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Question: When a control has focus, is there some way to determine which control had focus just before it? Answer: Nope, there isn’t any way to do that. But, I

Question: I have a program in VB6 using an Access 97 database. The code I use for all my procedures is as follows: Dim db as DatabaseSet db = DBEngine.Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(“biblio.mdb”,

Question: I have been using Visual Basic to manipulate databases for some time now and I consider myself skilled at it. The next challenge presented is to establish a connection

Question: I am an extreme newbie with VB. How do I change the caption of a label to the value of a textbox? Answer: Substitute the name of the Label

Question: I have an Access 97 database with an OLE Type field containing bitmaps loaded with the LoadPicture() function. This works fine and the images turn up as “Bitmap Image”

Question: Often I place a Break Point in a Function or Procedure for Debugging purposes.How I can find the immediate calling procedure?Or, better how I can find all the previous

Question: How would I get a different picture to pop up every 3 seconds in a different position? Answer: It’s pretty simple, actually: Make a form with an image/picturebox control

Question: After compiling my VB app, and installing it on my machine, it will run. But, when I install it on my professor’s machine at school, it doesn’t work at

Question: Is it possible to have an array of character arrays? What about anarray of multidimensional character arrays? Answer: Java arrays are first-class objects. They can be referenced byObject reference