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If you ever programmed under VB4, you probably took advantage of the powerful Optional parameters. VB5 enhanced them in several ways: they can be of any type now (not only

If you take a look at VB’s native code optimization options for the first time, you might be tempted to click on “Optimize for Fast Code” right away. Strange as

Visual Basic 5.0 lets you comment a block of code in a snap and uncomment it later. This feature is useful in the debug phase, when you don’t want to

Two problems can arise when a confused user scrolls up or down with the mouse and then makes a selection with the Enter Key. First, the down arrow fires two

Question: What is this “second Web” I keep hearing about? Is it marketing hype, or a new technology? Answer: It’s a mixture of the two. Perhaps inspired (or provoked) by

Question: What’s happening with Caligari and its VRML tools (trueSpace, VRML, Pioneer, etc.)? Answer: Caligari has rethought its approach to VRML and has integrated the features you may have seen

Question: How can I create texture maps (for 3D objects) that don’t get distorted by the geometry? Answer: Use 3D Paint tools. When I want to paint something in the

Question: What are the alternatives to VRML? Answer: There are a variety of proprietary alternatives to VRML available for use over the Internet. Perhaps the best known at the moment

Question: How can I create a Sybase login from a PowerBuilder front-end application using sp_addlogin? The normal way of executing stored procedures ? for example, declare procname for procedure ?