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Q163227 - HOWTO: Get a Long Filename from a Short Filename

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September 4, 2003

The Dir() function can be used to return a long filename but it does not include path information. By parsing a given short path/filename into its constituent directories, you can use the Dir() function to build a long path/filename. Thi...

Q162622 - HOWTO: Pass a NULL String to a Windows API from Visual Basic

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September 4, 2003

This article describes how to pass NULL as a parameter to any Windows API function that requires a pointer to a string from a Visual Basic 4.0 or higher application....

Q161833 - HOWTO: Send Mail from Visual Basic Using OLE Messaging

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September 4, 2003

This article outlines the steps necessary to programmatically send an e-mail message from Visual Basic using the OLE Messaging Library. This example assumes that the OLE Messaging Library was properly installed on your computer (typicall...

Q160974 - HOWTO: Determine If Text in a Text Box Can Be Undone

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September 4, 2003

This article shows, by example, how to determine at any given time if the text entered into a text box can be undone....

Q160968 - PRB: VB5 Components Distribute Improperly with VB4 Setup Kit

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September 4, 2003

Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 distributions built using the Setup Wizard will not work properly if created on a system that also has Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition version 5.0 installed....

Q158870 - HOWTO: Display DBCS in a VB Application Running on Windows NT

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September 4, 2003

This article provides information on how to display double-byte characters (for example, Kanji, Chinese, Korean), that are written with a non-localized version of Visual Basic and run on non-localized Windows NT....

Q161306 - INFO: App.LogEvent Only Logs in Compiled Applications

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September 4, 2003

In Microsoft Visual Basic, Event Logging allows an application to add information to either a user-defined file or the Microsoft Windows NT Event Log when a user-defined criteria is met....

Q161304 - HOWTO: Convert Hexadecimal Numbers to Long Integer

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September 4, 2003

Microsoft Visual Basic has a Hex$() function to convert a number into a string of Hexadecimal digits. However, it has no obvious function to perform the inverse conversion. This article details how to use the Val() function to perform th...

Q161303 - HOWTO: Close a Shelled Process When Finished Under Windows

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September 4, 2003

When the Visual Basic Shell command is used to execute a batch file or MS- DOS program on Windows 95 and Windows 98, the MS-DOS window remains open by default when the program is finished executing. Under Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgro...

Q161301 - HOWTO: Pass a Point Structure to the Windows API by Value

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September 4, 2003

The WindowFromPoint and ChildWindowFromPoint API functions require that a Point structure be passed by value. Visual Basic is not capable of passing a structure by value, only by reference. However, it is possible to pass the elements of...

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