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Send Mail From VB5

If Microsoft Outlook is installed, you have an easy way to send e-mail from VB5. To use this technique with VB3, remove the With construct and fully qualify each object

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What is an Object’s Hash Code?

Objects in Java have hash codes associated with them. An object’s hash code is a signed number that identifies the object (for example, an instance of the parent class). An

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Avoid the Flickering

Developers often need to load forms with information, which is time-consuming. The form is often a list box filled from an outside source, and this causes the list-box contents to

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Comparing Dates

Question: How do I compare dates to determine if one comes after or before another? Answer: You can just use the normal IF statement: IF ld_date1 < ld_date2 THEN ...

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API for NT Command Scheduler?

Question: How can I program the NT Command Scheduler (AT command) using VB5? What are the API calls? Right now I’m just using Shell to run AT. Is this my

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SQL Server Errors

Question: When rebuiling indexes I receive an error. Error 1501:[SQL Server] Sort Failure What is happening, and what do I need to do to fix this problem? Answer: I was

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How to create NT user home drive

Question: I set the usri3_home_dir and home_dir_drive when I create an NT account using VB code. I also need to create the home directory on a specified NT server. Any

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Visual Studio 6 Hoses NT

Question: As part of a normal Visual Studio 6 upgrade on an NT Server 4.0 SP3 machine, Setup rebooted the machine “to continue the install.” I then got a blue