Microsoft's Visual Basic programming language has variable types for three different kinds of numbers: integer, floating-point and decimal. Integer variables range from a short 2-byte format to a long ...

I call GetSubMenu by saying <BR><BR>GetSubMenu(hMainMenu, i)<BR><BR>and it won't work. i is an integer, with, say, 0 in it. If I call it through<BR><BR>GetSubMenu(hMainMenu, 0)<BR><BR>Then it works ...

Case matters when moving from one language to another and, often, variable naming conflicts can be as simple as that. The very first programming language I used back in high school did not permit ...

I love the String object's Format method. It's an unusual application where I'm not using it to build messages. (Long ago and far away, I used to use it to assemble SQL statements.) Typical code looks ...

I have VB6 and CR9. I can open a Crystal Reports report from VB and can even use VB to do an SQL query and hand off the record set to Crystal Reports for use in a report. <BR><BR>What I can't figure ...