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July 23, 1999

Dynamic Control

Question: How can I create dynamic controls, such as a textbox, without a basic control in the form ? Answer: In VB6 you can add new controls to the Controls

VB5 – Is the Format Function Y2K Compliant

Question: I am using the format function to format a date entered by the user. My machine’s short date setting is mm/dd/yyyy. My OS is NT 4.0 Format(25/05/01,”Short Date”) gives

Objects

Question: When you click on the right mouse button over a file name or folder, you get a menu which allows you to select Properties. Is there any way to

Tab Strip use

Question: How do you put different objects in a TabStrip? I can make it but once I add something to it in the preview area, it shows up on all

hWnd Attribute

Question: I have to make a programm to read DATA from a Card, the first function that I must call says: Function_name(hcaller As Long,…) This hcaller is an hWnd and

Network Installation of VB6

Question: I have the VB6 Enterprise Edition which is going to be the development tool. Is it possible to have a network installation of VB6, so that I can put

Display Small Decimals Using VBScript

It is common to have online survey results posted via an ASP page. While for the most part it will work fine, you have to be careful when your results

Scan and Clean Registry for Dangling Interfaces

If you are developing COM components that run under MTS (Microsoft Transaction Server) then during the development phase, you will notice that dangling interfaces are often present in your system