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October 1, 1996

Installing Database Application

Question: I am having trouble using the setup wizard for a project I have created in Visual Basic. The problem is after I setup the program on another computer, the

Using the CancelError Property

Question: You said there’s an example in the VB help file on use of theCancelError = true property. Where is it? In my app, I can get VB to generatethe

Trapping Cancel Button

Question: In a simple loop on a form with a Cancel Button:DoHere I want to Check to see if a user pushed a cancel button(Cancel Property is set to true)(While

Closing a Database

Question: I have made a program to use a database, and will makea copy of this file to a disk. The problem is that Ican’t make a copy of the

Using Generic Objects

Question: I am using a subroutine which involves 2 list boxes in a pick box configuration. I take the literal boxname [Form.Control] and load it to a variable- BoxName. I

Saving Window Changes When Unloading

Question: How do you save the choices when changing forms and shutting down the program. Do I have to use a module to store the changes? Answer: If you have

Checking for Existence of a File

Question: How do you check to see if the name of a file you want to RENAME a file to already exists? Answer: Here is a great example of how

Using GROUP BY Clause

Question: I am writing a Lottery Simulator, I have a database which contains seven fields, each field of each record contains a number from 1 to 49. I am looking

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