Need To Make A Simple Program
2_of_Eight
Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20016Members
Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20016Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Maybe VB?</div> Hello
I need to make a simple program, preferrably in Visual Basic (6). What it should do:
Let's say I have 1000 pictures on my computer, in many folders (all in one main folder: Photos -> then many other folders inside, and the photos are inside those). I want this program to open up each picture inside itself (some sort of preview), and then there would be 10 buttons below the picture. When I click on let's say button 1, the picture would be moved to another directory, folder "1". When I click button 8, the picture that's being previewed would be moved to folder "8". Get it? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
This is pretty urgent, I'd appreciate it if someone could help me with this.
Thank you very much.
I need to make a simple program, preferrably in Visual Basic (6). What it should do:
Let's say I have 1000 pictures on my computer, in many folders (all in one main folder: Photos -> then many other folders inside, and the photos are inside those). I want this program to open up each picture inside itself (some sort of preview), and then there would be 10 buttons below the picture. When I click on let's say button 1, the picture would be moved to another directory, folder "1". When I click button 8, the picture that's being previewed would be moved to folder "8". Get it? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
This is pretty urgent, I'd appreciate it if someone could help me with this.
Thank you very much.
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open mulitiple windows, and set the view to "filmstrip" and drag the files?
Don't go through 1000 pictures by hand :|
Well, actually, do whatever. I don't know why you want to do it, so I can't suggest another method of doing 'whatever'.
Anyway, what are you asking for? An uncompiled program to slap your name on/edit? The code and instructions? What..
It's for my mom. She's a complete nubie with computers, and she also happens to have almost no time on her hands. She also is obsessed with taking pictures, with a digital camera. So all the pictures she (and others) took - they are on the computer, several thousand of them now. What she wants to do is organize them into 10 CDs or so, for some reason.
She wants this to be quick and easy <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> she doesn't want to go cut/paste every single picture. One or two button presses, and the picture is moved to whever she wants it to be.
This program won't be published or anything... I don't really need to "slap my name on it" or whatever <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Thank you again.
[edit] I forgot to answer the question. What I want - anything. A hint, a possible way of doing it, the whole program, whatever! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I'm not sure I can really help you, but I get the feeling you're not going to get a lot of help on this, so I'll tell you what I can.
You're right that Visual Basic would be a good choice for something so GUI-heavy as this. It sounds like you already have a pretty good idea of how to do what you want to do. You just need to find the functions necesary for viewing files and for moving files. I'm willing to bet that you can find them at the <a href='http://www.msdn.com/' target='_blank'>MSDN</a> library. Be aware that a lot of the code on MSDN is C++, so you may have to do a little bit of digging to find the VB. But, as far as I know, you can use the Windows API with VB, to a point.
You're going to have to do some digging, but the MSDN is a good place to start. Good luck.
(By the way, if you stumble on anything called "MFC" or the "Microsoft Foundation Classes", ignore it. That's C++ stuff to do with GUIs, which you don't need since VB handles GUIs itself).