How to Write to a DOS Window From VBS Script
While Visual Basic Scripting (VBS) has a great range of functionality, you may still sometimes wish to write a DOS command instead. DOS can command the basic operating system functions that are needed...
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How to Create Mailbox Script
Mailbox script is used in Visual Basic programming to create a mailbox. Network managers type code in Visual Basic software or text editing software to automatically create mailboxes. This saves the...
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Different Properties of the Image & Picture Tool in Visual Basic
The programming language Visual Basic (VB) has several tools for displaying graphics, including the PictureBox and Image controls. Your VB programs can read from or write to properties of these...
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How to Loop to Find Duplicate Names in a Random File in VB 4/5/6
Duplicate names can cause issues with entering data into an application. A typical example is where users are exported from a text file and entered into a database. A script can be written in Visual...
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How to Write an ActiveX Control
An ActiveX Control is a software component that can be plugged into different programs and used as if it were a native part of the program. Programmers can write ActiveX controls in any language that...
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How to Program Animated Screensavers in VB6
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 is a computer programming language that gives you the tools to develop Windows applications. You can use Visual Basic to develop simple utilities as well as advanced desktop...
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How to Call DB2 Stored Procedures in Visual Basic 6.0 Applications
ADO stands for ActiveX Data Objects. ADO was introduced with VB 6.0 and can be used in VB 6.0 by adding the control to the project or by adding the ADO library to the project. The ADO control can be...
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How to Share Authentication Tickets Across Applications
When a user logs in through a Microsoft ASP .Net application, the system creates an authentication ticket in the form of a cookie on the user's machine. Multiple ASP .Net applications can share the...
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How to Code Chat Software Without Using a Database
Knowing how to code a chat room without using a database can help you create a server/client application without having to spend time designing a database. A chat program is created by using two...
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How to Calculate Number of Weeks Between Two Dates
Learning to manipulate dates in your programs gives you the power to manipulate time-sensitive data. Many applications that rely on shipping, sales and even product promotion rely on accurate date...
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How to Make a Paint Program
Knowing how to make a paint program in Microsoft Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET) can get you started using graphics in programming. VB.NET is an object-oriented programming language used to create desktop,...
View ArticleHow to Make Foxfire Add-Ons
Mozilla Firefox add-ons, officially known as "extensions," are extra features that can be incorporated into Firefox's status bar and used to enhance the Web browser's capabilities. They don't take up a...
View ArticleHow to Convert an EXE File APP on FoxPro
When you have finished programming your application in FoxPro, you will want to compile that application into either an APP or EXE file. If you have created an EXE file, but want to create an APP...
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ANSI Characters in Visual Basic
You can use ANSI characters in a Visual Basic program. The ANSI character set is used in many software applications and in some versions of UNIX and other operating systems. Unless you specify...
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How to Create Encrypted VBS Script
Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) is a scripting language developed by Microsoft that is modeled on the Visual Basic language. VBScript is used in a variety of Microsoft host environments,...
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VBScript Options for Powering Computers
Visual Basic Script Edition (VBScript) is a scripting language that borrows features of the Visual Basic language. It is used in conjunction with Window scripting facility to perform administrative...
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How to Make an EXE File Into a Catalog File
Creating a catalog file allows users to bypass security prompts when downloading multiple files from a single distributor. This saves time and effort and may eliminate the need for end-users to be...
View ArticleHow to Create a Subweb Using Visual Studio .Net 2003
If you have upgraded from Microsoft FrontPage to Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003, you may be concerned about the inability to create subwebs. A subweb is a term coined by Microsoft for use in...
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How to Convert Dll to ActiveX
An ActiveX control is a unit of code that you can reuse easily. This helps make common functionality consistent and saves coding time. You can reference or code one or more dlls into an ActiveX...
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How to Make Voice Command Programs in Visual Basic
Twenty-first century computer technology allows users to talk to their computers. Speech recognition software converts human speech into digital data that computers can recognize. Several commercial...
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