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When you reference files in Windows 95, you may encounter situationswhen you are unsure whether you’re working with a long or short file name.This becomes a problem if you are

In VB3 if you wanted to convert your code from one custom control toanother, there were no options other than changing your code. By writingthe proper class you can make

Ever tried to align controls just right, or resize them to justthe exact size? It can be tricky with the mouse, and modifyingthe properties can be time consuming. This tip

If you want to allow multiple file names in an open file dialog box(Flags OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT), the resulting FileName string will consistof the drive and directory path followed by a space-separated

INI file entries can be so extremely long that the normal way of sizinga string before retrieving the entry may not be sufficient. This most frequentlyis true when retrieving the

After opening a record set on a SQL server, this ODBC error occurs: ODBC–call failed. [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server] (#20001) Attach the SQL Server table and open a record

This example shows how to make a combo box act like those found in Quickenor Microsoft Access, without using a third-party VBX. As each characteris typed, the elements in the

I developed a CBT project which required the user to read large amountsof text. I wanted to prompt the user to take a break after a period oftime. The problem

Some functions return dates in single units (1st May 1996 maybe returned as 5-1-96). This makes formatting difficult whereyou have dates like 5-1-96 and 12-15-96 on the same column. The