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Question: How do I delete a control AND the corresponding code? Answer: When a control is deleted, the code is listed in the (general) section in the Procedures drop-down list
Question: How would you detect the Retraction of a Combo Box Dropdown List in VB 4.0? I have asolution which claims to work under VB 3.0 andVB 2.0 using the
Question: Is there a way to easily copy all theevent code for a control from one form to another or even within thesame form. As an example I have a
Question: Is it possible to store a MS-DOS pathname in avariable, and run the program at that path withthe shell command? Answer: The Shell command can be given a string
Question: I’m trying to create a DBCombo function on a form which operates similar to MS Access’s ComboBox. As the user types in an entry, character by character, the DBCombo’s
Question: I would like to create a module that has no visual objects. It just prints to a MS-DOS window and then exits. Is this possible? Answer: Unfortunately, the only
Question: I am able to use the API call ExtractIcon to get an icon from a .VBX, .EXE, or .DLL. I can put the icon in a Picture Control, but
Question: At runtime, how do I change the query that I’m using with my data controls to be one a user selected? I don’t want to keep the same name
Question: How do you access a Public Property in a class module from an in-project module? For example:In a new project create one class module; “Class1” and one bas module;
Question: I know that there is a fix needed in order to use VB 3.0 and Microsoft Access 2.0. I have downloaded the file COMLYR.EXE and have run it. I
Question: How can I have a combo box “combo1” execute another combo boxs “combo2” procedure click ? Answer: Doing this action this way can have some messy side effects. I
Question: I am trying to make a financial calculator that will compute Future Value,but I don’t know how to write code for compounded interest. Answer: I believe you want to
Question: What’s the meaning of “event oriented programing?” Answer: Basically, it means that you program everything as a response to an event, instead of a topdown program where the ordering
Question: Our firm would like to integrate our Configuration Management tool into VB. I understand some vendors outside of Microsoft have suceeded in adding links to their product via a
Question: I’ve created a small utility. The exe is only 27k, but vb40032.dll, mfc40.dll (for a custom control) and others make the setup zip over 1 meg. Can I leave
Question: I have an old DOS-Clipper app that I plan to upgrade to VB. The old app handles insurance claims. To enter a new claim, 4 screens of data are
Question: I try to align numeric numbers in columns (to be right-justified). Hwvr, some of the numbers don’t right-justify very well. In my example, most of these numbers hve 2
Question: If I apply a picture to a Form’s Picture property, is there a way to clear it out at design time? (Rather than by using LoadPicture “” at run
Question: I want to disable a text box without having its text dimmed. I know of one way, which is put the controlinto a picture box and disable the picture
Question: What do I have to do to make my application respond to a file-kickstart (double-click)in file-manager? When I select and associate a specific file type with my application it
Question: I am currently experimenting with VB 3.0. In version 1.0 common dialogs provided the information about which button was used to exit from the dialog. I want to know
Question: Is there an API function that will highlight a word in a textbox the way the find command does without using the clipboard? Answer: Set the SelStart property of
Question: How do I put a status bar at the bottom of an MDI parent form like in Word for Windows.Whenever I place a 3d panel on the form it
Question: How can I play WAV or MID files through Visual Basic? Answer: Use the MSMCI.VBX, provided with VB/Win Pro 3.0. You can also declare and call the MM-functions manually:Declare
Question: How do you pause after dialing a phone number ? I want to be able to dial a pager number and then pause 3 -5 seconds before sending the
Question: I am using VB4.0 Pro (16 bit) in WFWG and need to read entire directory of files, one after the other, without using the common dialog control. Answer: Look
Question: Can you help to create code for searching a word in a text box Answer: Let’s say that Text1 is your search criteria (word) and Text2 is the text
Question: Is there a method of keeping a window “on top” similar tothe Microsoft Office toolbar and various other applications.I need to be able to have a form iconized, then
Question: Sometimes when I call Text1.SetFocusit returns me an “Illegal function call” error. Any idea why? Answer: Normally, if the Form is not visible, you can’t call SetFocus to it.
Question: Is there a way to pass a recordset from an OLE server to anOLE client? I suspect so. Can we bind thepassed recordset to a client data control? Seems
f you have been developing Windows Mobile applications using the .NET Compact Framework for some time, there will be a day when you will realize
he challenge of bringing data from efficient storage engines such as SQL Server into object-oriented programming models is hardly a new one. Most developers address
bject-modeling methodologies have long held the promise of enabling development teams to deliver higher-quality software faster and with better code reuse. Sadly, traditional object-modeling solutions
irect3D is Microsoft’s high-performance, three-dimensional graphics library. Using Direct3D, you can build amazing scenes containing hundreds or even thousands of three-dimensional shapes, three-dimensional charts and
Boost libraries provide a better way to convert numbers into strings or vice versa. You must install the Boost libraries on your computer to make
This tip shows you how to implement mouseDragged and mouseMove events for moving components into a frame: import java.awt.*;import java.awt.event.*;class f extends Frame implements MouseMotionListener,MouseListener{Checkbox
‘d guess that everyone reading this magazine has heard of Silverlight. I’ll also guess that not everyone has jumped at the opportunity to “play” with
Suppose you’re working on multiple forms and you’ve got a visual dependency on data in one or more forms (something like the Aero effect in
he book Advanced Ajax: Architecture and Best Practices is the definitive guide to building business-critical, production-quality web applications with AJAX. It systematically addresses the design,
or those following the saga of my household’s two cross-country moves in nine months back in 2005, I’m sure you’ll be happy to know that
just got back from San Diego Comic-Con 2007 in San Diego, California. I love Comic Con for a number of reasons. First, I can go
arl Franklin: All right Richard, let’s bring on Frank Savage. Frank started in the game development business at Origin Systems in 1991. His first game