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Question: I wanted to create a front end GUI panel using VB. This panel would have command buttons, and a picture box. When the user clicks on a command button,
Question: How do I compare dates in VB? Also, how do I store dates into Access? I can’tget them into the right format. Answer: For comparison of dates, look up
Question: I am a beginner programmer with VB 3.0 Standard Edition. I am not very familiar with the Common Dialog VBX (CMDIALOG.VBX). I am designing a Recipe Book program and
Question: In my “Save As” dialog box (from CMDIALOG.VBX), my OK button and Cancel button both save work. How do I recognize when the userpresses the Cancel button? Answer: One
Question: I need a 3D bound text box control so I can avoid having to place standard text boxes in 3D panels for a chiseled effect. I have been unable
Question: I am currently migrating my VB/Access application to Microsoft SQL Server. However, the “SEEK” function in my old program does not work any more and I can not find
Question: I am currently writing and testing an installation program which will soon be distributed. During the this process, I edit the SYSTEM.INI file. Most Windows software willallow you to
Question: I have an established Access v2.0 database with fields intables named “Circuit ID”, for example. How can I use VB v3.0 to query this database without changing all references
Question: I have been attempting to write some code that acceptsinfo from text boxes labeled “Login” and “Password.”I then need to check the password up to x amount of timesbefore
Question: How do I use 3D effects on message boxes and common dialogs? Answer: Here is the code you need, in the form of two simple functions. Please note that
Question: How do I write VB code to copy one file to another? Answer: You can either use the FileCopy Visual Basic command, or use the method outlined elsewhere in
Question: How do you control whether the window title bar is visible or not visible on each form when the application is running? Answer: If you set the caption to
Question: I am having trouble transferring a bitmap that I loaded withthe LoadBitmap call from a resource to a picturebox. Howdo I do that? Answer: The LoadBitmap call returns you
Question: I have two forms. There is a combo box on Form1 and a list box on Form2. Form1 has functions to add and delete names from the combo box.
Question: I want to read the MSMAIL.INI file to get information for my program when it starts, and write information there when the program is terminated. I am looking at
Question: How do I determine the Windows directory? Answer: The API call to use is “GetWindowsDirectory”. The Declare statement is listed in the the Windows 3.1 API help and the
Question: Could you (easily) please tell me what .FRX files are in VB?I’d be forever grateful. Answer: FRX Files are displayed in Windows 95 as Visual Basic Form Stash Files.
Question: I added records to a list box using the datacontrol. Now I would like to use the list1_dblclick procedure to access the recorddblclicked and use it. I know there
Question: I semi-understand InStr, however, lets say I am trying to parse e-mail addresses and test for “@”. How do I find my way to the beginning and end of
Question: How can I make my program totally exit Windows? When the user hits “Quit Windows”, I want Windows to exit. Answer: Use the ExitWindows API function. The declare statement
Question: How do I delete a record with the data I’ve selectedin a DBListBox (VB4.0). If I use the e.g. Findfirst command I get the message:“The action was cancelled by
Question: I am using the data control through the Standard Version of Visual Basic 4.0. The data control is linked to a table in our database and when I try
Question: How can I make it so that a form will stay on top until the user presses a button? For example, an error message pops up, the user can’t
Question: I want to make a list-combo visible but, I can’t get using API function :SendDlgItemMessage.What is “hDlg” in the following declaration?Declare function SendDlgItemMessage Lib “User” (Byval hDlg as Integer,
Question: How do I save an OLE object into an Access database without using a data control and the OLE OCX? Answer: You should look at the AppendChunk and GetChunk
Question: I having trouble using strings and text. I am writing a document creation system and all the text in between the “” char. would be red. All other text
Question: I’ve got to control 3 stepper motors from the printer port. How can I activate pins on the printer port using Visual basic. For Example I want to activate
Question: Can you show me how to open COM1: and dial a phone number using tone dialing? Answer: Try this. This is out of the VB Frequently Asked Questions file.PhoneNumber$
Question: Is it possible to pass a control array to a function? I have tried for days unsuccessfully, but nowhere in the VB ocumentation can I find that this is
Question: Single quotes are messing up my queries. What can I do to fix the following problem?Dim Criteria as StringCriteria=”Name LIKE ‘” & SearchName & “‘” ‘SearchName=”Sam O’Brien”‘At this Point
he first part of this article provided a detailed description of a StateSelector control that lets users select a state from a map. The map
ith the proliferation of mobile devices such as BlackBerrys, Tablet PCs, and regular laptops, some critical applications need to store a cache of their data
QL has been evolving?slowly?for over three decades, (see Wikipedia for a historical summary). While SQL in the hands of an expert is quite powerful, it’s
he dilemma is common. Your web site starts out by design with a few pages of content—a front page, a products page, perhaps something about
ecently, I was consulting on a Windows Mobile project where the client asked if it is possible to send images using SMS messaging. After searching
oogle Earth (GE) provides a powerful 3D environment that you can use to provision your application with rich interactive 3D features. You can render points,
Many of us write common graphics code in the Form’s Paint event because the Paint Event handler provides access to the Graphics object, and also
A “component” in Hibernate is an object persisted as a value, not an entity reference. For example, suppose you have a Car class, like this:
We all know about the function overloading feature in C++, which allows us to have the same name given for a function with different signatures
y default, the .NET Framework includes a number of classes that convey information about exceptions generated by the application. Whenever an error occurs in a
lain old Java object (POJO)-based architectures and lighter-weight development models using tools such as Spring and Hibernate have gained considerable acceptance in the enterprise Java