| Author | Message | Time |
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| Tubby | What im trying to make is a program that will startup when windows starts up, connect to the internet(using cable modem) and get the Joke of the Day, Comic of the day etc from certain websites. I looked at Skywings code that connects to battlenet and downloads certain files. How would i go about making this program? | August 4, 2003, 6:17 PM |
| Skywing | [quote author=Tubby link=board=5;threadid=2199;start=0#msg17010 date=1060021031] What im trying to make is a program that will startup when windows starts up, connect to the internet(using cable modem) and get the Joke of the Day, Comic of the day etc from certain websites. I looked at Skywings code that connects to battlenet and downloads certain files. How would i go about making this program? [/quote] You'd probably want to write your program as a service (assuming you're using Windows NT/2000/XP/2003). The Platform SDK includes a sample which shows how to do this (search for service.c, service.h). Additionally, there's an ActiveX component called NtSvc.ocx which you could use to easily make a simple service from VB. The WinInet functions (see MSDN) might be sufficient for your HTTP downloading needs. | August 4, 2003, 7:08 PM |
| Tubby | Im using windows ME. Can i still make it? | August 4, 2003, 7:18 PM |
| Skywing | [quote author=Tubby link=board=5;threadid=2199;start=0#msg17017 date=1060024692] Im using windows ME. Can i still make it? [/quote] Not as a service. I'm not sure how much luck you'll have in easily writing something which will work before somebody logs on for Win9x/WinMe. | August 4, 2003, 8:02 PM |
| Tubby | I just need it to get what ever the joke of the day is from a website. Could it be done tho? | August 4, 2003, 8:29 PM |