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- Closing MS Project 2000 MSGBOX from VB6
- I am trying to close a message box within MS PROJECT 2000 from VB6 using sendkeys. Automation fails when the sendkeys does not close a msgbox in the opened File:objRS.MoveFirst Do Until objRS.EOF strProjectName = strProjectDSN & Trim(objRS("PROJ_NAME")) ...
- Tags: jhouck@..., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, MS Project 2000, programming, Sendkeys
- Q&A 2005-04-07
- Close running apps from VB6?
- It's easy to start a program with Shellcommand, but HOW do I stop (terminate, close) that program from within VB? In my case, it's a wav file played by sndrec32.exe and I want it to unload directly at a click.The easy way is tosend a WM_Close message to the window...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, svante@..., windows
- Discussion threads 2005-08-12
- Equip your combo box controls to do smart searches
- Combo boxes are a standard part of most user interfaces. See how you can make this old standby easier to use with a little help from the SendMessage API.You try to build various conveniences into your interfaces to make life easier for your users, and some of the functionality can...
- Tags: Construction, Irina Medvinskaya, SendMessage API, SendMessage function, window
- Technical articles 2002-05-22
- Send an e-mail from a table in Access without switching to an e-mail client
- emails from AccessI would like to send a form letter from Access to a group of people identified in the database with a personalized touch by adding their name to the form letter and a field from a table. How can I do this?ResponseAdd this code to a module...
- Tags: access, Add, aston@..., AttachmentPath, e-mail, emails, form letters, hardware, Microsoft Access, Set objOutlookRecip, sRecipientCC, String
- Discussion threads 2005-09-07
- Understand how to use VB6's UseMnemonic Property
- handy tipWhat a wonderful little tidbit of information. I've been using VB for years and never paid attention to this property.I appreciate the context supplied by the author for using this tip.But what about other captions?Just to satisfy my curiosity, I looked at a command button's property list and...
- Tags: aikimark@..., caption, development, internationalization, localization, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, programming, ui, UseMnemonic Property
- Discussion threads 2006-01-20
- Handle custom window messages in your VB6 applications
- There's more than one way to get programs to communicate with each other. Find out more about leveraging Windows messaging to accomplish the task, as we wrap up this series.Cross-process communication between VB applications is difficult to get right. I've seen developers try to achieve it through various approaches, ranging...
- Tags: Construction, Lamont Adams, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, window, messaging, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2002-02-20
- Use these VB tips when performance is critical
- With a sound design, performance can usually take care of itself. There are times, though, when you need some quick enhancements to ensure optimum performance. Check out these five tips and share some of your own.While Visual Basic will likely never attain the blinding performance of C++ or Delphi, it's...
- Tags: Performance management, Programming languages, Lamont Adams, performance, GoSub, Microsoft Visual Basic, readability
- Technical articles 2002-03-06
- Save time with VB6's Common Dialog control
- I prefer the APII've encountered problems distributing the common dialog control, so I switched to the common dialog API and am much happier. There are some downloadable VB classes that wrap the API calls and make the OCX-to-API transition easier.here's a challenge, PeterPeter,Here's something to sink your teeth into...
- Tags: dialog, API, windows, development, deployment, aikimark@..., programming, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Use API
- Discussion threads 2006-03-24
- The ins and outs of .NET message queuing
- Message queuing is a powerful tool that you may want to consider for your next application. Explore the basics of .NET message queuing here.Message queuing is a powerful architectural device. Queuing promotes decoupling within a system by enabling components to asynchronously submit requests and receive responses. Queuing also enables scalability...
- Tags: .NET, Message Queuing, message queue, Microsoft .NET, Paul Stephenson, queue, private queue
- Technical articles 2001-11-26
- All Things .NET
- All Things .NETblog rootEnterprise Library for .NET v2.0Over the last year or so Microsoft have been steadily releasing updates for the Enterprise Library. In case anyone doesn't know what this, have a look at the Patterns msdn site . Basically it's a collection of classes that provide a wealth of reusable functionality...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Microsoft Windows, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, BenHinton, RichTextBox, Microsoft .NET, Enterprise Library, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-11-09
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