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In almost all Web based applications, parameters received from a previous form as a query string will have to be passed to the next form as the same. However, the
It’s really a pain to continually register, unregister, and reregister a DLL (or worse, many DLLs) using REGSVR32. Importing the following into your registry, allows you to set up options
In applications like JRun, which output to log files but not to the console, it is difficult to analyze output at real-time. It is necessary to go into the log
Servlets and JSPs are the defacto method of server side computing today. Servlets form the logic of the application code and formatting for output is done with the help of
This addin is designed to check the spelling of your VB comments and/or double-quoted string literals inside your VB6 IDE using a procedure similar to MS-Word without checking the rest
‘ set new values for keyboard speed and delay” DELAY is the timeout after which auto.repeat starts’ can range from 0 (250ms) to 3 (1 sec)’ SPEED is the speed
Private Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib “user32” Alias _ “SystemParametersInfoA” (ByVal uAction As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, _ ByRef lpvParam As Any, ByVal fuWinIni As Long) As LongConst SPI_GETKEYBOARDDELAY =
Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib “user32″ (ByVal vKey As Long) As _ Integer’ Return True if all the specified keys are pressed” you can specify individual keys using VB constants,
Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal Bytes As Long)’ compress a block of memory (a string, an array, a bitmap)’
‘——————————————-‘ PerformanceTimer class module’——————————————-‘ Use this class to profile your code and any other operation’ typically with a precision greater than 1 millionth of a second” As soon as you
The String class is probably one of the most used classes in Java. String concatenation via the
Java has some strict rules for exception handling when it comes to inheritance and overriding of methods.Consider this example: class Base { void amethod() { }}class Derv extends Base{ void
We often come across situations where we have to rank things/persons based on certain criteria, such as ranking Students based on their scores.Take, for example, a SCORES table with two
A compact way of handling null database fields is as follows: txtText1.text = Format(rs!Field) If rs!Field is null, Format(rs!Field) will resolve to an empty string.Otherwise the value in the recordset
Handle dialogs with one line of code by encapsulating the show method within the form in a public function. This makes the form/dialog reusable and simpler to implement and update.
An alternate, convenient way to view recordsets in debug mode is to persist a recordset to disk using rs.save MyFileUNC.ADTG in the immediate window. Note that the file must be
This tip can be used as a Select Case statement with a MsgBox statement. Because a variable is not used to hold the response, adding one or more handles for
Shipping custom controls with their own set of popup menu items make the controls appear appropriately professional. They add ease of use, functionality and value to the control(s). Here’s how
This piece of code lets you display an item in a list box as that list box’s tooltip. Private Sub lstItems_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y
If you are unsuccessful at attempting to bind to an object residing in a Netscape Directory Server and you are using ADSI in VB or VBscript, you are likely using
This is one of the simplest, but most powerful, ways to make a form scrollable. This method automatically disables or enables scrollbars according to the size of the area in
Many programmers use Visual Basic’s Clipboard object to perform Cutting, Copying, Pasting and Undoing code. For example, to copy some text from a textbox, programmers sometimes use the following code:
Sometimes there is a need to group records into two larger categories, regardless of all other groupings. Using the Northwind database for an example, let
‘——————————————————-‘ The CTREEVIEWEDIT Class module” This class lets you use a regular TextBox control to’ edit a treeview node’s label. All you have to do to’ use this class is
Often, properties and methods associated with grid controls don’t provide an absolute (relative to the actual first row and not the first displayed row) row index of current or selected
By using resource file, strings used by controls or message windows can be converted to different language strings in your application. The VB 6 Resource Editor allows the addition of
During the preprocessing phase, you can report errors by using the #error preprocessor directive. For example, suppose you have a program that uses 64-bit integers. This program has to be
Although the library was deprecated for several years, many C++ users still use it in new code instead of using the newer, standard compliant library. What are the differences between
To generate random floating numbers, choose a floating point number, divide it by the largest value of int type and multiply the result by the value of a function that











