October 9, 1998

You can provide Print Preview at different scales. First, make your printing routine take on the object it should draw as a parameter. Then, for printing, pass the routine the

This method is handy when the user enters data that you need to validate against a lookup table. Validating the value by querying the database is out of the question

Suppose you have a database field that returns a date in the Short Date format. Neither a numeric sort nor a string sort would order this column correctly. To sort

The tip “Color Status Indicator” [“101 Tech Tips for VB Developers,” Supplement to the February 1997 issue of VBPJ, page 26] got me thinking that it would look even more

When developing relational database applications, you often need to use list boxes or combo boxes to store records with alphanumeric keys. You can load numeric keys into the ItemData array

To add user-defined properties to controls, use this code to store them in the control’s tag. You can define multiple additional properties at design or run time. You can easily