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Two VB Instances, Only One Visible

Question: I am running my VB application on Novel 3.12 file server. When application is running it shows to 2 instances of programon file server console: for example if application

Pausing After Dialing

Question: How do you pause after dialing a phone number ? I want to be able to dial a pager number and then pause 3 -5 seconds before sending the

Highlighting Text

Question: Is there an API function that will highlight a word in a textbox the way the find command does without using the clipboard? Answer: Set the SelStart property of

Changing Cell Colors

Question: I have written a calendar function using the standard grid control as the calendar. The text property of each row/column is set to the correct day within the month

Creating an Executable

Question: I would like to know how to make an EXE file that I can runit in another computer which does not have Visual Basic Installed. Answer: VB 3 and

Starting Application Through File Manager

Question: What do I have to do to make my application respond to a file-kickstart (double-click)in file-manager? When I select and associate a specific file type with my application it

Retrieving Table List

Question: How can I get the tables within an Access2.0database to show in a list box? The user willspecify a database in a text box and I want themto be

Converting VBXs to OCXs

Question: I’ve developed some applications on vb3 using some3rd-party VBXs, I now want to transport thoseapplications to vb4 for enhancement. Do anyutilities exist to convert those VBXs to OCXs? Answer:

VB4 GetPrivateProfileString Problems

Question: I am trying to use GetPrivateProfileString to access INI entries in a INI file using Visual Basic 4.0. Whenever I try to run my program it produces the error