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I use this procedure to center my forms. With frmParent, the lastloaded form is centered against the parent form. Otherwise, it’scentered against the screen. I always center forms in the

Whenever you use For.Next loops, it is faster NOT to use the countername after Next (of the For.Next loop). In nested loops, it produces significantlyfaster code. Sub Form_Load ()Dim TStart!Dim

A while back, I wrote a simple orders application that allowedusers to query and update order information. The application workedfine, but lacked a user activity log. It was difficult for

You can use relative references to specify file paths in your MAK file.For example: Path=”..SETUPDISK1.” When you use relative references,you can move entire directory structures in File Manager without havingto

When you first start using the VB database functions, you might wonderwhy they call its engine JET–it seems to not fly. Using databasetransactions (search the online help for BeginTrans) might

You do not have to use the return value of any function! Thisnew behavior is in the manual (under CALL), but is a shocker,and a little dangerous: Private Sub Form_Load()

Look for a thin horizontal line at the top of the client area in theVB code window that comes up when you view code for a form or a module.If

“Send a Message” (Windows Programming, by Jonathan Zuck,VBPJ December 1995), a great example of code usable ina text editor, mentions three ways to code the Clipboard functionsusing SendMessage, VB’s Clipboard

To stop the selection bar on a data-bound grid from moving when navigating through records in the boundRDC or the rows on the grid, use the API call LockWindowUpdate(gridname.hwnd) before