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October 1, 1996

Aligning Columns in a List Box

Question: I have a List with names and addresses from a database.I want to have the list as shown below.Mr. Smith Street 10Mr. Andersson Street 25I’ve tried aligning them by

Calling Stored Procedures

Question: Can one call a stored procedure or function in oracle 7through odbc from visual basic? This might be a questionfor an oracle user group, so if you know where

Getting Procedure Location Name

Question: Can I get the name of the procedure that an error has occurred in?For example, I would like to send my error to a form that containsthe error number,

Placing Windows on Screen

Question: I am trying to figure out exactly how to get mywindow to center itself no matter what the resolution of the screen is that it is beingdisplayed on is.

Creating Nested Queries

Question: My question is with regards to VB’s ability to handle complexSQL. I have the application I am developing set up in the followingway: I copy the SQL created into

Binding to a Database

Question: Is it possible to bind a cell in a grid with a database field (as we can do for text boxes and some other controls)? Answer: In VB3, the

Generating Special HTML Tags

Question: I am trying to use Print# statements to create an HTMLtext file and VB3 that I am using keeps interpreting the HTML characters as Data Types and operators saying

Application Finding VBXs and DLLs

Question: I have created a VB executable file and now want to distribute it to users. I want this executable to reside on our network drive. The problem that I

Creating Long Delays

Question: I’ve been trying to create a simulator – it requires as close to real-time operation as possible. I have a couple of questions about timers.How do I activate a