This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Tommy, Ted is correct – at runtime a For..Next loop is the best way. FWIW, during the VB beta, I made a suggestion and I'd like to repeat it here. Hopefully Don Funk will pick it up. Design Mode Suggestion: Allow selection of a group of controls using Ctrl-Click (as…
Marty, In July we fixed a problem where the KeyPress event did not occur when in overstrike mode – is that the problem you are addressing? (It helps a lot if you are very specific when reporting a problem – telling me "does not seem to work" doesn't point me…
Victor, Would it be possible for you to send us the bmp on a disk so we can try to duplicate the problem? Please be sure to include a READ.ME file that tells us what to do! Our picture control expects to see a standard 256-color BMP file and doesn't…
Georg, Thanks for asking about our products. We have a dealer in Germany who publishes a German edition of VBTools. He will be delighted to furnish you with info on all of our products. Here's how to contact him: BASIC User Group Attn: Gunter Eibl Feldstr. 18 8012 Ottobrunn Voice:…
Jerry, Thanks! Mark
Mitch, When I say source code, I mean assembly language source too! In Windows a "selector" functions just like a segment. You can move the selector's value into the DS and ES registers and then manipulate data within that portion of memory. Selectors are similar to "handles" in that they…
Tom, Thanks for the suggestion. We have a copy of the same product and we have definite plans for "borrowing" some of their ideas. Mark
Harald, VBTools 2.0 is scheduled to be released in January. While we are currently on schedule, it's always possible to run into unforeseen delays though… Mark
Jerry, The problem is that you cannot use .SetFocus until the form (and hence the control) is visible. There are two solutions to your situation: 1. Place a Show statement at the top of your Form_Load proc 2. Give the desired control a TabIndex of 0 – that will cause…
Victor, Thanks for the kind words about Muscle! Re your recursion problem — luckily the answer is very simple: Sub Tool_Click(Index As Integer) Static Active% ' Activity flag If Active% Then Exit Sub End If Active = True ' Do your chores here Active = False End Sub Mark P.S.…
Mitch, The source code to do what you want is in Muscle. The idea is to assign a Windows "selector" that corresponds with a real mode segment. The method used involves two interrupts (not API services) and therefore can't be done with straight VB code. Mark There is 1 Reply.
Tom, Thanks again for your kind words. The information I'm sending to you will tell you how you can get into our early access program for 2.0. Mark There is 1 Reply.
Thomas, I'm very pleased that you like VBTools! Thanks for the idea on the custom control. We have a "line" control spec'ed out for 2.0 and I'll pass your suggestion along. Everyone who purchases VBTools 1.0 from us, or had registered with us as of about 3 weeks ago received…
Ethan, You did the same thing I did earlier this week, but in reverse . He was asking how to do this in the VB section and you gave him the DOS answer. I had a fellow ask about communications in the QB/PDS section, and I replied with my "canned"…
Ron, Thanks for letting me know. It's a moot point, though, because you'll probably get the materials in today's mail! Mark
Don, I should be so lucky! In elementary school, it was "Nose-cut-off"… Mark
Harold, I'll be happy to! VBTools main emphasis is on custom controls – there are 11 icons (which go into your toolbox) that provide about 15 different custom controls. Also included are some "special effects" used to transform from one bitmap to another, examples of how to use some of…
Bob, There are three ways to do communications in Visual Basic: 1. The least practical is to use OPEN with "COMn", because it depends on the default settings the user has set, i.e., you cannot specify the baud, parity, data and stop bits. 2. The hard way is to use…
John, Consider it on the way — thanks for asking. Mark P.S. I think your company name is very clever. There is 1 Reply.
Bob, I promise that your suggestion/question wasn't useless. We had committed a long time ago to a grid control and it's been the most oft-requested control for version 2.0. Please keep those cards and letters coming! Mark
#LIB 1 files
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Eric or Jerry or ANYBODY, Can you tell us if the LIB 1 files from MSLANG are still "on the way" to this forum? It seems like a long time…. Mark There is 1 Reply.
Keith, Hmmm. Is this known as "Funk-to-Funk" communications protocol? Mark There are 2 Replies.
Mitch, Sorry about that! I'm used to the blue ones and had never noticed the others. Shame on me…. Mark
John, I don't believe it's possible to pass a control array to a procedure. Instead, you need to call the procedure once for each control: For I = 0 To LastControl SomeProc CtlName(I) Next It does sound like an interesting idea for 2.0 though! As long as were at it,…
John, I'll be happy to send you a demo disk that shows off the features of our products (along with detailed info). Can you leave me your address in a MAIL message? Mark P.S. You may not be familiar with Mitch Waite and thus don't understand my offer to send…
Mitch, One copy of MicroHelp Muscle for VB is on the way! Mark
Sharon, We're very happy to send the info overseas – please consider it on the way. Thanks for asking! Mark
Paul, Thanks for the two cents. I wish there were about 1,000 more like you! Mark
Bruce, If all you need is INP and OUT, then writing a driver is definitely not necessary. Also, there is a DLL available for download (here on CIS) that has only the INP and OUT routines. If you find some of the other 435 routines in Muscle to be of…
John, Thanks for letting me know that it worked just fine for you. It's always gratifying to hear comments like that. Good luck with your new product. Mark
Mitch, MicroHelp Muscle has both PEEK and POKE and lets you access DOS memory. Mark P.S. Did I not send you a copy? If not, please holler and I'll do so. There are 2 Replies.
George, There are two products that you might be interested in, depending on your needs. The sizes are: VBTools Muscle Raw 104,144 77,616 Zipped 40,297 46,146 Mark There is 1 Reply.
David, You are correct – there are no custom methods. My company (MicroHelp) uses properties to accomplish the same thing. For example, when you want to place a bitmap into a control, we have you do: CtlName.LoadPicture = "c:\filename" This is slightly different than the "method" used by VB, but…
Wendell, Microsoft never talks about products or updates until they are ready to ship, so don't expect an answer from the sysop! In the meantime, my company (MicroHelp) has addressed part of what you asked about – we provide replacements for PLAY, MK?, CV?, etc. The graphics GET/PUT statements aren't…
Bruce, I understand the concern about "small businesses". In answer to that type of objection, you might want to mention that there are NO big businesses providing such subroutines for BASIC and VB — the market is too small for the big boys. OTOH, it's just right for a small…
Ron, We'll send it to you on Monday. Thanks for asking! Mark P.S. Is your address plain "Highland Ave" — no number?
Mitch, I think putting a catalog in the next 100,000 at no cost to the advertisers would be appropriate. Why don't you run it by Mike R and see what he has to say! Mark P.S. After you talk to him, let me know and I'll send you pain pills…
John, We fixed a problem in the MhButton control that could account for your problem. Previously, if you set the Enabled property to False while inside a click event for the button, it did not paint itself correctly. If that's what you are referring to, then yes, it has changed…
John, Ted has given you 100% correct information. (Thanks Ted!!!) Mark
Rick, Consider it on the way! Mark
Michael, No, you should not use those routines. Take a look at MhInterruptReal. That routine is designed specifically for DPMI services. Mark
John, You know where to send my 50% of your winnings! Seriously, I'm glad to help and the timing was indeed fortunate. Thanks for the kind words! Mark
Pete, Information on our BASIC Users Group will be in the packet of information that I'm sending you. BUG includes other services besides the BBS, BTW: Bi-monthly newsletter covering BASIC programming Extended technical support Discounts on new products Private BBS where you can download the "latest and greatest" versions of…
Eric, We do not include a driver. Our library provides an easy-to-use wrapper around the Windows API services. Because we use only standard Win API calls, our library will work with any comm driver that is compatible with the Windows COMM.DRV. I run it at 9600 on my system regularly…
Bruce, Message #2497 was meant for you – we've modified the MhButton control to work as we think it should! Mark
Bruce, >Some of my colleagues express negative feelings towards including multiple >DLL's with their application. You are correct – MS has "intended this to be the norm". Like any other situation where people have "objections", this is a case of identifying the objections and educating the person as to the…
Pete, I'll be sending you info on our products (along with a demo) right away. Thanks for asking. Just to clarify – you'll be getting a demo program, not a "demo copy" of the product. Mark
Bruce, Well, we modified the control so that when StateButton = True, it will revert to the pre-push state if you release the button when the mouse pointer is *off* the control. The new VBX files will be available tomorrow from our BBS. Thanks for reporting the problem! Mark
John, If .SingleSelect is True, then setting the .ListIndex property will highlight the indicated item. If .SingleSelect is False, then the focus rectangle moves to the desired item, but it is not highlighted. This is by design because you may have other items selected at the same time! However, you…
Rick, The demo files for our products are caught in a CompuServe time warp of some sort. The files were copied out of MSLANG to a CompuServe holding area a couple of days ago, with the idea that they would be moved to this forum. I'll be happy to send…
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