Tip Bank

Question: What graphic file formats does VB support? Does it support the GIF format? Answer: Visual Basic supports the Windows Bitmap (.BMP), the Windows Icon (.ICO), and the Windows Metafile

Question: I am in the process of building an application where I needa grid of small graphics (icons or BMPs) in an array situation.When the user clicks on one graphic

Question: I have a DOS-based application (QB4.5) which has been running for some years and I have now updated it to Visual Basic. The application handles several async serial ports

Question: How can I relate 2 or more records in one file to eachother? Answer: There are a few ways to do this. The main and most popular method is

Question: How can I make the combo box drop its list easily? Answer: On form load, do combo.additem , until allitems are placed into the combo list.To cause the combo

Question: Is there a way within VB to flush information sent to a file? Normally, information is buffered and not sentto the file until the buffer size is exceeded or

Question: The number of Tabs are determined at run time. Control Array of text boxes are established on Tab 0 at design time. Each tab is to contain the same

Question: I know that there is a fix needed in order to use VB 3.0 and Microsoft Access 2.0. I have downloaded the file COMLYR.EXE and have run it. I

Question: I’m creating an email application and I require the ability to highlightall the items in the ListView control (not just the first item) in thesame fashion as Microsoft Exchange