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I have read many tips about using MouseMove events to create an Explorer-like coolbar look. The problem is that if your button is located close to the main form’s border

VB provides an easy way to access the Registry with the built-in GetSetting and SaveSetting functions. These functions read and write information to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareVB and VBA Program area of

Call this sub to insert text of any color at the current insert point of a RichTextBox: Private Sub ColorText(rtb As RichTextBox, Color _ As Long, Text As String) Dim

VB6’s Setup Wizard generates gradient blue background screens, as do wizards in previous versions of VB. However, an undocumented setting gives you the opportunity to see installation programs with other

I keep all my projects in a particular directory such as C:work. When I save or open up a new project, I want the File dialog box to start at

Windows doesn’t treat comments in INI files the same way VB does in code. Typically, comments must be on a single line of their own. When calling the GetPrivateProfileString function,

If you use variable-length strings and/or dynamic arrays in a user-defined type (UDT), the actual data does not become part of the structure. Instead, four-byte pointers are stored in the

To blank out the text in a masked edit box, make sure the string you assign uses underscores matching the mask. It’s difficult to maintain code when you have to

Examine this code snippet. Will your compiler accept it? void a_func_returning_void();void func(){ return a_func_returning_void(); //returning a value from a void function?} At present, most compilers will not accept this code