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#UAE's
Message #1346
Hello again Don, I seem to be getting frequent UAE's under the following circumstances: 1. VB app is minimized to an icon and… 2. I return from a DOS program that was launched from Windows. This doesn't seem to happen when the VB app is in an inactive window. Any…
I was wondering if you could send me a copy of VBTools. My address is: Richard Andrews Infusaid Inc. 1400 Providence Hwy. Norwood, MA 02062 Thanks. There is 1 Reply.
Actually, a call to DoEvents() was one of the things I tried that didn't work. However, I am not entirely sure that I'm calling it correctly. This is what my code looks like: SendKeys$ "Key Sequence to Load the Clipboard", -1 Dummy=DoEvents() StringVar$=Clipboard.GetText() Right now the only way I can…
Mark, >"I'm amazed that nobody has found that bug before now!" I found it the first day I fired it up, but thought it was WAD! 🙂 john k There is 1 Reply.
Thanks again Mark. Let me take time to say that your assistance on CIS has been tremendously helpful. I will look at the Muscle routines once I receive my package. I am not going the gripe about the postal service but they've been very slow around here. Victor.
Anthony, Give VB another chance. Like you, my experience was with QuickBASIC, and it took me a while to get used to a new way of programming. But, it didn't take long to get the hang of the new system, and th ability to create new applications in a fraction…
There must be something wrong with the syntax you are using. It should work. Try a simple test. Start a new project. Put two text boxes and a command button on a form. In Command1_Click, put "Text2.SetFocus". It's gotta work.
The following is from VBTIPS.EXE on DL1 of this forum: Grouped Controls: If you want to group a set of controls within another control, such as a Frame, you cannot do so by double-clicking the control and moving it into the Frame. You must single-click the control and then click-and-drag…
I get the same result. List and Combo boxes must have a limit of 5440 lines, as well as 64k. I wonder if this is documented anywhere.
This is really strange. Obviously I didn't get a UAE when I ran the code I sent you, or I wouldn't have sent it to you. Everyone who was involved with analyzing the problem seems to have given up, so now it's up to MS. Unfortunately, I reported this to…
Sue, I'll let Don answer this one : Sue, 1) Make your menus control arrays. Then you can set a forms caption as follows: Sub Menu1_Click (Item) 'One proc for whole menu Form2.Caption = Menu1(Item).Caption 'Set the form's caption Select Case Item 'Process menu choices Case ITEM1 … etc 2)…
List Box Linking
Message #1329
I want to get two columns of data from Excel and put that into either a listbox or an array. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Sharon
#Combox Box and the API
Message #1328
I want to use the API to delete all items in a Combo Box in my VB application. I have declared these functions and constants in the Global module. Of course, the function declarations there are on one line. Declare Function GetFocus Lib "User" () As Integer Declare Function SendMessage…
#VBTIPS Correction
Message #1327
If you are using VB-TIPS.TXT with the VBTVWR program, the second and third categories under CONTENTS need to have colons (":") added to the end of them: General – Controls: General – Programming: Without the colons, the Viewer program will not recognize those lines as Categories. There is 1 Reply.
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VB Custom Control –
Message #1326
Here is what I've found so far: I create the HLSTR in the function AddDataRow and store it in the array pdeclist2->pHlstr.If I call DrawRows from AddDataRow and deference the HLSTR it is fine. So far so good. The HLSTR I'm storing are used to store items is a custom…
#objectname.SetFocus
Message #1325
Can I invoke the objectname.SetFocus method from the click() procedure of an option button? I keep getting an "Illegal Function Call" message just before program execution begins in run mode (F5). Regards, John West There are 2 Replies.
John, I believe you also need the FAR PASCAL keywords for Chowmain. Try: int FAR PASCAL _export Chowmain (void) { return 10; } -vince P.S. The PASCAL will prevent the prepending of the underscore. If you have arguments, it will also shove them onto the stack in PASCAL order. P.P.S.…
#Buttons & Frames
Message #1323
I am having problems grouping option buttons in frames. I drew the frame and then added a couple of option buttons. When I tried to move the frame (in design mode), the frame moved but the option buttons did not. I thought that the buttons were supposed to move with…
Dan, Is your form (and the picture control) visible when you do the Print to it? If not, try using the Show statement before the Print. Mark There is 1 Reply.
John, Using OPEN with a COM port in VB limits you to the communications parameters that the user has set up in the Control Panel. The upshot is that you shouldn't depend on Open, Print # and Input # for communications except for very simple tasks, such as dialing the…
Sandy, Thanks for getting my day off to such a nice start! I never get tired of comments like that. Mark There is 1 Reply.
Ted, I can accept no MouseUp event if they'd just give us a *new* event – DragDone – anything to avoid all that code in all the DragDrop routines… Mark There is 1 Reply.
John, I don't know what else it could be. I suggest you take Jonathan up on his very generous offer. Mark There is 1 Reply.
Dan, Not to worry – that's *precisely* why we're doing the program via our BBS! Mark
Jim, I'll send a copy of our BUG newsletter to you today so you can see what Dan is talking about (thanks Dan!). The newsletter is part of the service that goes along with the "early release" program (not really a beta). The "perspective" issue makes a lot of sense…..…
Anthony, Another great way to try examples is to use the online Help system in VB. You can actually cut the code out of the Help, paste it into VB, and voila, you have an instant program. Mark
Keith, >My Mom told me that it would make me go blind!! Hey, c'mon, Susan is lurking…. 😉 Mark There are 2 Replies.
Dave, Thanks for the feedback. Based on yours and Bob Quinn's comments, we are looking into some alternatives. Mark
#Pointer are here!
Message #1308
Greetings! There are a lot of complaints that Visual Basic does not support "pointers" or dynamic access to memory. In fact VB uses pointers extensively internally. I have uploaded VBPTR.ZIP which contains a DLL that has two functions relating to pointers. One will take a pointer and return a VB…
GRID control source
Message #1307
hi ! robert , one month ago i downloaded VBGRID from a mslang lib (can't re member which one which includes the complete code for this control ( .c, .as m, make ,…) .I haven't checked but It could be on MsBasic, lib 1 or 5). I will ask the…
Brian, I am not talking about paying extra (well, not usually) but a lot of companies buy software that is still in BETA for the chance to have early technology for use and review and the chance to have some input in that technology. I'm not saying this is the…
John, Zip it up and send it over. I may be able to figure out what's the matter. BC++ often mangles the function names but the "C" keyword should probably have gotten rid of that problem -=- Jonathan There are 2 Replies.
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#Innovative Beta Programs
Message #1299
"Paying to be a beta tester is quite normal in the corporate scene." Not sure what corporate users you're talking to/about, but in my experience corporate users don't pay to beta test software. In fact, these days most corporate sites ask for "pre-release" copies of software that have already finished…
VB LINKPOKE RESPONSE
Message #1295
How does VB let me know whether my client to server LINKPOKE is acked or nak'ed ?
Hi Anthony, It sounds to me like you may be missing a manual in your VB package. VB comes with two manuals. One is the Language Reference which *does* contain many pages of tables showing the various Functions, Statements and Methods at the beginning of the book. But there is…
Hi Ted,
#Print in Form_Load?
Message #1292
Shouldn't the following statement placed in the Form_Load sub work? Picture1.Print "This is a test" It works fine in Form_Click sub, but I want text to appear in the picture box control when the program loads. In experimenting with the Print Method, I can't get it to print on the…
PDS ISAM DLL for VB
Message #1291
Coromandel have an ISAM product called ObjectTrieve/VB
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PDS ISAM DLL for VB
Message #1290
It is easy. Don mentioned Coromandel at 718/793-7963 They have a product called ObjectTrieve for Visual Basic It's very fast and easy to use.
VB & Databases
Message #1288
Hey! Have a look around the forum re: ObjecTrieve/VB data manager for Visual Basic. It's from Coromandel It's the fastest I've seen. Their phone number is 718/793-7963
Jeffrey, The Pic_Image and Pic_Mask don't have anything to do with rubber-banding. You emailed me some code from your program and I haven't had a chance to look at it yet. I'll look at it this weekend and I'll also send you some code which uses rubber-banding to draw and…
Mark, I told them about this problem waaay back in May. I ran into that problem in my prototype charting application. After talking to John Fine and Adam Rauch, apparently it's not so easy to get a MouseUp event sent out, but I'm holding out for 2.0 to have this…
Keith, I really think you've got to get a hold of yourself! Responding to a test message with such a diatribe means you've been spending faaar too much time trying to figure out the problem with shell. Anyway, one last thing I'd like you to try. There's a program over…
I also tried using Alias "_chowmain" since that seemed to be the name in the DLL. John
Sorry for butting into this thread, but I have been unable to get VIsual Basic to recognize a function in a DLL, and others have been unable to help me. Everyone in this message seems to have at least gotten BC++ and VB to "cooperate." I compiled a DLL, using…
Hi John, I'm afraid that you will never be able to *detect* an ASCII file because there isn't really any such a critter. We use the term ASCII file very loosely to refer to files that contain only printable characters or files that we humans can read. But that is…
GRID
Message #1278
Can anyone provide information on how to acquire the source for the grid custom control? If so please reply. Thanks. Robert
COM, XOR?
Message #1277
I've got a few questions about Visual BASIC programming. One, the manual doesn't say much about using the serial port. I'd like to make an XON/XOFF connection at 9600 baud. Can I simply use the OPEN statement to open the COM2: port, as you can do in straight BASIC? The…
Wayne, I looked again in my official IBM Developer Assistance Program notebook and I found my copy of the offer. It was $50.00 but it only included the end user product (no development tools) (vs a v1.3 OS/2 RETAIL of $150.00) The letter was dated in June. In addition it…
Jim, Mark Novisoff puts it out. The BUG newsletter is just that … a newsletter, not a mag. I'm sure Mark could fill you in and perhaps send you something on it. It's not very big, but it contains the kind of info you don't find in regular mags. (tips,…
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