A lightweight text editor application built with Visual Basic 6, offering essential text editing features with a user-friendly interface.
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File Management
- Create new documents
- Open existing text files
- Save files in
.txtformat - Save As functionality
- Print documents
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Text Editing
- Rich text editing with formatting support
- Cut, Copy, Paste operations
- Insert current time and date
- Undo/Redo capabilities
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Formatting
- Font selection and customization (name, size, style)
- Text color customization
- Bold, Italic, and Underline options
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User Interface
- Toolbar with quick-access buttons
- Status bar showing mouse coordinates
- Menu-driven interface
- Keyboard shortcuts for common operations
- Maximized window on startup
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | New document |
| Ctrl+O | Open file |
| Ctrl+S | Save file |
| Ctrl+P | |
| Ctrl+X | Cut |
| Ctrl+C | Copy |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
| F5 | Insert Time/Date |
- Windows operating system
- Visual Basic 6 Runtime components
- Required controls:
mscomctl.ocx(Windows Common Controls)RICHTX32.OCX(RichTextBox Control)comdlg32.ocx(Common Dialog Control)
- New
- Open
- Save
- Save As
- Exit
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Time/Date
- Font
- Color
- Status Bar (toggle)
- Help
Form1.frm- Main form definitionForm1.frx- Binary form resources (images, icons)Project1.vbp- Visual Basic project fileProject1.vbw- Project workspace fileFOXUSER.DBF / FOXUSER.FPT- Database filesMSSCCPRJ.SCC- Source code control file
- Ensure Visual Basic 6 is installed with required components
- Open
Project1.vbpin Visual Basic IDE - Compile the project to create an executable
- Run the application
- Creating a new document: Click the New button or press Ctrl+N
- Opening a file: Click the Open button or press Ctrl+O, then select a
.txtfile - Editing text: Click in the text area and type or paste content
- Saving your work: Click the Save button or press Ctrl+S
- Formatting text: Select text and use Format menu options
- Printing: Click the Print button or press Ctrl+P