Module VBModule
 
    Sub Main()
        Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!")
        Dim mImg = GetThumbnailImage("F:\tmp\TEST RZB\V5-6R2012_AllV5Types\V5ProductWithAllComponentTypes.CATProduct", 500, 24)
        mImg.save("F:\tmp\TEST RZB\V5-6R2012_AllV5Types\V5ProductWithAllComponentTypes.jpg") 
    End Sub
    
    Public Shared Function GetThumbnailImage(ByVal fileName As String, _
        ByVal longestEdge As Integer, ByVal colorDepth As Integer) As Image
        Dim desktopFolder As IShellFolder
        Dim someFolder As IShellFolder
        Dim extract As IExtractImage
        Dim pidl As IntPtr
        Dim filePidl As IntPtr
        'Manually define the IIDs for IShellFolder and IExtractImage
        Dim IID_IShellFolder = New Guid("000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")
        Dim IID_IExtractImage = New Guid("BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1")
        'Divide the file name into a path and file name
        Dim folderName = Path.GetDirectoryName(fileName)
        Dim shortFileName = Path.GetFileName(fileName)
        'Get the desktop IShellFolder
        ShellInterop.SHGetDesktopFolder (desktopFolder)
        'Get the parent folder IShellFolder
        desktopFolder.ParseDisplayName(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, folderName, 0, pidl, 0)
        desktopFolder.BindToObject(pidl, IntPtr.Zero, IID_IShellFolder, someFolder)
        'Get the file's IExtractImage
        someFolder.ParseDisplayName(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, shortFileName, 0, filePidl, 0)
        someFolder.GetUIObjectOf(IntPtr.Zero, 1, filePidl, IID_IExtractImage, 0, extract)
        'Set the size
        Dim size As size
        size.cx = 500
        size.cy = 500
        Dim flags = IEIFLAG.ORIGSIZE Or IEIFLAG.QUALITY
        Dim bmp As IntPtr
        Dim thePath = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(MAX_PATH)
        'Interop will throw an exception if one of these calls fail.
        Try
            extract.GetLocation(thePath, MAX_PATH, 0, size, colorDepth, flags)
            extract.extract (bmp)
            Catch ex As Exception
        End Try
        'Free the global memory we allocated for the path string
        Marshal.FreeHGlobal (thePath)
        'Free the pidls. The Runtime Callable Wrappers
        'should automatically release the COM objects
        Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem (pidl)
        Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem (filePidl)
        If Not bmp.Equals(IntPtr.Zero) Then
            GetThumbnailImage = Image.FromHbitmap(bmp)
        Else
            GetThumbnailImage = Nothing
        End If
    End Function

  
End Module

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Public Module Program
	Public Sub Main(args() As string)
	 Dim name as String = Console.ReadLine()    ' Reading input from STDIN
   Console.WriteLine("Hello " & name)           ' Writing output to STDOUT
	End Sub
End Module

About VB.net

Visual Basic is a event driven programming language by Microsoft, first released in the year 1991.

Key Features

  • Beginner's friendly language.
  • Simple and object oriented programming language.
  • User friendly language and easy to develop GUI based applications.

Syntax help

Variables

Variable is a name given to the storage area in order to identify them in our programs.

Simple syntax of Variable declaration is as follows

Dim variableName [ As [ New ] dataType ] [ = initializer ]

Variable initialization

variableName = value

Conditional Statements

1. If

If condition-expression Then 
    'code
End If

2. If-else

If(conditional-expression)Then
   'code if the conditional-expression is true 
Else
  'code if the conditional-expression is false 
End If

3. If-else-if ladder

If(conditional-expression)Then
   'code if the above conditional-expression is true 
Else If(conditional-expression) Then
        'code if the above conditional-expression is true 
    Else
        'code if the above conditional-expression is false 
End If

4. Nested-If

If(conditional-expression)Then
   'code if the above conditional-expression is true
   If(conditional-expression)Then
         'code if the above conditional-expression is true 
   End If
End If

5. Select Case

Select [ Case ] expression
   [ Case expressionlist
      'code ]
   [ Case Else
      'code ]
End Select

Loops

1. For..Next

For counter [ As datatype ] = begin To end [ Step step ]
   'code
   [ Continue For ]
   'code
   [ Exit For ]
   'code
Next [ counter ]

2. For..Each

For Each element [ As datatype ] In group
   'code
   [ Continue For ]
   'code
   [ Exit For ]
   'code
Next [ element ]

3. While

While conditional-expression
   'Code 
   [ Continue While ]
   'Code
   [ Exit While ]
   'Code
End While

4. Do-while

Do { While | Until } conditional-expression
   'Code
   [ Continue Do ]
   'Code
   [ Exit Do ]
   'Code
Loop

Do
   'Code
   [ Continue Do ]
   'Code
   [ Exit Do ]
   'Code
Loop { While | Until } conditional-expression

Procedures

Procedure is a sub-routine which contains set of statements. Usually Procedures are written when multiple calls are required to same set of statements which increases re-usuability and modularity.

Procedures are of two types.

1. Functions

Functions return a value when they are called.

[accessModifiers] Function functionName [(parameterList)] As returnType
   'code
End Function

2. Sub-Procedures

Sub-procedures are similar to functions but they don't return any value.

Sub ProcedureName (parameterList)
'Code
End Sub