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Question: I need to compare two object instances of the same class. But I need to compare the contents and not the references (ie: “obj1 is obj2” – will not
Question: Let me describe the problem first: I have a TYPE statement with two variables(appname & dbname). They both are pointing to a global variable that sets the maximum length
Question: How can I put a column from my database into a listbox using VB 6.0? Answer: Here’s a quick way to load a listbox using ADO in VB 6.0.
Question: After retrieving a resultset, using VB6, from SQL Server, I am easily able to populate a grid by setting the resultset to the grid (i.e. Set DataCombo1.DataSource = GetRs).
Question: I know a recordset object should be named rstName, but don’t know all about variant naming specifications. I looked for it on MSDN for a long time, but couldn’t
Question: How is the data laid out in the array and how do you know the size of the array! Answer: Each string that results from the Split function is
Question: I’ve read about what happens behind the scenes when VB creates an instance of a COM object. But, what exactly does happen when VB creates an instance of a
Question: I want to kick off a function once a day (for examle, at midnight). The timer seems a very inefficient way to do this. Is there any way of
‘ Filter out duplicate values in an array and compact’ the array by moving items to “fill the gaps”.’ Returns the number of duplicate values” it works with arrays of
‘ Returns True if an array contains duplicate values’ it works with arrays of any typeFunction HasDuplicateValues(arr As Variant) As Boolean Dim col As Collection, index As Long Set col
‘ Shuffle the elements of an array of any type’ (it doesn’t work with arrays of objects or UDT)Sub ArrayShuffle(arr As Variant) Dim index As Long Dim newIndex As Long
‘ Return the sum of the values in an array of any type’ (for string arrays, it concatenates all its elements)” FIRST and LAST indicate which portion of the array’
‘ The average of an array of any type” FIRST and LAST indicate which portion of the array’ should be considered; they default to the first’ and last element, respectively’
‘ The standard deviation of an array of any type” if the second argument is True or omitted,’ it evaluates the standard deviation of a sample,’ if it is False
Question: How can I interact with a running version of Internet Explorer or Netscape? When I say interact, I mean handling or monitoring browser events such as right click or
Question: We are using Visual Basic to develop our new applications and will be converting our old applications from COBOL to Visual Basic in the near future. We want to
Question: How do I sort columns with their corresponding rows of information and then add data? I would like to use the data in a Web page. Answer: If you
Question: I want a simple way to get a report from a SQL server database to HTML. Then I want the report to print, nicely formatted. How do I do
Question: How does the browser history work? Is it possible to take out a link in the history? For example, I have a page with a redirect. The redirect works
Question: Some users access the Microsoft Access 97 database through a Web user interface and others directly to the MDB file. Will it speed Web access if I create a
Question: I have two different styles on my page: “content” and “small”. To avoid the “onmouseover…” lines within the tags, I defined the A:Hover line. Now if a user moves
You can optimize the performance of your “JavaScript” code by properlyarranging the conditions in the “if” statement. If you have severalconditions to be tested together, and you know that one
Use the following as a guideline through the maze of JDBC drivers. Type1 Also known as JDBC-ODBC bridge which provides JDBC access to most ODBC drivers. The primary drawback of
Suppose you need to create a tree of directories, all at once, in code. For example, you could create the tree C:1stDir2ndDir3rdDir4thDir with one call simply by feeding that path,
A cast is a conversion of data type on a variable. Casts can occur when you explicitly request them as in: Frame f = new Frame; Object o = ((Object)Frame);
One of the nice things about VB is the ability to redefine most of the built-in commands. For example, you can extend the functionality of the Trim family of commands.
Question: How can I get the system time using HTML and JavaScript? Answer: I’m assuming that by “system time,” you mean the time on the client machine. You can access
Question: I have a menu frame that has a popup menu with many options and four buttons below it. How can I change the buttons’ destination links depending on the
Packing resources (classes, sound files, images) in a JAR file is good way of reducing download time and decreasing distribution size. This tip shows you how to load images off
Here’s a cool way to swap strings: Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias _ “RtlMoveMemory” (Destination As Any, _ Source As Any, ByVal Length As Long)Sub SwapString(String1 As String, String2











