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To quickly go to the code for a called function, subroutine, or property, simply place your cursor on the called routine and hit Shift+F2. VB will immediately go to the

In the tip, “Please Stop Printing!” [“101 Tech Tips for VB Developers,” Supplement to the August 1997 issue of VBPJ, page 13], the code works fine with one exception. If

If old words or marks have dried on a white board and you can’t wipe them off, write on top of them with a fresh pen and then rub them

Use this code to create a comma-separated value (CSV) file from a recordset based on a SQL query. A number of applications, including Excel and Access, can read CSV files:

Question: Is it valid to attempt to allocate (via ‘new()’) dynamic memory prior to ‘main()’? I am working on software that has static *’s to class objects, and through some

Question: Why is int 2 bytes with real mode compilers, but 4 bytes with protected mode compilers? And why is the class defination ended with ;-mark, since other definations aren’t?

Question: Can you supply me with boilerplate code for a simple console tsr program? I’m using VC++ 4.0, and I want to create a console program to check a directory

Question: If I make a C++ library and supply it to a clientwho does not have a C++ compiler, can theycall my C++ functions from their C routines?That is, is

Question: I want to make a log file circular using C++ I/O manipulation. I am new to C++ and come from a C background. To me stream I/O is completely