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Determining Screen Resolution with Screen Object

Question: I would like to be able to determine what resolution is seton a particular system so that my application opens up toa correct scale. Answer: Look at the Screen

Repairing a Corrupted File

Question: Not knowing that my hard disk was almost full, I tried to load a VB MAK file that I had created in VB3. When I did, a message said

Binding Across Forms

Question: We want to use multiple VB forms with independent controls bound to independent data controls accessinga single table.In Vb 3.0, we are not able to save the controls dataof

Using 16 bit DLLs in 32 bit VB 4.0

Question: Can I use 16 bit .DLLs in VB 4.0 32 bit? Answer: No, you can’t. In order to access it, you’ll either have to recompile the DLL (and possibly

Using Locked Property vs. Disabled Property

Question: Is there a way to keep VB4 from dimming the text in disabled controls boxes (i.e. Text and Labelcontrols)? I would Like to use my own Colors forText areas

Programmatically Clearing a Text Box

Question: I have a series of text boxes, any subset of which can be used for input of numerical data, followed by a command box to “compute” from that input

Making the List Drop Automatically

Question: How can I make the combo box drop its list easily? Answer: On form load, do combo.additem , until allitems are placed into the combo list.To cause the combo

Getting Documentation

Question: I am a new VB programmer. I have been researchinginto VB programming using soom custom VBX’s for TCP/IPtype of stuff. I need to know if there is a book

Creating Toolbars

Question: I’d like to create a floating window that has a small titlebar,like the VB toolbox window, for instance. In the VB FAQ,it says to see the sample program in

Opening a Word Document

Question: How can I open a Word document from my Visual Basic application? Answer: Use the following code sample to do it:Set wordbasic = CreateObject(“word.basic”)wordbasic.fileopen pathname$, 0, 1where:pathname$ is the

Controlling Execution Flow

Question: How do you command a button to go to another form, I put like follows:Sub Double_Click ( ) GoTo form2 EndEnd Sub OR Sub Double_Click ( ) Load form2

Best Intermediate Books

Question: I understand the basic concepts of computer programming including event driven apps. I have been browsing various Visual Basic sites looking for self teaching book recommendations. Since I’m new

Converting VBXs to OCXs

Question: I’ve developed some applications on vb3 using some3rd-party VBXs, I now want to transport thoseapplications to vb4 for enhancement. Do anyutilities exist to convert those VBXs to OCXs? Answer:

Implementing a Toolbar

Question: I am using VB 3.0 professional edition. I would like toimplement cut/copy/paste on a toolbar. My form has multipletext boxes. If the user wants to paste to a field,

Using Fields Object with GetChunk

Question: What is the fields object of the GetChunk method?I am trying to access a large (several meg) flatfixed record (160 ascii bytes per record) database and I thought the

Copying a Directory Tree

Question: How do you copy entire directory structures with VB3, I’veread the -ONE- newsgroup article but it just lists them. Answer: Have you tried shelling to an XCOPY statement? It

Dynamically Create Pictures

Question: I got a game “SimTower”. In this game you can for exemple click on the picture with the office or hotel room, then you are clicking somewhere on the

Putting a Menu on the Right Side

Question: When designing a menu, how do I get an option (for examplehelp) – to appear on the RIGHT hand side of the menu bar. Answer: To position the Help

Retrieving Table List

Question: How can I get the tables within an Access2.0database to show in a list box? The user willspecify a database in a text box and I want themto be

Moving the Mouse Pointer

Question: Can you tell me if its possible to move the mouse cursor to a specific screen location and then return control of it to the user. If it is

OpenTable Problems with ODBC

Question: Why does MyDb.OpenTable(“My_Table”) not work with a Sybase database? I get the error “Invalid Argument” Err Num 3001. Answer: ODBC does not allow you to do an OpenTable on

Getting Network Login ID

Question: How can I query the login name of a Novell user from VB? Answer: Try this:un$ = space(255)unsize% = len(un$)a = WNetGetUser(un, unsize)MsgBox trim(un)The WNetGetUser API declaration is: Declare

Interform Communication

Question: I need to run a menu option from Form1 that actualy executes amenu option on Form2. What I have had to do is show Form2 and use SendKey to

Relating Two Data Records to Each Other

Question: How can I relate 2 or more records in one file to eachother? Answer: There are a few ways to do this. The main and most popular method is

Monitoring Line Status

Question: Is there a way to determine when your modem is connected and signed on to an Online Service such as MSN or America Online? I’ve tried using API calls

Creating File Dialogs

Question: I am a beginer in Visual Basic 3.0. I am trying to make a “Text Editor” program.Can you tell mehow to make “save” and “open” menus (using dialog box)I

Passing Arrays to Functions

Question: How can I pass my array to function as parameter? Answer: A declaration would be as follows:Sub Foo (ArrayVar() as String * 4)The call to it would be as

Adding Scrollbars

Question: How do I add scrollbars to a picture box control?i.e I want to be able to scroll through a picture box which containsmore than one screen of graphic and

Embedding Variable Values

Question: I am writing a program that searches a database and i am trying to use avariable for the WHERE clause. Can you Help me? here is an example:Data1.RecordSource =

Running Strictly from CD-ROM

Question: My question was in regards to installation. I would like to know if it is possible to run a VB program right from a floppy or CDROM without installing

I Dreamt I Was a Mac, and then I Woke Up

pass along this cautionary tale, just in case, like me, you had considered a “change in life”. I’ve always enjoyed broad changes to technical infrastructure

Using the SecureString Class

NET 2.0’s System.Security namespace includes the SecureString class, which lets you create encrypted strings and delete them from memory when they’re no longer needed. You

Send Emails Through SMTP in .NET

When sending emails via SMTP in .NET, developers seldom check to ensure the SMTP service is installed and running. Here’s some code to perform the