Custom msgbox and password box

Hello, I am Subrata das from Kolkata, India. I am facing problem while upgrading a vb6 module to vb2008 module. After upgradation the module gives build error. The module after upgradation is given below;

Code:

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Option Strict Off
Option Explicit On
Module Module1
        '**************************************
        ' Name: Custom MessageBox And Password I
        '    nputBox
        ' Description:MessageBox with custom tex
        '    t on buttons,
        'InputBox for password input with *****,


        Private Declare Function GetCurrentThreadId Lib "kernel32" () As Integer
    Private Declare Function SetWindowsHookEx Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowsHookExA" (ByVal idHook As Integer, ByVal lpfn As Integer, ByVal hmod As Integer, ByVal dwThreadId As Integer) As Integer
    Private Declare Function UnhookWindowsHookEx Lib "user32" (ByVal hHook As Integer) As Integer
    Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32.dll" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hwndParent As Integer, ByVal hwndChildAfter As Integer, ByVal lpszClass As String, ByVal lpszWindow As String) As Integer
    Private Declare Function SetWindowText Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SetWindowTextA" (ByVal HWND As Integer, ByVal lpString As String) As Integer
    Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32.dll" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal HWND As Integer, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Integer) As Integer

        'UPGRADE_ISSUE: Declaring a parameter 'As Any' is not supported. Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.v90/dv_commoner/local/redirect.htm?keyword="FAE78A8D-8978-4FD4-8208-5B7324A8F795"'
    'Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal HWND As Integer, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByRef lParam As Any) As Integer----------------------before chamge
    Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal HWND As Integer, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByRef lParam As String) As Integer '--------------------after change
    Declare Function LoadCursor Lib "user32" Alias "LoadCursorA" (ByVal hInstance As Integer, ByVal lpCursorName As String) As Integer
    Private Const HCBT_ACTIVATE As Short = 5
        Private Const WH_CBT As Short = 5
        Private hHook As Integer
        Private ButtonText(3) As String
        Private PasswordChar As Byte


    Private Function ChangeButtonsText(ByVal lMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Integer
        Dim t As Short
        Dim cName As String
        Dim Length As Integer
        Dim Btn(3) As Integer


        If lMsg = HCBT_ACTIVATE Then
            Btn(0) = FindWindowEx(wParam, 0, vbNullString, vbNullString)

            For t = 1 To 3
                Btn(t) = FindWindowEx(wParam, Btn(t - 1), vbNullString, vbNullString)
                If Btn(t) = 0 Then Exit For
            Next t


            For t = 0 To 3

                If (Btn(t) <> 0) And (Btn(t) <> wParam) Then
                    cName = Space(255)
                    Length = GetClassName(Btn(t), cName, 255)
                    cName = Left(cName, Length)

                    If UCase(cName) = "BUTTON" Then
                        If ButtonText(t) <> vbNullString Then SetWindowText(Btn(t), ButtonText(t))
                    End If
                End If
            Next t
            UnhookWindowsHookEx(hHook)
        End If
        ChangeButtonsText = False
    End Function


    Private Function SetPasswordChar(ByVal lMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByVal lParam As Integer) As Integer
        Const EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR As Integer = &HCC
        Dim t As Short
        Dim cName As String
        Dim Length As Integer
        Dim Btn(3) As Integer

        If lMsg = HCBT_ACTIVATE Then
            Btn(0) = FindWindowEx(wParam, 0, vbNullString, vbNullString)

            For t = 1 To 3
                Btn(t) = FindWindowEx(wParam, Btn(t - 1), vbNullString, vbNullString)
                If Btn(t) = 0 Then Exit For
            Next t

            For t = 0 To 3

                If (Btn(t) <> 0) And (Btn(t) <> wParam) Then
                    cName = Space(255)
                    Length = GetClassName(Btn(t), cName, 255)
                    cName = Left(cName, Length)
                    If LCase(cName) = "edit" Then SendMessage(Btn(t), EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, PasswordChar, 0)
                End If
            Next t
            UnhookWindowsHookEx(hHook)
        End If
        SetPasswordChar = False
    End Function

    Public Function CustomMsgBox(ByVal zMessage As String, Optional ByVal zButtons As MsgBoxStyle = MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly, Optional ByVal zTitle As String = vbNullString, Optional ByVal Button1Text As String = vbNullString, Optional ByVal Button2Text As String = vbNullString, Optional ByVal Button3Text As String = vbNullString) As MsgBoxResult

        Dim Thread As Integer

        ButtonText(0) = Button1Text
        ButtonText(1) = Button2Text
        ButtonText(2) = Button3Text
        Thread = GetCurrentThreadId()

        hHook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CBT, AddressOf ChangeButtonsText, 0, Thread)

        If zTitle = vbNullString Then
            CustomMsgBox = MsgBox(zMessage, zButtons)
        Else
            CustomMsgBox = MsgBox(zMessage, zButtons, zTitle)
        End If
    End Function


    Public Function PasswordBox(ByVal zMessage As String, Optional ByVal zTitle As String = vbNullString, Optional ByVal zPasswordChar As Byte = 42) As String
        Dim Thread As Integer
        PasswordChar = zPasswordChar
        Thread = GetCurrentThreadId()
        'UPGRADE_WARNING: Add a delegate for AddressOf SetPasswordChar Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.v90/dv_commoner/local/redirect.htm?keyword="E9E157F7-EF0C-4016-87B7-7D7FBBC6EE08"'
        hHook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CBT, AddressOf SetPasswordChar, 0, Thread)


        If zTitle = vbNullString Then
            PasswordBox = InputBox(zMessage)
        Else
            PasswordBox = InputBox(zMessage, zTitle)
        End If
    End Function
End Module

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You should use code tags when posting code so that the code is more readable.

You should also indicate what the error is and what line(s) is/are flagged

Way too much code for a login dialog. Toss it, and use the one built into VB.Net, instead.

The upgrade wizard doesn't know how to rewrite API definitions. You can manually use them, but the preferred way is to use the Net Framework (which uses the same commands, obviously)

It's good for about 10% if a program, if it does anything, but works 100% if you write a quick program in VB6, and upgrade it to figure out how to do it in VB.Net.
It usually includes upgrade advicee.

If you would have clicked on any of those links, it would explain it.

Subrata Das, please use [CODE] tags as explained in this post :

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=403073