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Question: I am working on a system with Windows ’95 and Office for Windows ’95. This includes Access 7.0. How can I get VB 3.0 to recognize databases I have

Question: I have been successfully using the CTL3DV2.DLL to make 3D message boxes and common dialogs, but I have not been able to get it to work with standard VB

Question: How can I play WAV or MID files through Visual Basic? Answer: Use the MSMCI.VBX, provided with VB/Win Pro 3.0. You can also declare and call the MM-functions manually:Declare

Question: In writing a VB database application, is it more effecient to open up the database once in the beginning of the program, and build queries/recordsets to access the appropriate

Question: I understand the basic concepts of computer programming including event driven apps. I have been browsing various Visual Basic sites looking for self teaching book recommendations. Since I’m new

Question: I’d like to create a floating window that has a small titlebar,like the VB toolbox window, for instance. In the VB FAQ,it says to see the sample program in

Question: I’m in the process of refining a program I wrote. What I need to do is find the user’s mail directory on a Network server. To do this, the

Question: I am new to Visual Basic and wanted to know how to write those nifty little help files. Answer: Help files are fairly easy to create. All you need

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