If you build an ActiveX control that exposes an enumerated property, you should define a Public Enumstructure that gathers all the possible values for that property. Doing this helps the
If you create out-of-process OLE servers, Visual Basic embeds the companion type library into the EXE fileand generates no TLB file. However, if you own the Enterprise Edition of VB4
The implementation of Public variables in forms and classes changed with Visual Basic 5.0. VB4 implementspublic variables in forms and class modules as if they’re regular variables, using pointers to
When working with multiple projects, it’s easy to get confused by the many windows active on the screen atthe same time. However, you can temporarily hide all the windows related
Here are a few simple ways you can customize your VB5 IDE: Add tabs to the custom control toolbox by right-clicking on the General button and selecting the Add Tab
Unlike templates in other Office 97 products, Word 97 templates provide a business-application engine thatremains separate from the documents that use that engine. Template-based Excel workbooks andPowerPoint presentations include a
A popular code snippet lets you center any form on the screen, regardless of the current screen resolution. You now can reach the same result by simply assigning the value
Never pass a global variable as an argument to a procedure that also accesses the variable directly. If you’re 100 percent sure you adhered to this rule within your application,
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