If you have a sensitive mouse and/or many objects you need to position carefully on a form, getting everything right can be a real pain?especially when you click on an object simply to alter some of its properties and move it accidentally. Here
Use this tip when developing ActiveX components and testing ActiveX OCXs that require license files. These Registry entries allow you to merge VBL file contents into the Registry. You add three context menu options for VBL files: Merge (into the Registry), Edit, and Print: REGEDIT4[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.vbl]@=”VisualBasic.VBLFile”[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTVisualBasic.VBLFile]@=”Visual Basic Control License File”[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTVisualBasic.VBLFileDefaultIcon]@=”NOTEPAD.EXE,1″[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTVisualBasic.VBLFileshell][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTVisualBasic.VBLFileshelledit]@=”&Edit”[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTVisualBasic.VBLFileshelleditcommand]@=”NOTEPAD.EXE “%1″”[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTVisualBasic.VBLFileshellopen]@=”Mer&ge”[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTVisualBasic.VBLFileshellopencommand]@=”regedit.exe
As you probably know, you can open an Explorer window on a directory from VB by using the intrinsic Shell function: Dim TaskId As LongTaskId = Shell(“Explorer c:”, vbNormalFocus) But what about items in the namespace that don
I needed to lock a row on a grid to show totals as well as a percentage row that needed to remain read-only to the user. I didn
Microsoft confirms this bug: If an application contains at least two forms, and one of those forms is displayed modally using a PopupMenu on another form, a PopupMenu on the modal form won
This code demonstrates how fast you can zoom into images using VB
When you use the Split function from VB6 or VBScript, sometimes you need only a single value and not the whole array. To do this, you can reference the element you need right after the Split statement like this: Split(myVar, myDelim)(1) This statement retrieves the second element of the array,
If you plan to require Windows 2000 for your application, you can make your standard VB RichTextBox control 100-percent transparent with a few simple API calls. To try this tip, create a new project (or use an existing one), add a RichTextBox control, and add this code and these declarations
In VB, we can use a function/sub call to return results by passing parameters by reference (although it