June 26, 1998

Question: How do you convert a long integer to two integer values (that is, get the low word and high word contained in a long integer)?Danial Appleman’s API Guide discusses

Question: How can I find the Active Time Zone offset from UTC that the computer clock is set to? This value changes when going from Standard to Daylight Savings Time.

Question: We would like to find out if a directory that was typed exists. Furthermore, we prefer not to use a list box control or getFileOpenName. Answer: To do this

Question: What threading model does DPB use? Apartment? I’d like to use PB to create MTS components for an Active Server Pages project. Do you foresee any problems? Any advice?

Question: How can I make a PB application as a service on Windows NT? I have an application that has no interaction with users, and I want to run it

Question: Given: Dim oX as Object Set oX = optChoice1 If TypeOf oX is CheckBox Then… If optChoice1 is a CheckBox the If… will be true unless optChoice1 is an

Question: How can I make a program that controls other programs? For example, I’ve seen programs that can change the text in a text box of another program. Answer: Sounds

Question: I am attempting to add a picture of a form to a Word file. How can I do this? Answer: The simplest method, most often overlooked, is to run

Question: I inserted a new row in a table with Identity column, and saved it by calling update function. Then I immediatly tried to modify this record and update again.