Microsoft KB Archive/122722

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The information in this article applies to:


 * FastTips for Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, version 3.0

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INSTRUCTION
Microsoft FastTips is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from a touch-tone telephone. To order items from this catalog, first select the items you want to receive, noting the five- to six-digit number of the Item ID shown below for each item, and then:


 * Dial the toll-free FastTips number (800) 936-4300.
 * When prompted, select Microsoft Visual Basic.
 * Press one (1) on your phone keypad to select Express Order Service.
 * When prompted, select the delivery method, fax.
 * When prompted, enter your three-digit area code and seven-digit fax number on your phone keypad.
 * When prompted, enter the number of the Item ID and press #, for up to five items.

When finished, simply hang up. If you have problems receiving a fax, please call (425) 635-3199.

ARTICLE LISTING
ITEM ID ARTICLE TITLE                                               PAGES -- Q 94696 How to Break Long Statements into Multiple Lines                2 Q 94783 Basic Products Can Create and Use Non-Standard File Names       1 Q 95290 FIX: GPF/UAE When Create or Use Huge Array w/ Large Elements    2 Q 95431 BUG: Type Mismatch Error If Use VAL Function on Big Hex Value   1 Q 96069 How to Program a Delay Using the Timer Function                 1

Q 96098 FileDatetime Doesn't Include Time If File Time Is Midnight      2 Q 99888 UPD: GENERIC Sample Not Provided with Visual Basic              1 Q 101245 BUG: Ref to NPV / IRR / MIRR Gives Undefined Functions Error   2 Q 101580 PRB: File Not Found Error When Running .EXE on Other Computer  2 Q 102069 BUG: Out of Memory w/ Var Named ClientLeft/Top/Width/Height    1

Q 104554 Sum Of VB Strings Can Exceed 64K in Certain Circumstances      3 Q 104685 How to Retrieve Hidden/System Files Using Dir[$] Function    2 Q 105230 PRB: Can't Set Formal Parameter When Setting Object Vars       2 Q 105808 BUG: Overflow in VB version 3.0 ICONWRKS Sample Program        1 Q 106495 BUG: VB Printer.Width/Height Values Incorrect for Plotter      2

Q 107992 Windows 3.1 VERSIONINFO - Version-Information Resource Example 2 Q 108709 Expected Expression Error: Dynamic Array Not OK in User-Type   2 Q 109220 How to Capitalize the First Letter of Each Word in a String    1 Q 109260 How to Convert a Decimal Number to a Binary Number in a String 2 Q 109261 How to Use TABs in a VB Text Box Without Changing the Focus    3

Q 109262 PRB: VB 3.0 AppActivate Fails on 32-Bit Windows NT Application 2

Q 109741 How to Scroll a Form When VB Forms Are Limited to Screen Size  2 Q 110264 LONG: Microsoft Consulting Services Naming Conventions for VB  10 Q 110308 How to Encrypt a String with Password Security in VB           3

Q 110309 FIX: Double-Click Still Maximizes/Restores If MaxButton=False  3 Q 110393 How to Remove Menu Items from a Form's Control-Menu Box        3

Q 110701 How to Get a Handle to MS-DOS Application and Change Title     2 Q 110888 Example of NPV and IRR Financial Functions in VB for Windows   3

Q 112651 How to Mimic HIWORD, LOWORD, HIBYTE, LOBYTE C Macros in VB     2 Q 112674 How to Determine If a File Exists by Using DIR$                2 Q 112732 How to Seek a CD Track by Using the MCI Control                2 Q 112766 How To Get the Total Playing Time of an Audio CD               2 Q 112768 How to Get or Create a Unique Audio CD Volume Label            2

Q 113032 PRB: Error When Assign DB Value to Var: Invalid Use of Null    3 Q 113325 How To Retrieve Elapsed Time Since Windows Started             2

Q 113331 BUG: Bound 3D Panel Control Won't Update When Caption Changed  2 Q 113476 How to Perform Bit Manipulation In Visual Basic                2

Q 113897 How to Parse a Fully Qualified Path into Component Parts       2 Q 113902 Visual Basic Code Samples Available in the MSL and MSDN CD     3 Q 113948 How to Create Your Own Slider Bar in Visual Basic              2 Q 113999 How to Create a Setup-like Status Bar in Visual Basic          2 Q 118644 PRB: No Trappable Error on Shell to Nonexistent .BAT File      2

Q 119115 PRB: Plus Sign (+) Operator Behaves Differently in VB 4.0      2 Q 119281 How to Associate a File Extension with Your Application        2 Q 119737 How to Initialize Static Variables to Nonzero Values           2 Q 120075 How to Convert VB for MS-DOS programs to VB for Windows        7 Q 126939 How to Parse a Delimited String Using InStr and Mid            2

Q 129742 PRB: Same Seed for Randomize Does Not Repeat Previous Sequence 1 Q 129893 PRB: Circle Aspect Ratio Unaffected by User-Defined ScaleMode  2 Q 129934 PRB: Invalid Property Value" If TrueType Fonts Only Selected"  2 Q 138522 FIX: INT Function Returns Incorrect Value                      1 Q 138530 PRB: Arrow Keys Do Not Always Produce a KeyDown Event          1

Q 138535 How to Avoid the ByRef Argument Type Mismatch" Error"          2

End of listing. Additional query words: DSKBGuide 3.00 kblist

Keywords         : kbref Version          : 3.00 Platform         : WINDOWS Issue type       : Last Reviewed: May 14, 1999