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Searching for Apostrophes

Question: When using VB4 and the Jet Engine with Access 2.0, I do I execute an SQL query that searches for a string that contains the apostrophe ? Answer: If

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Detecting Combo Box List Retraction

Question: How would you detect the Retraction of a Combo Box Dropdown List in VB 4.0? I have asolution which claims to work under VB 3.0 andVB 2.0 using the

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Grids with Spanning Columns

Question: I need a way to make a grid/table that would support headers and cell data spanning multiple rows as wellas multiple columns. Any ideas? Answer: VideoSoft has a product

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Using Registry Editing Functions

Question: How do I get VB to edit the registry inruntime? Answer: The easiest way, assuming you’re in VB 4.0 and using Win95, is to use the GetSetting and SaveSetting

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Using Basic File Input/Output

Question: Do you know of any plans to include basic I/O in VBSCript ? I could make my site a lot more efficient if I could send a text file

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Creating a Splash Screen

Question: I also want to know how to create a title screen, then give it a delay to wait load the program…sort of how windows loads (first you see the

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Declaring Variables as Object Types

Question: The version of VB doesn’t matter…anyway. How is it possible to create an object in vbscript if you can’t Dim something ‘As’ something? In creating a page, I am

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Dynamically Creating Controls

Question: I am a teacher (this explains my lack of expertise at understanding many VB technicalitiesin manuals etc.) experimenting with creating bits and pieces of software for children with learning

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Checking for Cancel in Loop

Question: I have started using VB3 yesterday to do a small project. I use Access normally. I wish to set use one button to initiate a loop and another button