VB.Net Tutorial/Windows/IE Address Book

Address box autocomplete

<source lang="vbnet">Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices Imports System.Windows.Forms public class AutoComplete

  public Shared Sub Main
       Application.Run(New Form1)
  End Sub

End class Public Class Form1

 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
 Public Sub New()
   MyBase.New()
   InitializeComponent()
 End Sub
 Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer
 Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
 Friend WithEvents TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
 Friend WithEvents CheckBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
 Friend WithEvents CheckBox2 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
 <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
   Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
   Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()
   Me.CheckBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()
   Me.CheckBox2 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()
   Me.SuspendLayout()
   "
   "Label1
   "
   Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(10, 15)
   Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
   Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(70, 20)
   Me.Label1.TabIndex = 0
   Me.Label1.Text = "TextBox:"
   "
   "TextBox1
   "
   Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(65, 10)
   Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1"
   Me.TextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(235, 22)
   Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 1
   Me.TextBox1.Text = ""
   "
   "CheckBox1
   "
   Me.CheckBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(20, 45)
   Me.CheckBox1.Name = "CheckBox1"
   Me.CheckBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(145, 20)
   Me.CheckBox1.TabIndex = 2
   Me.CheckBox1.Text = "Auto Complete (Suggest)"
   "
   "CheckBox2
   "
   Me.CheckBox2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(20, 65)
   Me.CheckBox2.Name = "CheckBox2"
   Me.CheckBox2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(145, 20)
   Me.CheckBox2.TabIndex = 3
   Me.CheckBox2.Text = "Auto Complete (Append)"
   "
   "Form1
   "
   Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 15)
   Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(307, 93)
   Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.CheckBox2, Me.CheckBox1, Me.TextBox1, Me.Label1})
   Me.MaximizeBox = False
   Me.Name = "Form1"
   Me.Text = "Auto Complete"
   Me.ResumeLayout(False)
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
   AutoComplete()
 End Sub
 Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckStateChanged
   AutoComplete()
 End Sub
 Private Sub CheckBox2_CheckStateChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox2.CheckStateChanged
   AutoComplete()
 End Sub
 Private Sub AutoComplete()
   Dim dwFlags As Integer
   If CheckBox1.CheckState Then
     dwFlags = SHACF_URLALL Or SHACF_FILESYSTEM Or SHACF_AUTOSUGGEST_FORCE_ON
     If CheckBox2.CheckState Then
       dwFlags = dwFlags Or SHACF_AUTOAPPEND_FORCE_ON
     Else
       dwFlags = dwFlags Or SHACF_AUTOAPPEND_FORCE_OFF
     End If
   Else
     dwFlags = SHACF_URLALL Or SHACF_FILESYSTEM Or SHACF_AUTOSUGGEST_FORCE_OFF
     If CheckBox2.CheckState Then
       dwFlags = dwFlags Or SHACF_AUTOAPPEND_FORCE_ON
     Else
       dwFlags = dwFlags Or SHACF_AUTOAPPEND_FORCE_OFF
     End If
   End If
   SHAutoComplete(TextBox1.Handle.ToInt32, dwFlags)
 End Sub
 Public Const SHACF_DEFAULT As Integer = &H0S
 Public Const SHACF_FILESYSTEM As Integer = &H1S
 Public Const SHACF_URLHISTORY As Integer = &H2S
 Public Const SHACF_URLMRU As Integer = &H4S
 Public Const SHACF_USETAB As Integer = &H8S
 Public Const SHACF_FILESYS_ONLY As Integer = &H10S
 Public Const SHACF_AUTOSUGGEST_FORCE_ON As Integer = &H10000000
 Public Const SHACF_AUTOSUGGEST_FORCE_OFF As Integer = &H20000000
 Public Const SHACF_AUTOAPPEND_FORCE_ON As Integer = &H40000000
 Public Const SHACF_AUTOAPPEND_FORCE_OFF As Integer = &H80000000
 Public Const SHACF_URLALL As Integer = (SHACF_URLHISTORY Or SHACF_URLMRU)
 Public Declare Function SHAutoComplete Lib "Shlwapi.dll" (ByVal hwndEdit As Integer, ByVal dwFlags As Integer) As Integer

End Class</source>

Open URL

<source lang="vbnet">Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

public class OpenURLDialog

   Public Shared Sub Main
     Dim proc As New System.Diagnostics.Process()
     Try
       proc.Start("rundll32.exe", "shdocvw.dll,OpenURL www.vbex.ru" )
     Catch ex As Exception
       Console.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace.ToString())
     End Try
   
   End Sub

End Class

Module Module1

 Public Const CSIDL_PROGRAMS As Short = &H2S
 " My Documents
 Public Const CSIDL_PERSONAL As Short = &H5S
 Public Const CSIDL_FAVORITES As Short = &H6S
 Public Const CSIDL_STARTUP As Short = &H7S
 Public Const CSIDL_STARTMENU As Short = &HBS
 Public Const CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY As Short = &H10S
 " {Windows}\ShellNew
 Public Const CSIDL_TEMPLATES As Short = &H15S
 Public Const CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU As Short = &H16S
 Public Const CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS As Short = &H17S
 Public Const CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP As Short = &H18S
 Public Const CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY As Short = &H19S
 Public Const CSIDL_APPDATA As Short = &H1AS
 Public Const CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES As Short = &H1FS
 " All Users\Application Data Windows NT
 Public Const CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA As Short = &H23S
 " nShowCmd
 Public Const SW_HIDE As Short = 0
 Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL As Short = 1
 Public Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED As Short = 2
 Public Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED As Short = 3
 Public Const SW_MAXIMIZE As Short = 3
 Public Const SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE As Short = 4
 Public Const SW_SHOW As Short = 5
 Public Const SW_MINIMIZE As Short = 6
 Public Const SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE As Short = 7
 Public Const SW_SHOWNA As Short = 8
 Public Const SW_RESTORE As Short = 9
 " Error Code
 Public Const ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND As Short = 2
 Public Const ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND As Short = 3
 Public Const ERROR_BAD_FORMAT As Short = 11
 Public Const SE_ERR_FNF As Short = 2
 Public Const SE_ERR_PNF As Short = 3
 Public Const SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED As Short = 5
 Public Const SE_ERR_OOM As Short = 8
 Public Const SE_ERR_SHARE As Short = 26
 Public Const SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE As Short = 27
 Public Const SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT As Short = 28
 Public Const SE_ERR_DDEFAIL As Short = 29
 Public Const SE_ERR_DDEBUSY As Short = 30
 Public Const SE_ERR_NOASSOC As Short = 31
 Public Const SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND As Short = 32
 Public Declare Function DoAddToFavDlg Lib "shdocvw.dll" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal szPath As String, ByVal nSizeOfPath As Integer, ByVal szTitle As String, ByVal nSizeOfTitle As Integer, ByVal pidl As Integer) As Integer
 Public Declare Function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation Lib "shell32.dll" (ByVal hwndOwner As Integer, ByVal nFolder As Integer, ByRef pidl As Integer) As Integer
 Public Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpSectionName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Integer

End Module</source>