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Simulating Click Event

Question: How can I have a combo box “combo1” execute another combo boxs “combo2” procedure click ? Answer: Doing this action this way can have some messy side effects. I

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Including Single Quotes in Queries

Question: How do you include a single quotation mark in a query?Example:“Select * From BATCH Where BATCH.NAME = ‘O’Connel’” Answer: Simply replace the single quote with two single quotes together.

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Closing a Database

Question: I have made a program to use a database, and will makea copy of this file to a disk. The problem is that Ican’t make a copy of the

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Passing Variants to Methods

Question: I’m trying to call a method on my ActiveX control from VBScript. The method has one input argument (a long) and three output arguments (doubles). I Dim variables for

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Managing Images in a Toolbar

Question: I’ve created a toolbar for an MDI app using a top-aligned panel and a number of image controls. When the user clicks on an “up” image, the image picture

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Showing as 3D

Question: I need a 3D bound text box control so I can avoid having to place standard text boxes in 3D panels for a chiseled effect. I have been unable