You can also din fun things like: editbin /subsystem:console yourapp.exe This makes the vb exe run as a console app... You can then use WriteFileA (need to import it, it's a win32 API) to write to the console window. There are lots of examples on the web, or ping me offline, and I will dig up some snippets that I have...
-tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Harrington Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] Off Topic Win32 Filter in VB5/6 Hello Everyone, This is rather off topic, but for anyone who wants to write a filter in VisualBasic 5/6 for the Win32 version of XMail, here is a little bit of code to start you off Create a blank VB project, remove the default created Form, and add a new Module (i.e. Module1.bas) Place the following code in the Module and make sure to set your project's startup to Sub Main(): Option Explicit Private Declare Sub ExitProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal uExitCode As Long) Public Sub Main() Dim sCLParams() As String Dim ExitCode As Long Dim index As Long Dim bScanFailed As Boolean 'specify the exit code ExitCode = 4 'Convert the command line parameters into an array of strings sCLParams = Split(Trim$(Command$), " ") For index = 0 To UBound(sCLParams) '... Process Each Command Line parameter Next index 'Add Logic Here to Scan the Message If bScanFailed = False Then Exit Sub 'Exit with the specified Return Code Call ExitProcess(ExitCode) End Sub ENJOY! -Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]