Tip Bank

If you write programs that access information on a network server, you never want to hard-code drive letters. Not all software vendors take advantage of the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC)

I would like to add a few things to the “Building a Better Mouse Trap” tip [VBPJ November 1996, page 56]. This approach also works for any message, including button-up

If you have an application that must run “unattended” and you want it to alert you if something goes wrong, your application can send you a message through WinPopUp. WinPopUp

Question: How do I control the font size in a rich text edit? I am pulling text from a variable and applying it to a rich text edit by: rte_1.SelectTextAll()rte_1.ReplaceText

Question: How can I use VB5 components from within PB6? Can VB5 deliver a DLL that we can communicate with, or are there better methods? Answer: The best method of

Question: I have an .exe of PB app “sales.” While I type c:sales.exe, I will also pass a parameter such as c:sales.exe auto. Now I want to access this parameter

Question: I am tring to make a stand-alone application that can read HTML files and render them like a Web browser. How can I do this in pure Java? Answer:

Question: I want to capture an event that signals a user’s completed update to a TextField. Answer: In general, a user will finish entering text in a TextField by pressing

Question: I am writing a presentation application and want to take a Panel and add TextFields and maybe Images to it. Is it possible to save this Panel with TextFields