We all started as novices at one point. I remember well trying to learn not only VB, but how to use the win32 API. It takes a lot of reading and then trial and error. I made (and still make) a lot of test applications to learn how to perform tasks I wanted done. Once I had it working in a test app, then it is easy to add to another larger application.
Just start at the beginning and take your time to learn what the code is doing. If all you do is copy and paste code, then you will have a hard time creating what you want or trouble shooting code from someone else that you don’t understand.
Over on im-integrations you can find a lot of small sample projects to show how I do a lot of the things with pal…