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Don’t Auto-Optimize for Fast Code

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

Comment and Uncomment Blocks of Code

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

Combo Box Event

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

What is the “second Web”?

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

Caligari update

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

What are the alternatives to VRML?

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

MDI applications

Question: I am trying to build a form that can be loaded as either MDI or SDI. If a use the SetParent API to force the window to be a