Posted by Sparrohawk on 14:43:00 07-30-2001
Hello all,
I am a vb newbie and have probably got some very newbieish questions that I'd like to ask please,
How would you change settings in IE from vb such as homepage, and autocomplete options?
Also, how is it possible to clear the history from IE?
Hope you can help, thnx in advance
Posted by fabs on 14:53:00 07-30-2001
You need to edit the registry to do that. That's also what those lame virus-writing guys do. They use VB-script to access the registry. In VB, there's an API call to edit the registry. Anyway, I don't think this is the right thing to start off with if you're a beginner.
Have you used the WINAPI yet? If not, you might wanna check out my tutorial on it.
fabs
Posted by Sparrohawk on 16:40:00 07-30-2001
Thnx fabs,
I was hoping it wouldn't resort to the registry but it looks like the only option,
I did try to download your tutorial but it says the file is missing on your site
Do you know then perhaps it will be back online?
Cheers
Posted by Peter on 18:46:00 07-30-2001
Whew, sorry, my fault. I fixed a bug in show.php but created a new one with that... Anything in a subdirectory's subdirectory would generate a 404 error.
Now it's fixed, so you may view the tutorial. Sorry!
Posted by Sparrohawk on 01:01:00 07-31-2001
Cheers Peter,
Now I gotta read up on this API shit to learn how to registry edit.
Posted by Sparrohawk on 22:23:00 08-14-2001
On my travels I found the file RegObj.dll, (can be found on MS's VB site) which makes accessing the registry far easier than having to resort to the API. (Incidentally, fabs tutorial has encouraged me to experiment a bit on my own and I have found some gr8 tutorials)
So, I ask if anyone knows of a site or a way for clearing the history/temp files etc in IE and changing some of its options.
Yours hopefully,
Sparrohawk aka Stu
Posted by Peter on 02:00:00 08-15-2001
That's cool . You could write a tutorial on it now that you know it!
Posted by Sparrohawk on 18:42:00 08-16-2001
That's a good idea Peter.
It'll take a while though cause I've just been commissioned to make a website.
And to be honest, I don't fully know how all of the dll works but I'm sure I'll find out, (touch wood).