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Question: This is a beginner’s question but in a smalldatabase application when I click on a commandbutton the code gives me the error message “Invalid Inside procedure” and highlights the
Question: I have a function in a DLL that I want to call from VB program. The Dll function has few parameters. Some of them should be passed from vb
Question: I want to add a large amount of items to a list box ,3700 to be exact, and in the future the number of items could grow even more.
Question: I would like to know how to make an EXE file that I can runit in another computer which does not have Visual Basic Installed. Answer: VB 3 and
Question: I have a application I need to run off a floppy, I am trying to find a space effective way to add sound to my program. Thiswill be in
Question: How do I perform INSERTS, UPDATES andDELETES on existing tables? I have looked up the help andin books but nothing seems to tell me exactly how to do it.
Question: I’m using VB Professional edition and I would like to combine in a command button an icon, left justified, and the caption, right justified. The default setting sets the
Question: Should I use a database for storing info, rather than random access files? The info I need to store could be rather large. I also will need much more
Question: In writing a VB database application, is it more effecient to open up the database once in the beginning of the program, and build queries/recordsets to access the appropriate
Question: I have written a calendar function using the standard grid control as the calendar. The text property of each row/column is set to the correct day within the month
Question: How can I determine the type of object that I click, using only one general procedure? What I mean is that I want to have several objects of any
Question: How do I create a bit-mask in VB? What I wish to do is “read” a binary number where each bit represents a different state for an electrical system.
Question: How can I use Access 7.0 databases within my Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Application?Everytime I try to open such a database, I always get error messages. Answer: I’m guessing
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Question: I am in the process of building an application where I needa grid of small graphics (icons or BMPs) in an array situation.When the user clicks on one graphic
Question: I am writing a Visual Basic application that will require the user to enter a password. I have a inputbox set up for the user to enter the password.
Question: Is it possible to change the MDICHILD property atruntime? I will give birth to your children if you have an answer. Answer: Well, I have an answer, but you’re
Question: We are experiencing real speed problems with this platformon Windows 95. we are using Pentium 100 machineswith 16megs of ram. The project compiles to about 3megs. The main screens
Question: I am new to VB programming and have noticed thatthere are a lot of properties for an item that are not listedin the property box (e.g. clear,delete item,add item,select,etc)Is
Question: I am working on a system with Windows ’95 and Office for Windows ’95. This includes Access 7.0. How can I get VB 3.0 to recognize databases I have
Question: After a structure is defined witha “TYPE” declaration, do you know of a way to directly fillthe structure with data, rather than individually assigingthe elements, or reading from a
Question: I would like to read audio CD information directly from VB.At this point I have no idea how it is done, but as I want to writea database program,
Question: How can I make the little folders yellow and the little drives gray in the File List Box? I have tried background color, this just makes the background of
Question: A VB form displays select financial numbers from an Access DB. The user can build a calculation. If the arithmetic operation is stored as text in the DB, how
Question: Is there any command in visual basic which is similar to fork command in c? Answer: It’s not exactly the same, but the Shell statement will allow you to
Question: Is there an advantage to using a control array instead of using x number of labels, textboxes, etc ? Answer: There are several advantages to using control arrays. First
Question: I’m working with Visual Basic and Access 1.1. Currently my program uses two tables (tblrep and tblsales). The common field being tblrep.id = tblsales.id. The first form of the
Question: I have written a testing program that writes results to a grid.How do I write the grid to disk so that changes can be addedfrom testing session to testing
Question: I need to place multiple option buttons on a form. I alsoneed to be able to have two buttons selected at all times.I can do this with multiple frame
y previous article discussed the new Application Settings feature in Windows Forms 2.0. The article demonstrated this feature using C#. However, the application settings feature
his article describes one simple solution for achieving interoperability between Windows Workflow (WF) and ASP.NET. It leverages the power of WF’s powerful visual logic to
ften considered the backbone of service-oriented architectures (SOAs), the enterprise service bus (ESB) has emerged as a standard for enterprise-wide integration among disparate information systems.
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This tip shows you how to import an XML schema in your XSL pages, using XSLT 2.0. For example, if your XML schema is named
Some of us may like to use the null layout instead of any ready layout manager. However, when it comes to using JscrollPane or other
SP.NET applications usually rely on two of the standard sections in a Web.config file: the section that holds general configuration and application values, and the
T professionals agree that input is a big source of trouble. Input ultimately determines how applications work and wrong or malicious input may cause serious
f you’ve ever worked on more than the most trivial installation program, you realize that developing installers isn’t for the faint of heart. After spending
icrosoft has recently announced the release of Windows Mobile 6 to device manufacturers. While it will be sometime before you can get your hands on
uring the past 20 years I have had the privilege of working with well over 1,000 different software developers. Some of the best developers in
y previous article showed you how to improve your applications’ sophistication by using the power of ontologies to tap into conceptual information about a domain.