Description

Short story: Emulate the .NET StringBuilder class with extremely efficient string concatenation.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

• Build Strings Faster, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, May 2001
• Soup Up Office VBA, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, June 2001

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module	Library	Function
CStopWatch.cls	winmm	timeBeginPeriod timeEndPeriod timeGetDevCaps timeGetTime
CStringBuilder.cls	kernel32 msvbvm50	RtlMoveMemory VarPtr
MMsgBoxPos.bas	user32	GetWindowRect IsWindow KillTimer MoveWindow PostMessage SendMessage SetTimer SetWindowsHookEx UnhookWindowsHookEx

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Download

Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution. Download StrBldr.zip, 20Kb, Last Updated: Friday, April 23, 2004