June 12, 1999

The standard way to move a captionless form is to execute some tricky code from within the MouseDown event procedure. More advanced VB developers can reach the same result by

‘ Make a complete file name by assemblying its individual parts’ if Extension isn’t omitted, it overwrites any extension held in BaseNameFunction MakeFileName(Drive As String, Path As String, BaseName As

‘ Retrieve a file’s base name’ if the second argument is true, the result include the file’s pathFunction GetFileBaseName(FileName As String, Optional ByVal IncludePath As _ Boolean) As String Dim

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

One of Internet Explorer 5.0’s new features is AutoComplete. If turned on by the user (it’s off by default) it helps users fill in the frequently used fields–like username, first

Swing’s JComboBox can be used to present a drop-down list, perhaps of status reports from a process, requiring minimal screen space until the user wishes to see the details. But

When architecting a client-server or n-tier application, you should decide on a particular locking technique and accordingly the transaction isolation level and concurrency control strategy for database transactions. This decision

The words argument and parameter are often used interchangeably in the literature, although the C++ Standard makes a clear distinction between the two. An argument is one of the following:

If you turn the mouse pointer into an hourglass (and back to normal) in a routine with error handling, don’t forget to turn the mouse pointer back to normal in