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MB ProgressBar Control

This control is a great substitute for the ProgressBar included in the Common Windows Controls package and can give a nicer look to your applications. It has a BackColor property,

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The Procedures Sort Add-In

The Procedures Sort Add-In is a great add-in for those who like well-organized code. You can use it to sort your procedures in the active CodeWindow alphabetically. It preserve all

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The PrettyPrinter Add-In

The PrettyPrinter Add-in is a very simple VB5 and VB6 add-in that lets you print whole VB code modules or selected procedures, in both portrait or landscape mode. While the

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Using SQL Server 2000 Recovery Models

n my series of articles, “Paranoid and Proud of It,” I pointed out that systems require different backup strategies, depending on the criticality of the information stored in them. SQL

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Performing Top-N Queries in Oracle

he task of retrieving the top or bottom N rows from a database table (by salary, sales amount, credit, etc.) is often referred to as a “top-N query.” This task

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Simplifying Date Data Entry, Part II

n last month’s article I showed you how to create a calendar page in ASP with pop-up functionality. In this month’s article, I’ll show you how to make your pop-up

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The AutoText class module

This class can help in simplifying most of the validation chores in your UI-intensive apps. The class “wraps” around a TextBox control and traps most of its events, to automatically

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The ADONowCombo control

The NowCombo control is a multi-columns ComboBox that expands on the DBCombo control. You can use it to select and copy an item from another table in the database. For

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The NowCombo Control

The NowCombo control is a multi-columns ComboBox that expands on the DBCombo control. You can use it to select and copy an item from another table in the database. For