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Try copying the text box from the form that works and pasting it to the one that doesn't. And, of course, blow away the offending text box and then rename the new text box to the name of the old one. That way you know you are getting absolutely a text box that is identical to the one that is...

what does it do if you set the maxlength property to 6 in the property designer (design mode)?

I like the rs!fieldname syntax much better. It is easier to read and can use with "with". Having said that, like most things in BG's world, it doesn't matter what I like! If .net likes the more difficult syntax, so be it. I doesn't matter that I have tons of existing code using the...

try making your sql say "select * from " _ & "customer where company_name ='" _ txtCompany.text & "'"

You could always use a for loop to read the contents of the grid and then send them to a printer: dim intRows as integer for intRows = 0 to grid.rows - 1 printer.print grid.textmatrix(intRows, col) next note that intRows will very depending on the number of rows. I'm assuming that the number...

Yes, get the actual sql string that is being passed and paste it into SQL Plus. I find building the sql string to be quite tedious and often I have errors with inserting needed quotes and commas............. I find the simplest way to see if it is my sql or some other problem (other than the...

Excellent point regarding "mission critical" vs not. Requirements and related schedules dictated to programmers definitely need to be driven by whether or not the app is mission critical. This should also influence skill levels of programmers placed on the project. If you want it...

Ok all, ponder this........ How often are we torn between finding "a way" to do something and finding the "best way" to do it? And, how much time should be dedicatd to looking for the "best way". I know that I may wade through "help" VB manuals for...

I really hate to wade in on this, but what the heck? Show me 2 programmers and I'll show you 2 styles. Show me 5 programmers and I'll see 5 styles. Show me 2 things written by the same programmer, but, say written a year apart, and I'll see 2 styles. I know that my style changes as I better...

Depending on how eligant you want to get, you can also use an input box. I do this in the flexgrid's enter cell event. kinda like this: private sub flexgrid_EnterCell() dim strString as string strSring = inputbox("Please enter something") 'put some string editing stuff here like...

You can also sort the recordset after you have it: rsRecordset.Sort = "FieldName" As far as it being in varchar, you may have to convert that field to a date in your SQL statement. That way you will be returning a date and then the sort will be ok. I'm pretty sure you can convert to...

There is also the MonthView control

Try setting the cell row and column properties and then set the font property kinda like this: msgCalendar.Row = 3 msgCalendar.Col = 6 msgCalendar.CellFontName = "MS Sans Serif" msgCalendar.CellFontBold = True...