The Procedure Attributes dialog includes a Procedure ID combo box, that lets you associate a particular ID to a given member of the class. You usually use this combo to
It is very simple to retrieve the correct currency symbol, using just plain VBA statements: currSymbol = Trim$(Replace(FormatCurrency(0,0), “0”, “”)) If you can also determine if the symbol precedes or
ActiveX components written in VB can contain both SingleUse and MultiUse classes at the same time. It usually isn’t a good idea to use both types of classes in the
Here’s the correct declaration of the CopyMemory API function, which is so useful whenever you want to move a block of bytes between two memory locations: Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib
Many developers incorrectly assume that a printer is always installed on their customers’ machines, and therefore omit to check that this is actually the case. The following function, deceiptively trivial,
The Picture box control does not directly expose any property that returns information on the bitmap currently loaded. You can retrieve this information by calling the GetObject API function, passing
Private Declare Function PrinterProperties Lib “winspool.drv” (ByVal hwnd As _ Long, ByVal hPrinter As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib “winspool.drv” Alias “OpenPrinterA” _ (ByVal pPrinterName As String, phPrinter
There are a few tricks that you can do with LCase$ and UCase$ functions. I doubt you will be using this tip in all your applications, but here they are
‘ Retrieve a file’s path” Note: trailing backslashes are never included in the resultFunction GetFilePath(FileName As String) As String Dim i As Long For i = Len(FileName) To 1 Step