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Using Tab Control

Question: I have an old DOS-Clipper app that I plan to upgrade to VB. The old app handles insurance claims. To enter a new claim, 4 screens of data are

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InputBox Function: Type Mismatch Errors

Question: I have written a small program that calculates geometry problems. I have used input boxes to retreive data from the keyboard, however during runtime if I click the cancel

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Dynamically Create Pictures

Question: I got a game “SimTower”. In this game you can for exemple click on the picture with the office or hotel room, then you are clicking somewhere on the

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Using Me Object

Question: What is the different between using Me and FormActualName when accessing a form’s property or to pass the FRM to a subprogram.Is it ok to use ME all the

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Creating Win95 Explorer-like Dialogs

Question: Are there common dialogs in Win95 like file open/save? I wish to put in my apps the ability to use long filenames which Win95 supports. Answer: Here is the

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Opening and Reading a File

Question: Can you please send me the code to open a file using the common dialog box – not just the code to open the dialog box but to actually

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Saving Forms as Text vs. Binary

Question: This may seem a stupid question, but I cannot figure or find it out anywhere… I have been having trouble with the setup wizard saying that my forms have

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Checking for NULL Values

Question: When you read a string from a character field in a snapshot/dynaset you can append a pair of double quotes to protect yourself from “Type mismatch” errors, if the

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Finding the End of a Word

Question: I am new to VB and must learn it by yesterday! I am working with text strings and must figure out how to pull words from a line by