August 10, 2000

Question: Can we exchange data between Visual Basic and Microsoft Project? If so, what is the object model for Microsoft Project? Answer: The MS Project object model is as large as the office applications, so I could not explain the entire model here. To learn more about the model, set

Question: I have an existing .exe file that creates files, archives, and restores. I need to find out how to edit that existing program so as to update some changes. Answer: You will need to get the source code. There are some decompilers out there, but none of them do

Question: I need to convert this fairly simple VBScript to a JavaScript? The purpose of the script is to cause a posted seminar event to disappear after the date of the event has passed. Here is my code: Answer: Here’s how I’d do it: If you’re wondering about the way

Question: Everybody knows the meaning of public, private, and protected blocks in a class interface. While browsing through a KDE program I found two other block types: signals and public slots. What do they mean? Is this a special thing of Qt? If so, how do they make it possible?

Question: I am having problems calling the FileSytemObject from VB6. “Dim x as New FileSystemObject” does not work. I have tried the Active Server Pages Obj lib and ADO 2.0 lib. “FileSystem” is available. Answer: Set a reference to the FileSystemObjects shipped with the Microsoft Scripting Runtime and you will

Question: In writing a basic introductory module about C++, I came upon the topic of “instant variable creation” within for loops and noticed to my dismay that the following code worked without errors: for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) { cout