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By default, VB list boxes use any keyboard input to find the firstitem beginning with the pressed letter. Where the number of itemsin a list box is large (>100), this

Running applications written in VB3 in the WIN95 OS is not always aclean conversion. This code would work fine in Windows for Workgroups 3.11,but would GPF in WIN95. SS3D2.VBX, which

This subroutine shows how byte arrays can speed a search though a file.The routine is called with the file name, a string to look for, a flagthat tells it to

When loading a form, reduce the “flicker” and “flash” of the GUI by using these Windows API functions: ‘Declarations Section#If Win32 Then Declare Function LockWindowUpdate _ Lib “user32” _ (ByVal

Optional parameters are a great new feature in VB4, but the ParamArraykeyword is an overlooked addition to function and subroutine declarations.The ParamArray keyword allows an unspecified number of Variantparameters to

To have a program programmatically close another program, use this code: ‘ Close an existing program Title = “VBApp” ihWnd = FindWindow(0&, Title) ihTask = GetWindowTask(ihWnd) iRet = PostAppMessage(ihTask, WM_QUIT,

When a control is deleted from a form, any code behind that controlis not deleted. It still exists in the code in the General area. Such strandedcode might not be

The DegreesToXYsubroutine, part of CodeBank’s standard procedurelibrary, calculates the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) coordinatesof any point, measured in degrees, on the circumference of a circleor ellipse. As you can

Designing monitor resolution-independent applications is a frequentproblem Visual Basic programmers face. The simplest solution isto design forms at the 640 by 480 resolution found in most lap-topcomputers. Such a form