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August 7, 1997

To Sync Or Not To Sync (ASYNC) ODBC Queries

Here you are in VB3, you have loaded the compatibility layer for Jet2.0, and you are using ODBC. In this configuration, the ODBC queries willalways run in asynchronous query execution

Prevent Errors When Using GetSetting

Using Visual Basic’s GetSetting function might cause an error, particularly in certain situations when using itunder 16-bit operating systems with INI files. If there’s no specific entry in the INI

The Mid Statement and Function

You’re probably familiar with the Mid function, which returnsa substring of a specified number of characters from its stringargument. But are you aware that Mid can also be used to

The Move Method is Faster

To move a control or form to a new location, you can set the Leftand Top properties to new values: frmCustomer.Left = frmCustomer.Left + 100 frmCustomer.Top = frmCustomer.Top + 50

Debugging Events When They’re Acting Funny

Use Debug.Print “Entering event …” without breakpointsto trace events if they seem to act funny. Don’t use break points withMsgBoxes–they can alter the event sequence.

Get Rid of Leading Zeros

Eliminate “leading-zeros” in a text string in this interestingway: instring$ = “00030” ‘ set the string with some leading-zeros’ now to get rid of them….instring$ = CStr(Cint(instring$))’ now instring$ should

Fading Colors

Use this as a fast way to paint the background of any form witha really cool “fading” color (lighter at top to darkerat bottom). To specify base color, pass True/False