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ActiveX components written in VB can contain both SingleUse and MultiUse classes at the same time. It usually isn’t a good idea to use both types of classes in the

Private Declare Function PrinterProperties Lib “winspool.drv” (ByVal hwnd As _ Long, ByVal hPrinter As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function OpenPrinter Lib “winspool.drv” Alias “OpenPrinterA” _ (ByVal pPrinterName As String, phPrinter

The Procedure Attributes dialog includes a Procedure ID combo box, that lets you associate a particular ID to a given member of the class. You usually use this combo to

The standard way to move a captionless form is to execute some tricky code from within the MouseDown event procedure. More advanced VB developers can reach the same result by

One of Internet Explorer 5.0’s new features is AutoComplete. If turned on by the user (it’s off by default) it helps users fill in the frequently used fields–like username, first

Swing’s JComboBox can be used to present a drop-down list, perhaps of status reports from a process, requiring minimal screen space until the user wishes to see the details. But

When architecting a client-server or n-tier application, you should decide on a particular locking technique and accordingly the transaction isolation level and concurrency control strategy for database transactions. This decision

The words argument and parameter are often used interchangeably in the literature, although the C++ Standard makes a clear distinction between the two. An argument is one of the following:

If you turn the mouse pointer into an hourglass (and back to normal) in a routine with error handling, don’t forget to turn the mouse pointer back to normal in