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Automatically Repairing Corrupt Databases

When you’re using VB’s built-in database functionality, you’re likelyto get a corrupted database sooner or later. Use this code to open yourdatabases and automatically repair any corrupt ones: On Local

Undo Changes in Text Boxes

Most professional applications have an Undo menu option under the Editmenu. If you want to have an undo feature for every text box, you may thinkyou need to create a

Show Free Resources

It is sometimes useful to determine the amount of Windows resourcesavailable. You can show percentage of free resources in an about box, forexample, or to detect memory leaks in a

Help Search on the Menu Bar

Ever wanted to add a “Search for Help on…” item in themenu bar? Here’s the secret: ‘Declares and Constant for Help Menu Declare Function WinHelp% Lib “User” _ (ByVal hWnd%,

frames and cgi

Question: Is there a way to target dynamicly created html from a form in one frame to another using perl? Answer: Sure thing.

Writing Add-ins Can Be Tricky

Writing add-ins for Visual Basic 4.0 can be challenging, rewarding,and tricky. If you are not careful writing add-ins, you can causeVB to do strange things and even abort. Although I’m