Article List for VB Programming: General Topics

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• FastTips for Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, version 3.0

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- Dial the toll-free FastTips number (800) 936-4300. - When prompted, select Microsoft Visual Basic. - Press one (1) on your phone keypad to select Express Order Service. - When prompted, select the delivery method, fax. - When prompted, enter your three-digit area code and seven-digit fax

  number on your phone keypad.

  to five items.

ARTICLE LISTING

ITEM ID  ARTICLE TITLE                                               PAGES

Q 94696  How to Break Long Statements into Multiple Lines                2
Q 94783  Basic Products Can Create and Use Non-Standard File Names       1
Q 95290  FIX: GPF/UAE When Create or Use Huge Array w/ Large Elements    2
Q 95431  BUG: Type Mismatch Error If Use VAL Function on Big Hex Value   1
Q 96069  How to Program a Delay Using the Timer Function                 1

Q 96098  FileDatetime Doesn't Include Time If File Time Is Midnight      2
Q 99888  UPD: GENERIC Sample Not Provided with Visual Basic              1
Q 101245 BUG: Ref to NPV / IRR / MIRR Gives Undefined Functions Error    2
Q 101580 PRB: File Not Found Error When Running .EXE on Other Computer   2
Q 102069 BUG: Out of Memory w/ Var Named ClientLeft/Top/Width/Height     1

Q 104554 Sum Of VB Strings Can Exceed 64K in Certain Circumstances       3
Q 104685 How to Retrieve Hidden/System Files Using Dir[$]() Function     2
Q 105230 PRB: Can't Set Formal Parameter When Setting Object Vars        2
Q 105808 BUG: Overflow in VB version 3.0 ICONWRKS Sample Program         1
Q 106495 BUG: VB Printer.Width/Height Values Incorrect for Plotter       2

Q 108709 Expected Expression Error: Dynamic Array Not OK in User-Type    2
Q 109220 How to Capitalize the First Letter of Each Word in a String     1

Q 109261 How to Use TABs in a VB Text Box Without Changing the Focus     3

Q 109451 How to Find Num of Days Between Dates Outside of Normal Range   2
Q 109741 How to Scroll a Form When VB Forms Are Limited to Screen Size   2
Q 110264 LONG: Microsoft Consulting Services Naming Conventions for VB   10
Q 110308 How to Encrypt a String with Password Security in VB            3

Q 110309 FIX: Double-Click Still Maximizes/Restores If MaxButton=False   3
Q 110393 How to Remove Menu Items from a Form's Control-Menu Box         3
Q 110667 PRB: Week Starts Sunday and Ends Saturday for Format Function   2
Q 110701 How to Get a Handle to MS-DOS Application and Change Title      2
Q 110888 Example of NPV and IRR Financial Functions in VB for Windows    3

Q 112651 How to Mimic HIWORD, LOWORD, HIBYTE, LOBYTE C Macros in VB      2
Q 112674 How to Determine If a File Exists by Using DIR$                 2
Q 112732 How to Seek a CD Track by Using the MCI Control                 2
Q 112766 How To Get the Total Playing Time of an Audio CD                2
Q 112768 How to Get or Create a Unique Audio CD Volume Label             2

Q 113032 PRB: Error When Assign DB Value to Var: Invalid Use of Null     3
Q 113325 How To Retrieve Elapsed Time Since Windows Started              2
Q 113327 PRB: Unexpected Date Value Returned from Format Function        1
Q 113331 BUG: Bound 3D Panel Control Won't Update When Caption Changed   2
Q 113476 How to Perform Bit Manipulation In Visual Basic                 2

Q 113897 How to Parse a Fully Qualified Path into Component Parts        2
Q 113902 Visual Basic Code Samples Available in the MSL and MSDN CD      3
Q 113948 How to Create Your Own Slider Bar in Visual Basic               2
Q 113999 How to Create a Setup-like Status Bar in Visual Basic           2
Q 118644 PRB: No Trappable Error on Shell to Nonexistent .BAT File       2

Q 119115 PRB: Plus Sign (+) Operator Behaves Differently in VB 4.0       2
Q 119281 How to Associate a File Extension with Your Application         2
Q 119737 How to Initialize Static Variables to Nonzero Values            2
Q 120075 How to Convert VB for MS-DOS programs to VB for Windows         7
Q 126939 How to Parse a Delimited String Using InStr and Mid             2

Q 129893 PRB: Circle Aspect Ratio Unaffected by User-Defined ScaleMode   2
Q 129934 PRB: Invalid Property Value" If TrueType Fonts Only Selected"   2
Q 138522 FIX: INT Function Returns Incorrect Value                       1
Q 138530 PRB: Arrow Keys Do Not Always Produce a KeyDown Event           1

Q 138535 How to Avoid the ByRef Argument Type Mismatch" Error"           2