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Scrollbars and 3-D Effects on Non-MDI Forms

Standard VB forms don’t support a scrollable client area. Normally, when one is needed, programmers resort to convoluted solutions such as filling the client area with a picture box, placing

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VB6 Text Box

Question: How do I get the TextBox to display automatically at the end of text instead of at the begining of the text? Answer: Set the SelStart property of the

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Building SQL Strings Dynamically

Question: What is the correct format to create a SQL string using embedded variables? I keep getting a message that says I have an “incomplete query clause”. I am trying

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Network Installation of VB6

Question: I have the VB6 Enterprise Edition which is going to be the development tool. Is it possible to have a network installation of VB6, so that I can put

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Loading Database Name at Runtime

Question: I have used several ADO data controls as well as one data environment designer in my app. This appears to “hardcode” the path to my database forcing me to

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Passing an ADO Connection Object

Question: I’ve made a VB ActiveX DLL and defined a class and some methods to perform some database operations. I pass an ADO connection by reference to this class from

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VB and Oracle: Use ADO or ODBC?

Question: What’s the consensus as to whether it is better to use the ADO native driver, or use the ADO ODBC wrapper with Oracle? Answer: Microsoft now provides a native

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Objects

Question: When you click on the right mouse button over a file name or folder, you get a menu which allows you to select Properties. Is there any way to

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Tab Strip use

Question: How do you put different objects in a TabStrip? I can make it but once I add something to it in the preview area, it shows up on all