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ShowColorDialog – Show the standard color dialog

Private Type ChooseColorStruct lStructSize As Long hwndOwner As Long hInstance As Long rgbResult As Long lpCustColors As Long flags As Long lCustData As Long lpfnHook As Long lpTemplateName As StringEnd

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ShowHtmlHelp – Show a HTML Help page

Private Declare Function HtmlHelpTopic Lib “hhctrl.ocx” Alias “HtmlHelpA” _ (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpHelpFile As String, ByVal wCommand As Long, _ ByVal dwData As String) As Long’A HTML Help

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Deleting Files or FileTypes En Masse

Sometimes you run into a situtation where you want to delete all the files or a particular type of file (like text files – *.txt) in a folder.Here is a

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Restrict a Textbox to Accept Only Numbers

Sometimes we may need to restrict users from entering anything besides numbers in a textbox. The following code can achieve this: Option ExplicitPrivate strClipboardText As StringPrivate Sub txtNumberBox_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)

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Concatenating Big Strings

Please note that using the join function makes this code VB6 only (for only a small performance gain). dim i as longdim s as stringfor i = 0 to 100000

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Determine Whether a User Session Has Expired or Been Removed

Define a class, say SessionTimeoutIndicator, which implements theinterface javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionBindingListener. Next create a SessionTimeoutIndicator object and add it to the user session. When the session is removed, the SessionTimeoutIndicator.valueUnbound() method will