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  1. SirPaladin

    Formatting output to a printer

    I am trying to create a report that I can send to my printer. I've been trying without success to learn how to do this. The Microsoft help touches on various points, but doesn't tie it together. Most frustrating is it refering to the 'Print' method of the Printer object. This do not exist as far...
  2. SirPaladin

    How do I check if a control element exists?

    Is there a way to verify that a control array element exists before I use it? I ask because when I'm binding my controls to an ADO recordset, it would be easier if I could use a FOR NEXT loop, but I have to take into account that not necessarily every element has been used. For instance...
  3. SirPaladin

    What is meant by 'Embedded' software?

    I'm a programmer in Visual Basic, C/C++, PERL, and others. But in this industry which is overinundated with acronyms and terms, I have never gotten a clear definition regarding what is meant by 'Embedded' software. Is it simply an application or functionality contained (embedded) within another...
  4. SirPaladin

    How do I simulate a Windows Explorer double-click on a file?

    I would have thought this would be simple, but I haven't found an easy way to launch a file with it's associated application (like would happen if you double-clicked the file in Windows Explorer). Give the complete path to a file, how do you 'execute' it? Right now I know how to launch a Word or...
  5. SirPaladin

    ADO Data Access Problem

    I have no idea if your specific problem is being caused by this, but I have had code that worked perfectly in Access 97 inexplicably crash and burn when the database was converted to Access 2000. Bill Gates does not understand the term "Backward compatability" [go figure] and has a...
  6. SirPaladin

    What's the SQL syntax for specifying only certain field characters?

    For example, I need to use SQL to select records of only a particular area code. My current SQL statement (to find a specific phone number. I'm concatonating several search parameters so SQLString already contains the "SELECT * FROM [Companies] WHERE [other parameters]) looks like this...
  7. SirPaladin

    Sending e-mail via VB

    The e-mail example in the FAQ doesn't address the biggest problem I'm having with e-mail. It doesn't explain how to get feedback from your e-mail to know how it is progressing, or more importantly, when it is completed. Does anyone know?
  8. SirPaladin

    Sending e-mail via VB

    How can you send e-mail via VB? It would be preferable to do so without opening Outlook (or any other app for that matter). I had experimented with the MAPI functionality, but the large drawback I got was that I received no feedback from it to tell me the progress it was making in sending the...
  9. SirPaladin

    How do you display Access tables and fields?

    I realize this might sound like a really simple question, but I've had little luck trying to solve it so far. I'm trying to create a Global Update utility for an Access database, and I want the user to be able to dynamically select their desired Access table, and then from that table, their...
  10. SirPaladin

    Can you have too much Error handling?

    I've recently tried to make a program of mine a bit more stable by adding a lot Error handling throughout the code. However, now I'm sometimes (not always) getting "Out of Memory" errors where I didn't before (with only a couple of other apps open). I'm not sure if these are being...
  11. SirPaladin

    What are the Advantages of VB vs C++

    The best of both worlds is to create a VB interface, and for your number crunching functions, tie in to C/C++ dll's. VB is so much easier to write. Literally, performing the same tasks in C/C++ can take 10 or more times as many lines to write.
  12. SirPaladin

    How do I send a hyphen in a SQL statement?

    I need to use SQL to perform a lookup, but I don't know how to format the search string if it includes a hyphen. For example, looking up the name "O'Neill" currently produces an error due to the hyphen. What's the work-around?
  13. SirPaladin

    My SSTab and DBGrid controls have dissappeared!

    I have had some kind of file corruption that now prevents me from successfully loading (in development mode) any forms with SSTab or DBGrid controls. The log file created contains the following: Line 18: Class TabDlg.SSTab of control SSTab1 was not a loaded control class. Line 238: Class...
  14. SirPaladin

    How do I open a Word or Excel file using the associated application?

    I want to open files using the application associated with their filename extension. For instance, if I have the complete path to a .doc file, I want to open that file in Word, or whatever application is associated with the file's extension. I have not been able to find what I need to do to...
  15. SirPaladin

    Which are the best books to learn FrameMaker?

    Thanks for the suggestions. My question had been posted last year, and that contract went very well. Turned out that it is easy enough to teach yourself Framemaker even with only the original documentation that ships with it. The key to learning Framemaker is understanding master style sheets...
  16. SirPaladin

    How do you dynamically select records in the MS Data Environment?

    Since Microsoft has made VB 6.0 incompatible with the Crystal Reports they shipped in version 5.0, I have to redesign my report using the Microsoft Data Report, for which you have to access through the Microsoft Data Environment. The only thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to...
  17. SirPaladin

    DBGrid binding error

    I have found the cause of this problem. With absolutely no surprise, it is Microsoft's fault. The DAO dao350.dll file now has an update. dao360.dll is NOT compatible with some ActiveX controls, including DBGrid32.  Microsoft's suggestion for fixing this? UPGRADE ALL YOUR CONTROLS!!! I...
  18. SirPaladin

    Mail Merge anyone?

    I have had only limited success trying to find how best to export data to be used in a Word document Mail Merge. I use a VB interface tied to an Access database as my source.
  19. SirPaladin

    DBGrid binding error

    I've been having a problem lately trying to bind a DBGrid to a data control as it's datasource. When I click in the DataSource property of the DBGrid, instead of displaying the data control on the form to select, it flashes like it's looking for something, and then remains blank (that is, ALL...
  20. SirPaladin

    Package and Deployment Bug

    A couple of jobs ago I had a problem trying to create an install set for my VB project. It turned out that it was a bug with Microsoft in one of their dependancy files. They had a typo in two place, but I can't remember exactly where. I'm pretty sure it was the ComDlg32.dep file, but...

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