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The above has the code for vb 6 but with the Private Type's being changed to Private Structure's and not using vbUnicode etc I am getting a bit confused

Also this example :

http://runegear.net/showthread.php?tid=5570

But the Marshal Side of things is not working

What's the actual question? :P Bit confused.

Edit - I'm assuming you're asking why isn't a type a structure?

If so, it depends what you're coding in.

vb6 = type, vb.net = structure. "Basically" same thing though.

Edit 2 -

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vb6

Private Type INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTION
    dwOption As Long
    dwValue1 As Long
    dwValue2 As Long
End Type


vb.net

Structure INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTION
        Dim dwOption As Long
        Dim dwValue1 As Long
        Dim dwValue2 As Long
End Structure

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etc

Steve

Just want to get it working in vb .net 2010 and in 2010 it is trying to make each one private, public etc

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Structure INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTION   
    private dwOption As Long   
    private dwValue1 As Long   
    private dwValue2 As Long
End Structure

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Presume it would be better to get the first example working as think this is the correct method, not doing it short handed as per the 2nd link which is using the wininet.dll file's functions.

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Originally Posted by mac_shinobi

Just want to get it working in vb .net 2010 and in 2010 it is trying to make each one private, public etc

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vb6 isn't .NET though. Different language "as such". You will need to change a lot of things, as things like "type" don't exist anymore in vb.net, it's all changed. In .NET it's structures, and it "has" to have a "type", aka public or private etc. If you just "dim" it, it'll be public by default, or as I did before add private etc

Steve

will play around with it over the next week or so as will need to google how to use structures instead of types and muck around with it a bit. Will drop you a pm if I have any questions etc, if that is ok ?

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Originally Posted by mac_shinobi

will play around with it over the next week or so as will need to google how to use structures instead of types and muck around with it a bit. Will drop you a pm if I have any questions etc, if that is ok ?

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No prob at all. Is it basically just changing IE proxy, without reloading IE you're looking at?

Steve

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Originally Posted by Steve21

No prob at all. Is it basically just changing IE proxy, without reloading IE you're looking at?

Steve

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To start with yes

My old app does that....

Would this be of any use to you @mac_shinobi?

Set and unset the Windows Internet Settings Proxy. Works instantly on already running apps like IE « Huddled Masses

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Originally Posted by Arthur

Would this be of any use to you @mac_shinobi ?

Set and unset the Windows Internet Settings Proxy. Works instantly on already running apps like IE « Huddled Masses

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Only if I try and code it in c# , otherwise I am still stuck trying to convert the code. I suppose I could try c sharp instead of vb.net

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Originally Posted by Arthur

Would this be of any use to you @mac_shinobi ?

Set and unset the Windows Internet Settings Proxy. Works instantly on already running apps like IE « Huddled Masses

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Does the massive chunk of code go into a module and the 2 functions to set and remove the proxy settings go into the same chunk of code outside of the button click events etc ( within the main class )

you then call these from within the button click event etc ?

The example above is a PowerShell script which compiles the C# code contained in PoshHttp.Proxies.cs straight into memory when it is executed. Set-Proxy and Remove-Proxy are then exported as functions into your PowerShell session.

You don't necessarily have to use the PowerShell part of the script though. What exactly are you trying to do? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Arthur

The example above is a PowerShell script which compiles the C# code contained in PoshHttp.Proxies.cs straight into memory when it is executed. Set-Proxy and Remove-Proxy are then exported as functions into your PowerShell session.

You don't necessarily have to use the PowerShell part of the script though. What exactly are you trying to do? :confused:

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I don't always use internet explorer and although chrome relies on IE settings, it does not work correctly at work and thus use firefox.

Basically I wanted to make my own proxy switch utility that I could use on my work desktop so that I could just right click on a system tray icon -> set my own proxies up and have each of these proxies appear in the right click pop up menu so I can easily switch between them and set firefox to use IE settings ( system settings ) and then I can adjust these by changing the IE settings on the fly in the system tray

I can play around with this over the christmas period.

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Originally Posted by mac_shinobi

I don't always use internet explorer and although chrome relies on IE settings, it does not work correctly at work and thus use firefox.

Basically I wanted to make my own proxy switch utility that I could use on my work desktop so that I could just right click on a system tray icon -> set my own proxies up and have each of these proxies appear in the right click pop up menu so I can easily switch between them and set firefox to use IE settings ( system settings ) and then I can adjust these by changing the IE settings on the fly in the system tray

I can play around with this over the christmas period.

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The thing is (as far as I know), majority of browsers only load reg settings at the loading point of them. Thus some of the older vb6 versions etc are using old .dll's which force the browser to refresh settings (aka reload the registry).

The issue you'll have is will FF/Chrome etc reload the registry settings even if you change them? If not, it might be easier just to change settings, and make the program auto reload the browser? (Or do you need it to stay open for some reason?)

Will try to have a play around later, and see what I can do if you want

Steve

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Originally Posted by mac_shinobi

although Chrome relies on IE settings, it does not work correctly at work and thus use Firefox.

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Probably of no use whatsoever, but you can set Chrome's proxy via the command-line.

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"%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --proxy-server http://proxy.domain.com:8080

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