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GetIEToolbarPicture – The path of IE toolbar image

‘ Get the path of the picture used as background of IE 5/5.5 toolbar’ Note: requires the GetRegistryValue routine, you can find it in the CodeBank’ Example:’ MsgBox GetIEToolbarPicturePublic Function

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ClearIEHistory – Clear Internet Explorer history

‘ Clear the IE History’ Notes:’ This routine requires the DeleteRegistryKey and CreateRegistryKey routines,’ you can find them in the CodeBankPublic Sub ClearIEHistory() Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001 Dim sKey As

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Copy a directory tree

Creating a VB routine that copies a whole directory tree can be a time-consuming job, but fortunately you don’t have to do it. In fact, you can quickly create an

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Convert an Exception StackTrace to a String

This feature will be required if you want to store exceptions in a database: import java.io.*;public class Test{ public static void main(String args[]) { String trace = exceptionToString(new Exception(A new

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Using System.gc() to Force the Garbage Collector

The garbage collector works automatically, whether you request it to or not. However, it is possible to make a garbage collector request, by invoking the System.gc() method. When garbage collector