Thushan Fernando Profile
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Currently I'm working at Vividas Pty Ltd and studying at Swinburne University. My time on DeveloperFusion is limited due to workloads on both parts, I do however keep a Blog that gets updated fairly regularly with lots of Techno-babble...
I also have a software business called WebSoftware Systems in Australia, the primary product we have at the moment is HotHTML which started life as a simple VB6 based HTML editor and is now a full blown text/web development IDE. I'm currently also working on the v4.0 release in .NET 2.0.
This user has contributed 2 articles, 6 code samples and posted 3018 messages in our discussion forums.
Technology Interests
Articles & Tutorials-
This article explains the basics of controling your DUN([D]ial [U]p [N]etworking) via the WinInet API Function. It covers determining if there is an active connection, connecting and disconnecting from the internet..  -
Instead of using static paths like 'C:\WinNT\' in your programs and making it not work on Windows 9x OS's, use the power of the Win32 API to retrieve the important system paths! This article explores a few alternative methods of retrieving some of the core System folders in the win32 enviroment..
Code Samples-
The faster and optimized version of loading fonts into your Comboboxes... forget Screen.FontCount and Printer.FontCount, use this API function and you will notice not only its fast as hell(about 98% faster) but its more efficient too!. -
Ever wanted to register a COM Component programatically but didnt quite like shelling to regsvr32.exe? This snippet is your new best friend, it will allow you to register and unregister any COM component:D. -
This piece of code will allow you to let the EU[End User] connect to their ISP within your application and return a Boolean value to say if its connected or not..... -
Last submission I showed you how to connect to your EU's ISP or DUN, now this bit of code will show you how to detect an active connection using the WinInet API.. -
This is an addition to my collection of the Windows Inet DLL functions. Shows how to Auto-Dial without the user having to insert usernames and passwords. All Automated!. -
This is an ExceptionHandler, what is an Exceptionhandler? Once the wExceptionHandler is installed it will allow you to catch and trap those errors that Windows will throw at your application (Eg. Access_Violation) Which doesnt get treated by the Visual Basic Error handler, making your application bullet proof!.
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