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Memory Limitations in List Box

Question: I want to add a large amount of items to a list box ,3700 to be exact, and in the future the number of items could grow even more.

Installing all Files Required

Question: I’ve created a small utility. The exe is only 27k, but vb40032.dll, mfc40.dll (for a custom control) and others make the setup zip over 1 meg. Can I leave

Running Strictly from CD-ROM

Question: My question was in regards to installation. I would like to know if it is possible to run a VB program right from a floppy or CDROM without installing

Embedding Variable Values

Question: I am writing a program that searches a database and i am trying to use avariable for the WHERE clause. Can you Help me? here is an example:Data1.RecordSource =

Using Fields Object with GetChunk

Question: What is the fields object of the GetChunk method?I am trying to access a large (several meg) flatfixed record (160 ascii bytes per record) database and I thought the

Controlling Execution Flow

Question: How do you command a button to go to another form, I put like follows:Sub Double_Click ( ) GoTo form2 EndEnd Sub OR Sub Double_Click ( ) Load form2

Entering Large Amounts of Text

Question: I have a problem with writing text in Visual Basic. I would like to enter several hundred pages of text into my program, Any ideas of how to do