Elroy on VB forums for his Persistent debug window
Rxbagain on codeguru for his Open File common dialog code without dependent OCX
Krool on the VBForums for his impressive common control replacements
si_the_geek for his special folder code
KPD-Team for the code to trawl a folder recursively KPDTeam@Allapi.net http://www.allapi.net
Elroy on the VBForums for the balloon tooltips
Rod Stephens vb-helper.com Resize controls to fit when a form resizes
KPD-Team 1999 http://www.allapi.net/ Recursive search
IT researcher https://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?784053-Get-installed-programs-list-both-32-and-64-bit-programs
For the idea of extracting the ununinstall keys from the registry
CREDIT Jacques Lebrun http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_get_shortcut_info.html
Built using: VB6, MZ-TOOLS 3.0, CodeHelp Core IDE Extender Framework 2.2 & Rubberduck 2.4.1
MZ-TOOLS https://www.mztools.com/
CodeHelp http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=62468&lngWId=1
Rubberduck http://rubberduckvba.com/
Rocketdock https://punklabs.com/
VBAdvance https://classicvb.net/tools/vbAdvance/
Registry code ALLAPI.COM
La Volpe http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=67466&lngWId=1
PrivateExtractIcons code http://www.activevb.de/rubriken/
Persistent debug code http://www.vbforums.com/member.php?234143-Elroy
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 replacement Controls http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?698563-CommonControls-%28Replacement-of-the-MS-common-controls%29
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
Windows 11 64bit on Intel
Dependencies:
o A windows-alike o/s such as Windows XP, 7-11 or ReactOS.
o Microsoft VB6 IDE installed with its runtime components. The program runs without any additional Microsoft OCX components, just the basic controls that ship with VB6.
o Requires the SteamyDock program source code to be downloaded and available in an adjacent folder as some of the BAS modules are common and shared.
Example folder structure:
E:\VB6\steamydock ! from https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert/SteamyDock
E:\VB6\docksettings ! from https://github.com/yereverluvinunclebert/dockSettings
E:\VB6\rocketdock ! this repo.
o Krools replacement for the Microsoft Windows Common Controls found in mscomctl.ocx (treeview, slider) are replicated by the addition of two dedicated OCX files that are shipped with this package.
- CCRImageList.ocx
- CCRSlider.ocx
- CCRTreeView.ocx
These OCX will reside in the program folder. The program reference to these OCX is contained within the supplied resource file Panzer Earth Gauge.RES. It is compiled into the binary.
o OLEGuids.tlb
This is a type library that defines types, object interfaces, and more specific API definitions needed for COM interop / marshalling. It is only used at design time (IDE). This is a Krool-modified version of the original .tlb from the vbaccelerator website. The .tlb is compiled into the executable. For the compiled .exe this is NOT a dependency, only during design time.
From the command line, copy the tlb to a central location (system32 or wow64 folder) and register it.
COPY OLEGUIDS.TLB %SystemRoot%\System32
REGTLIB %SystemRoot%\System32\OLEGUIDS.TLB
In the VB6 IDE - project - references - browse - select the OLEGuids.tlb
Project References:
VisualBasic for Applications
VisualBasic Runtime Objects and Procedures
VisualBasic Objects and Procedures
OLE Automation - drag and drop
Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation
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.
