June 16, 2001

If a form contains a RichTextBox control and other controls that are capable to receive the input focus, when the focus is on the RichTextBox and the user presses the

Copying and pasting text and images programmatically isn’t difficult at all, using the methods of the Clipboard object. However, implementing a generic Edit menu that copies and pastes the highlighted

In some cases you might want to activate a form given its name, but VB doesn’t let you do it directly. However, it is easy to create a function that

Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib “user32” Alias “SendMessageA” (ByVal _ hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, _ lParam As Any) As LongPrivate Const WM_USER As

A simple way to add some pizazz to your forms is by minimizing them and then closing them, instead of making them disapper istantaneously. Just try this code: Private Sub

If your program uses the WebBrowser control or any Microsoft Internet Control, you must ensure (and clearly specify in your app’s documentation) that the program can only work on systems