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Question: We have 4 good size programs, and we are considering consolidated theminto 1 single program. Combined, these 4 programs would have about 60 forms and a total of 500
Question: I am feeling very sick and was wondering if you could help me. I am trying to access the Lan Manager 2.1 API and am having difficulty get return
Question: This may seem a stupid question, but I cannot figure or find it out anywhere… I have been having trouble with the setup wizard saying that my forms have
Question: This code is in pascal how can i implement it in VB ? with treasuremap do move Answer: VB 3 does not support the With operator. (version 4 does,
Question: When using VB4 and the Jet Engine with Access 2.0, I do I execute an SQL query that searches for a string that contains the apostrophe ? Answer: If
Question: Can you please send me the code to open a file using the common dialog box – not just the code to open the dialog box but to actually
Question: I was wondering how you can move pictures and controls from one end of a screen (that part I know) and then have it go back or down? Answer:
Question: How do you use the Common Dialog Box help. When I set all of the parameters and tried it, it didn’t display my helpfile. Answer: Did you set the
Question: I put a drive box, a directory list box, and a file list box on the form, with the intention of being able to select an *.ico file from
Question: I have a problem with writing text in Visual Basic. I would like to enter several hundred pages of text into my program, Any ideas of how to do
Question: In working with VB4 I find that if I double click on a project file (.mak or .vbj) the system always starts upVB4 in 16bit mode. I am wondering
Question: In my program from a combo list one can select an item (that happens to be a table in an MDB file)so that the DATA1.recordsource matches the item selected
Question: Is it possible to add elements to a control array of an object (ex. SSPanel) in a module that is notthe form’s module. My goal is to be able
Question: I have a real problem that in windows 95 when a dos shell is finished it does not close. I use these dos shells when interfacing to old equipment
Question: Are there common dialogs in Win95 like file open/save? I wish to put in my apps the ability to use long filenames which Win95 supports. Answer: Here is the
Question: The number of Tabs are determined at run time. Control Array of text boxes are established on Tab 0 at design time. Each tab is to contain the same
Question: Is there a way to make VB skip that annoying new project it displays on startup. I work on existing projects 80%+ of the time. It would be even
Question: When using the FindFirst method I seem to be able to locate only records which are defined as strings using a variable in the search pattern. When I am
Question: At apparently random times, some controls disappear frommy form. Not all of the controls disappear. Minimizingand then restoring the form, as well as clicking onthe ‘invisible’ controls, brings them
Question: I’m trying to develop a dynamic query handler within VB that will prompt users for parameters as set up in the parameter list in MS Access (v1.1). I wish
Question: I found a vbx which allows me to place icons or bitmapson a command button. How can I store these images in onefile and read them in like an
Question: Do you know if there is a Win API or Winsock call that will tell me when I’ve connected/disconnected to myinternet provider. Answer: What you might want to do
Question: I want to delete and entire directory tree. I do not knowhow big the directory is, how many sub-dirs that it has, etc.I am not using a form and
Question: I am trying to use GetPrivateProfileString to access INI entries in a INI file using Visual Basic 4.0. Whenever I try to run my program it produces the error
Question: What is the different between using Me and FormActualName when accessing a form’s property or to pass the FRM to a subprogram.Is it ok to use ME all the
Question: I’m looking for help on using the VB 3.0 functions IRR, MIRR and NPV. When I try to use any of them I get Reference to undefined function or
Question: Can I write a module in Ansi C language and compile it together with a VB program? If cannot, how can I combine these two modules? Answer: You can’t
Question: I am designing a database as a correspondance register.Each bit of inwards and outwards mail is given a unique number. At present I have set up a counter field
Question: I am using VB as a front-end to an Access 2.0 database. Some of the fields in my Access db are of type currency. However, VB only displays them