This code, which works fine under VB3, may generate runtime error 3426–“Theaction was canceled by an associated object”–in the 16-bit versionof VB4: Private Sub cmdUpdate_Click() ‘ Save contents of bound
The documentation for the DBGrid in VB4’s Professional and EnterpriseEditions states that the control’s Text and Value properties allow youto read or set the contents of a cell. This would
Because of customer complaints and confusion, Microsoft Office applicationswill begin to implement this strategy for programmatically closing Officeapplications. First, hide the object by setting Object.Visible to false.Then let the object
When you try to set the MatchEntry property of a DBCombo control to”1 – Extended Matching”(at run time or design time), VB may reportthat the “Property is read-only.” The problem
VB 4.0 lets you pick the font you want for your editor. You can do thesame thing in VB 3.0 as well, but you’re font choices are limited, andit’ll involve
The strings related to the registered user of a particular copy of Windowsare stored in a string inside USER.EXE. You can retrieve them with code.In the general declarations section, insert:
The new version of Visual Basic will compile only those portions ofcode it expects to run. This speeds load time, but the code may not befully checked. To fully compile
Take a few moments to memorize these keystroke combinations and you’llfind yourself rocketing through your project! Key combinations separatedby commas mean they’re to be performed sequentially. VB 3.0 Keyboard Shortcuts
Early binding can be done with Excel 5.0 and 7.0 by taking advantageof two bugs in Excel. The first bug cannot do direct early binding. Thesecond bug is an unexposed