Tip Bank

‘ Test whether a font name and size is supported’ Returns True if the font is supported, False otherwise” If the font is supported but the size is not, it

‘ Returns the name of the current project’ The first time it’s called it clears the error code’Function ProjectName() As String Static result As String If Len(result) = 0 Then

You can’t reliably test an auto-instancing object variable using the Is Nothing test, because as soon as you reference the variable Visual Basic silently creates an object of the given

‘ The number of 1’s in a binary number” This routine is based on the following property ‘ of binary numbers: n And (n-1) always clears the’ least significant “1”

The StartLogging and LogEvent methods of the App object only work in compiled applications. This behavior is by design and shouldn’t be considered a bug, even though it isn’t documented

If you haven’t switched to DCOM yet, and still use Remote OLE Automation, you must launch the Automation Manager program on the server machine, in order to let the server

‘ Binary search in an array of any type’ Returns the index of the matching item, or -1 if the search fails” The arrays *must* be sorted, in ascending or

Don’t use an empty For…Next loop to add pauses to your programs; instead, use the Sleep API function, that releases the CPU and lets other apps in the system effectively

If your application uses objects from external components, either third-party or your own libraries, a good rule of thumb is to include the complete servername.classname string in the Dim statement,