Visual Basic MPQ's

[TriggerHappy]

Would anyone know of a MPQ Library that could extract/import file from/to and MPQ (.w3x)?

And it would be compatible with Visual Basic. +rep.

 

[enouwee]

site gone

 

[TriggerHappy]

SFmpq is what i got, any idea on how to use it in VB (ofc you do ). I am doing some research atm but all if it is so.... confusing. So far the only thing "research" has said is to put the .dll in my bin folder.

 

[enouwee]

You've got the Visual Basic interface declaration inside the Storm.bas and a description of the general API can be found here: http://www.zezula.net/en/mpq/stormlib.html

What else would you need?

 

[TriggerHappy]

I was just reading that, and it looks like it's for c++? Sorry i am probably annoying you, but how i even start using the stormlib. a simple

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

would make me very happy.

 

[enouwee]

I have no clue about either Visual Basic or Warcraft, so just some assumptions:
1) create a new project
2) add Storm.bas and the other .bas file from the zip
3) create your own code/files that use the Storm lib
4) compile the project

If you get some errors, just look for some documentation on how to use external libraries with Visual Basic.

 

[Samuraid]

@TriggerHappy:
When you say "Visual Basic", are you referring to VB6 or VB.NET? They are similar, but have enough significant differences to require different code in certain situations.

I think the files on ShadowFlare's site are for VB6 (and earlier), not VB.NET, but I could be wrong.

 

[TriggerHappy]

I Guess VB.NET, It's Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition.

 

[holy_spirit]

Open your vs2008
Create a new vb project
right click on your application, select add reference, now add a reference to your library.
double click on (My Project), go to references tab to see your added library
To explorer that library, go to view-->class View, then navigate to your library

 

[Evan1993]

I use MBNCSUtil MPQ's in vb, being made in .Net its much easier to use in my opinion.

MBNCSUtil.Data
Has everything I needed, and its very clear how to use it.

 

[Samuraid]

https://libmpq.org/