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Getting Started

Question: We have a big complete hospital system written in ClipperWe had looked at VO, but that does not seem to be the way to goWe will now concentrate on

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Distributing VB400xx.DLL with Applications

Question: I just wrote my first VB4 program, the “Hello World” program out of the SAMS book, “Learn VB4 in 21 Days”. My question is this: I compiled my program

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Saving Window Changes When Unloading

Question: How do you save the choices when changing forms and shutting down the program. Do I have to use a module to store the changes? Answer: If you have

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Source Control Tools

Question: We are developing a decent sized application in VB with a couple of programmers. We are looking for a way to have all of the programmers work on the

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Saving Data Before Exit

Question: If a user closes an application via the control box at the top LH side of a window, I would like to offer the user 3 choices:They can save

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Maintaining Focus on a Command Button

Question: I see that an input box appears to maintain a focus on one the command buttons even when entering text. How is this done? Answer: What you are seeing

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Writing DB Programs

Question: I am new to programing & was wondering if you can write database programs with VB or do you have to use a third party DB program like Access

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Using Function Pointers/Dynamic Functions

Question: In Access 2.0 there is an Eval() function which will automatically evaluate numeric expressions. This functionality does not appear to exist in VB 4. I found an article in

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Action was Cancelled Error

Question: I am developing a small database using the engine supplied with VB 4.0 Pro. When I try to update an entry, I get the following run-time error: “Run-Time Error