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Copying Controls and Code

Question: Is there a way to easily copy all theevent code for a control from one form to another or even within thesame form. As an example I have a

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Accessing a DBGrid Cell

Question: How can get the Text contained in a specified Cell in DBGrid? Answer: If you set the Row and Col properties first, you can then look at the “Text”

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Compilation Requirements

Question: I know I need VB40032.DLL to run my visual basic programs,but I was wondering if it is possible to make a VB executablethat does not require VB40032.dll. Answer: VB40032.DLL

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Available Report Writers

Question: Is there a database query/report design tool with source code written in VB, that works reasonably fast. In addition to being relatively fast, the program would have to be

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Dialing a Phone

Question: Can you show me how to open COM1: and dial a phone number using tone dialing? Answer: Try this. This is out of the VB Frequently Asked Questions file.PhoneNumber$

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Using 3.0 Files in 4.0

Question: How do I upgrade my version 3.0 files to version 4.0? Answer: If you open your 3.0 project in any variant of VB 4.0, it will ask you if

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Creating a Help File for an Excel Document

Question: I am trying to include a button in an Excel worksheet that will allow the user to click in to receive help infilling out the spreadsheet form properly. However,

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Concatenation Functions

Question: I am using the ‘Execute’ to run an SQL statement.The sql is Microsoft SQL. The SQL is to ‘INSERT into table …SELECT …FROM TABLES…’. The select portion of the

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Communication Between Forms

Question: I have two forms. There is a combo box on Form1 and a list box on Form2. Form1 has functions to add and delete names from the combo box.