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Allow Context-Sensitive Help for Disabled Controls

If you want a form to support context-sensitive help, set the WhatsThisButton and WhatsThisHelp properties on the form to True, and set the WhatsThisHelpID property to a corresponding help-file topic

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Get Date Format String

There is no native function for returning the current date format string. Here’s a simple function that calls the GetLocaleInfo API in order to retrieve the short date format string:

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Set the Cursor for Your Components

All AWT component classes have a setCursor() method that allows for dynamically setting the cursor for a particular component and any subcomponents.For example, if you set the cursor for a

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Creating and Using Thread-Scoped Variables

Sometimes you need variables scoped by thread so that each thread has an independent copy. There’s an easy way to create and manage such variables.The java.lang.ThreadLocal class provides a wrapper

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An Easy Way to Check Boolean System Properties

Suppose you want to pass a Boolean system property, -DDEBUG=true or -DDEBUG=false, from the command line. Normally, you’d probably use the following in source code to retrieve it: boolean b

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Scope of Variables Declared in for()

The new ANSI C++ standard specifies that variables declared as in for(int i=1; …) have a scope local to the for statement. Unfortunately, older compilers (like Visual C++ 5.0) use

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Sorting Part of a Field

Use the following code: select *,right(field1,4) as Col1 from [Tablename]order by col1 You can do it by using substring: SELECT *, substring(field1, 3, 5) as col1from [tablename]order by col1 Related

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Open Textfile Data as a Recordset Using ADODB

‘*********************************************************************’Text files Reading’You can use Microsoft Text Driver’*********************************************************************Public Function Read_Text_File() As ADODB.Recordset Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset Dim conn As ADODB.Connection Set conn = New ADODB.Connection

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How to Scroll the Text on the Title Bar of a Web Page

This code will do the trick: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Related Posts Get Detailed Information on Tables in MySQLCount the Number of Active ASP.NET Sessions in State Server Session ModeSalesforce Announces Customer Service

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Use VB6 ActiveX controls with VB.NET

It is possible to use VB6 ActiveX controls – such as ADO Data Control, Chart Control, Comm Control, and the Windowless controls – with the designer of Visual Studio .NET,

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Allow Interval Greater Than Timer Controls

When you need a timer for a larger interval than the Timer control allows, insert this code into a BAS module. The procedure starts when the timer interval has passed:

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How to Change Text Color Dynamically

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Use the Erl Function to Debug

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Change Appearance Property at Run Time

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Bind Option Buttons to Data Controls

The Option button is a convenient way to display multiple options from which only one can be selected. One problem is that the Option button cannot be bound to a

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Format Your Version Info

Many professional applications are required to display a version number on all screens to indicate to users which version of the app is currently running. This also helps with configuration

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LoadTextFile – Load the contents of a text file

‘ Returns the content of the specified text file’ Note: it can throw an exception’ Usage: Dim FileContent As String = LoadTextFile(“C:Autoexec.bat”)Function LoadTextFile(ByVal FilePath As String) As String Dim sr

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CopyDirectory – Copy a directory

‘ Copies a source directory to the destination directory.’ The last parameter specifies whether the files already present in the’ destination directory will be overwritten’ – Note: requires Imports System.IO’

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GetDirectorySize – Calculate the size of a directory

‘ Returns the size of the specified directory’ – Note: requires Imports System.IO’ – Usage: Dim DirSize As Long = GetDirectorySize(“D:Projects”)Function GetDirectorySize(ByVal DirPath As String) As Long Dim DirSize As

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Define Your Own Functions in SQL Server 2000

hose of you who program in Visual Basic, C, or other languages are probably used to writing your own functions. As a SQL programmer, you know how frustrating it’s been