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VBMatch Add-in

When installed, this add-in adds an entry to the right-click menu in VB code window. You can then select or right-click on opening parenthesis or quotation mark or VB keyword,

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ASP Message Board

This is an ASP based Message Board. It is driven by a SQL Database and it supports attachments (uploads are handled by SoftArtisan FileUP component, but it can be easily

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Avoid Database Deadlocks with Planning

esolving deadlocks is one of the more elusive solutions in database application development. Deadlocks are the dark side of concurrency, that is, they occur when some combination of locking, coding,

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Comparing Computer Information with WMI, Part II

n part one of Comparing Computer Information, I covered some of WMI’s low-hanging fruit (meaning, information that is relatively easy to retrieve). However, there are other, rather interesting pieces of

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A super-efficient subclasser routine

cSuperClass.cls is yet another compiled in subclasser but with some major differences… this one doesn’t use a module, instead it dynamically generates a machine code window procedure that can operate

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The WebStresser utility

The WebStresser utility is a simple VB6 application that repeatedly sends an HTTP request to the Web server of your choice. You can use it to test the ASP or

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The game of Life

Everybody knows the game of Life, where a program simulates the life of a cell colony that is subject to strict survival rules. This VB6 super-optimized implementation is so fast