I use this routine in almost every application I develop. It’s handy whether you need a key for a collection or whether you use it in a database: Option ExplicitPrivate
This “wait” routine suspends your code and waits for the shelled process to finish. It comes in handy when you need to run another scriptatch file during your process. Use
Use this code to fill a list box with the values from a database table. The first field in the query provides the ItemData for the list: Call FillList(dbase, “select
If you write programs that access information on a network server, you never want to hard-code drive letters. Not all software vendors take advantage of the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC)
I would like to add a few things to the “Building a Better Mouse Trap” tip [VBPJ November 1996, page 56]. This approach also works for any message, including button-up
If you have an application that must run “unattended” and you want it to alert you if something goes wrong, your application can send you a message through WinPopUp. WinPopUp
Question: How can I use VB5 components from within PB6? Can VB5 deliver a DLL that we can communicate with, or are there better methods? Answer: The best method of
Question: How do I control the font size in a rich text edit? I am pulling text from a variable and applying it to a rich text edit by: rte_1.SelectTextAll()rte_1.ReplaceText
Question: I have an .exe of PB app “sales.” While I type c:sales.exe, I will also pass a parameter such as c:sales.exe auto. Now I want to access this parameter