This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
This is a very basic form of hashing algorithm, mainly created to use as an example, and it shouldn’t be considered secure, while it should be virtually impossible to reverse, if you are looking for a truly secure hashing algorithm for production use, look at using a SHA family hash, as they have been exhaustively tested and proven to work.
Public Function HashString(strData As String) As String
Dim bytChar() As Byte
Dim strOutTemp As String
Dim strOut As String
Dim i As Long
bytChar() = StrConv(strData, vbFromUnicode)
For i = 0 To UBound(bytChar)
If i < UBound(bytChar) Then
If bytChar(i) > 128 Then
strOutTemp = strOutTemp & Val(bytChar(i) * 3) + Val(bytChar(i + 1) Mod 7)
Else
strOutTemp = strOutTemp & Val(bytChar(i) * 2) + Val(bytChar(i + 1) Mod 13)
End If
Else
strOutTemp = strOutTemp & Val(bytChar(i) * 2) Mod 9
End If
strOut = strOut & Hex(Val(strOutTemp))
strOutTemp = ""
Next
HashString = Replace(strOut, "0", "")
End Function
This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
Visual Basic provides a less than elegant method of saving data in the Windows registry, the GetSetting & SaveSetting functions. These functions store setting in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\<AppName>\<Section> not very pretty is it?
The APISettings module is a drop-in replacement using pure Win32 API for its processing power and increased stability. The reason for developing this and for making it drop-in compatible is to all those new to the Win32 API to add its functionality with minimal difficulty.
This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
I was actually rather lucky to have this brand of WinModem, as the good people over at Linuxant.com offer a very high quality driver that makes installation a breeze! But, they have recently changed their marketing methods and charge $15 for the driver, so these really lives no viable, free alternative (a rarity to say the least for linux).
This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
Wow, the summer’s over and I’m finally home!
After spending the last five months in New York (quite a difference from my native Florida), I’ve finally made it back home. Much has happened while I’ve been away, not the least of which is the death of Imspire and a few related projects. While giving up on these dreams has been difficult, I believe the result will be for the best.
This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
This is a useful function to close a program based on a windows caption, this should work for any top-level window. Paste all this into a standard module, save it. Then call CloseApp("Notepad") or whatever the name of the window is, it’s nice & simple and should close the program instantly.
This requires Windows 2000 plus, for older versions of Windows a different method is required, that isn’t covered here, seeing as Windows 2000 and better require special privileges to forcefully close a program.
If you’ve bothered to look at Twitter or any technology news source, you’ve seen that Apple made a major announcement: Expanded Protections for Children. This has been written about by countless outlets, so I’ll assume you’re familiar with the basics.
The announcement covered a few new features being added to the next version of Apple’s operating systems, namely:
Scanning of inbound and outbound messages for sexually explicit images. Scanning images being uploaded to iCloud for CSAM.
