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Question: I want to create an applcation that reads a file from a host on my LAN. The file must be read by FTP. How do I do this? Answer:

Question: How do I know the size of the array returned by File.list() so I don’t get the message ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when printing the local directory content in the screen? Answer:

Question: I’ve tried to reinstall VB5, and I’ve installed Service Pack 3, but every time I try to use the Tabbed Dialogue control (TABCTL32.OCX), I get this message in the

Question: Is there a way to get a list of folders for a network drive passing in the server name(for example, \NetDrive). I tried using Dir(“\NetDrive”,vbDirectory) but received only an

Question: Are there any utilities that will convert an .EXE file back to a .CPP file? A friend wrote a little program for me, and I would like to alter

Question: Is there a way to force a function not to be inline?that is, to define the body of a function in a header file, but require that the compiler

Question: How do I list all the users on an NT domain with Visual Basic? Answer: The following code should get you started. Note that you need to add good

Question: I have defined a string variable using the following command: #define latinWord 64 char word[latinWord]; I want to use an If statment to see if the variable “word” is

Question: I have heard that the two-year date cutoff for oleaut32.dll is user-definable. By this I mean that you can set oleaut32 to recognize “80” as 2080 instead of 1980.