Visual Basic
Saving the properties of your usercontrol
Get the address of Variables and Objects in Visual Basic
Object Oriented Visual Basic
- A really great demonstration of extension of features of an FlexGrid Object using a class module. Source code here This example extends the flexgrid component so you can use it to edit the values in it.
Access Database
- recordset.Fields("FieldName").Value recordset.Fields(IndexNumber).Value recordset(IndexNumber).Value recordset!FieldName
- Searching inside a recordset
- Understanding VB6 Plugins
- Access SQL
- Using ado and stored procedures
Access Database in RAM
Problems with Microsoft mdb access databases
- Error message when you enter a large amount of text in a Memo field that contains an index in Access: "Run-time error '3709'" Solution: Delete all the Indexes except the auto incremented ID
DAO Issues with VB project using database references SOLUTION: Microsoft left vb5db.dll off its distribution list!
The solution to all the microsoft database distribution problems! == vb5db.dll is not included in vb6 redist.txt
Microsoft MDB SQL References
- A good summary of the commands available Introduction to MDB SQL
- Using Microsoft Access to design VB6 database queries
- VB6 Database Tutorials
- Visual Basic & ADO Tutorial
- Access DB – Create Table with AutoNumber Indexed Field
- Using ADO and the ListView control
- Introduction to SQL
Additional Issue: DAo350.dll not being registered by my installation package
- Google Search: DllRegisterServer dll site:thraexsoftware.com/forum
- Thraex forum issue that covers DAO350.dll not registering and using regsvr32.exe to register it
RichText Box
- Text box line numbering
- Rich TextBox syntax coloring
- Insert a picture into a Rich TextBox
- How to configure a rich textbox for WYSIWYG
Writing Standard DLL using Visual Basic
- DLL Internals
- Google Search: vb6 how to create use dll
- Planet Source Code Search: Visual Basic DLL
- WindowsDevCenter article that inspired most of the following articles
- VB Helper – This examples builds a standard DLL that you can call by using the normal DLL calling conventions.
- Planet-Source-Code.com – VB6 Standard DLL .def Generator
- Planet-Source-Code.com – Active X DLL Made Into Windows DLL
- VB Helper – Make an ActiveX DLL or EXE
SubClassing
Syntax Issues
- ASCII string to Binary array conversion uses StrConv – x = StrConv("abcdef", vbFromUnicode) to do the whole string at once yielding a byte array.
Using Scintilla / SciTE with VB
Using Scintilla with the VB6 IDE
- Before You Create a VB Add-In, Learn the IDE's Object Model
- Explanation of vb6 Add In operation
- How To Create a Basic Add-in Using VB5 or VB6
- Creating a Visual Basic 6 Add-In
- Auto Indent VB code add in
- Code Project: Create VB Add Ins
- MZ-Tools addin – freeware
- CodeSmart – for vb6 edit environment – has code folding?
