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Visual Basic’s documentation does not explain how to specify more than just one conditional compilation constant in the Advanced tab of the Options dialog. The correct way is using a
Private Declare Function GetSystemDirectory Lib “kernel32” Alias _ “GetSystemDirectoryA” (ByVal lpBuffer As String, _ ByVal nSize As Long) As Long ‘ The path of the System directoryFunction SystemDirectory() As String
While Visual Basic offers the Hex$ function that converts a decimal value into its hexadecimal equivalent number, it seems that the inverse function is missing. Not true. Try out this
In the Show event of a form you might be tempted to use SetFocus to select which field the end user should begin working with. However, this method raises an
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Any action that affects a form’s size or position should be inhibited when the form is minimized or maximized, because this causes a runtime error 384. Always double check your
At times it might be convenient to know how a given control got the focus, namely by means of the Tab key, an associated hotkey or a click of the
Global objects, static data members of a class, namespace variables, and static variables in functions reside in static memory. Static objects are allocated by the linker and their address remains