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SharePoint 2003

Programming Excel

VB 6.0 Developer's Workshop

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Chapter : 0 ‎(9)

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Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshop

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Dedications

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Introduction

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Programming Style

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What's Been Left Out

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How-To

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Sample Programs

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Windows 32-Bit Programming

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Using the Companion CD-ROM

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Chapter : 1 ‎(11)

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Chapter One -- What's New in Visual Basic 6?

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Edition Enhancements

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Integrated Development Environment

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Native Code Compiler

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ActiveX

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Even More New Internet Features

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New and Enhanced Controls

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Object-Oriented Features

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Language Enhancements

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Data Access

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Internet

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Chapter : 2 ‎(6)

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Chapter Two -- Programming Style Guidelines

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Descriptive Naming

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Checking Data Types

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Scoping Things Out

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Commenting While You Code

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For More Information

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Chapter : 3 ‎(11)

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Chapter Three -- Variables

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...Simulate Unsigned Integers?

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...Work with True/False Data?

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...Use Byte Arrays?

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...Work with Dates and Times?

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...Work with Variants?

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...Work with Strings?

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...Work with Objects?

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...Work with Predefined Constants?

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...Create User-Defined Type (UDT) Structures?

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...Create New Data Types with Classes?

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Chapter : 4 ‎(6)

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Chapter Four -- Parameters

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...Use Named Arguments?

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...Use Optional Parameters?

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...Pass Parameter Arrays?

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...Pass Any Type of Data in a Parameter?

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...Use Enums in Parameters?

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Chapter : 5 ‎(11)

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Chapter Five -- Object-Oriented Programming

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...Choose Between an ActiveX EXE and an ActiveX DLL?

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...Create All My Objects in External ActiveX Components?

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...Create a New Object?

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...Use My New Object?

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...Set a Default Property for My Object?

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...Create and Use an ActiveX EXE?

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...Create an Object That Displays Forms?

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...Work with Collections of Objects?

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...Understand and Use Polymorphism?

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...Use Friend Methods?

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Chapter : 6 ‎(10)

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Chapter Six -- ActiveX Controls

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...Create an ActiveX Control?

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...Debug a Control?

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...Compile and Register a Control?

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...Create a Design-Time Property?

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...Display a Property Pages Dialog Box?

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...Load a Property Asynchronously?

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...Create a Control for Use with a Database?

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...Use the DataRepeater Control?

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...Create a Container Control?

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Chapter : 7 ‎(7)

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Chapter Seven -- Using Internet Components

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...Select the ActiveX Component to Use?

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...Understand Internet Protocol Layers?

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...Set Up Networking?

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...Communicate Using Winsock?

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...Create an FTP Browser?

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...Control Internet Explorer?

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Chapter : 8 ‎(6)

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Chapter Eight -- Creating Internet Components

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...Create ActiveX Controls for Internet Use?

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...Use ActiveX Controls with VBScript?

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...Create DHTML Documents?

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...Create ActiveX Documents?

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...Create Webclasses?

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Chapter : 9 ‎(8)

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Chapter Nine -- Creating Internet Applications

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...Choose an Application Type?

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...Create a DHTML Application?

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...Create IIS Applications?

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...Create ActiveX Document Applications?

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...Install ActiveX Documents over the Internet?

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...Install DHTML Applications over the Internet?

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...Deploy IIS Applications over the Internet?

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Chapter : 10 ‎(7)

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Chapter Ten -- API Functions

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...Call API Functions?

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...Pass the Address of a Procedure to an API Function?

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...Understand ByVal, ByRef, and As Any in an API Function Declaration?

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...Easily Add API Declarations?

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...Use API Calls to Get System Information?

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...Add API Calls to an ActiveX Control?

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Chapter : 11 ‎(4)

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Chapter Eleven -- Multimedia

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...Play a Sound (WAV) File?

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...Play a Video (AVI) File?

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...Play an Audio CD?

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Chapter : 12 ‎(8)

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Chapter Twelve -- Dialog Boxes, Windows, and Other Forms

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...Add a Standard About Dialog Box?

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...Automatically Position a Form on the Screen?

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...Create a Floating Window?

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...Create a Splash (Logo) Screen?

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...Use a Tabbed Control?

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...Flash a Form to Get the User's Attention?

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...Move a Control to a New Container?

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Chapter : 13 ‎(12)

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Chapter Thirteen -- The Visual Interface

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...Use the Lightweight Controls?

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...Add a Horizontal Scrollbar to a List Box?

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...Create a Toolbar?

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...Dynamically Change the Appearance of a Form?

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...Dynamically Customize the Menus?

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...Remove the Title Bar from a Form?

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...Create a Progress Indicator?

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...Use the Slider Control?

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...Use the UpDown Control?

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...Use the FlatScrollBar Controls?

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...Use the CoolBar Control?

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Chapter : 14 ‎(18)

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Chapter Fourteen -- Graphics Techniques

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...Calculate a Color Constant from RGB, HSV, or HSL Values?

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...Convert Between Twips, Points, Pixels, Characters, Inches, Millimeters, and Centimeters?

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...Create One of Those Backgrounds That Fade from Blue to Black?

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...Create a Rubber Band Selection Rectangle?

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...Create Graphics Hot Spots?

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...Draw a Polygon Quickly?

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...Draw an Ellipse?

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...Fill an Irregularly Shaped Area with a Color?

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...Rotate a Bitmap?

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...Scroll a Graphics Image?

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...Use BitBlt to Create Animation?

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...Use Picture Objects for Animation?

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...Use the Animation Control?

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...Position Text at an Exact Location in a Picture Box?

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...Scale a Font Infinitely?

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...Rotate Text to Any Angle?

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...Use Multiple Fonts in a Picture Box?

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Chapter : 15 ‎(6)

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Chapter Fifteen -- File I/O

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...Rename, Copy, or Delete a File Efficiently?

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...Work with Directories and Paths?

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...Perform Fast File I/O?

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...Work with Binary Files?

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...Use the Visual Basic File System Objects?

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Chapter : 16 ‎(4)

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Chapter Sixteen -- The Registry

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...Read and Write to the Registry?

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...Remember the State of an Application?

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...Associate a File Type with an Application?

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Chapter : 17 ‎(10)

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Chapter Seventeen -- User Assistance

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...Add ToolTips?

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...Add a Status Display to My Application?

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...Display a Tip of the Day at Startup?

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...Walk Users Through Tasks Using Wizards?

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...Create a WinHelp File?

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...Use the WinHelp API Function to Add Help Files to My Projects?

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...Add Context-Sensitive F1 Help to My Projects?

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...Use the CommonDialog Control to Add Help Files to My Projects?

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...Create HTML Help?

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Chapter : 18 ‎(5)

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Chapter Eighteen -- Security

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...Add a Hidden Credits Screen?

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...Create a Password Dialog Box?

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...Encrypt a Password or Other Text?

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...Work with Internet Security Features?

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Chapter : 19 ‎(5)

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Chapter Nineteen -- The Mouse

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...Change the Mouse Pointer?

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...Create a Custom Mouse Pointer?

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...Display an Animated Mouse Pointer?

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...Determine Where the Mouse Pointer Is?

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Chapter : 20 ‎(4)

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Chapter Twenty -- The Keyboard

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...Change the Behavior of the Enter Key?

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...Determine the State of the Shift Keys?

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...Create Hot Keys?

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Chapter : 21 ‎(6)

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Chapter Twenty-One -- Text Box and Rich Text Box Tricks

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...Display a File?

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...Create a Simple Text Editor?

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...Detect Changed Text?

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...Fit More than 64 KB of Text into a Text Box?

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...Allow the User to Select a Font for a Text Box or a Rich Text Box?

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Chapter : 22 ‎(3)

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Chapter Twenty-Two -- Multiple Document Interface

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...Create an MDI Application?

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...Add a Logo (Splash Screen) to an MDI Form?

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Chapter : 23 ‎(5)

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Chapter Twenty-Three -- Database Access

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...Use Wizards in My Database Development Cycle?

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...Use the Data Control to Connect An Application to a Database?

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...Use Data Access Objects to Connect An Application to a Database?

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...Create a Report?

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Chapter : 24 ‎(4)

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Chapter Twenty-Four -- ActiveX Objects in Other Applications

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...Use ActiveX to Perform Spell Checking?

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...Use ActiveX to Count Words?

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...Use Microsoft Excel's Advanced Math Functions?

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Chapter : 25 ‎(8)

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Chapter Twenty-Five -- Screen Savers

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...Create a Screen Saver?

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...Prevent Two Instances of a Screen Saver from Running at the Same Time?

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...Hide the Mouse Pointer in a Screen Saver?

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...Detect Mouse Movement or a Mouse Click to Terminate a Screen Saver?

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...Detect a Keypress to Terminate a Screen Saver?

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...Use an Image of the Screen as a Screen Saver?

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...Add Password and Setup Capabilities to a Screen Saver?

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Chapter : 26 ‎(4)

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Chapter Twenty-Six -- Project Development

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...Grab a Running Form and Save It as a Bitmap?

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...Use Resource Files?

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...Use a String Database for Internationalization?

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Chapter : 27 ‎(8)

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...Add WhatsThisHelp to a Form?

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Chapter Twenty-Seven -- Advanced Programming Techniques

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...Use Visual Basic to Create an ActiveX DLL?

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...Use C to Create a DLL?

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...Create an Application That Runs Remotely?

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...Create an Add-In for the Visual Basic Development Environment?

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...Make My Application Scriptable?

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...Pass a User-Defined Type to My Object?

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Chapter : 28 ‎(6)

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Chapter Twenty-Eight -- Miscellaneous Techniques

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...Create a Linked List?

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...Respond to O/S Version Differences?

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...Exit and Restart Windows?

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...Dial a Phone from My Application?

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...Use Inline Error Trapping?

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Chapter : 29 ‎(5)

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Chapter Twenty-Nine -- Graphics

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The HSVHSL Application

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The Animate Application

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The Lottery Application

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The MySaver Application

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Chapter : 30 ‎(4)

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Chapter Thirty -- Development Tools

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The ColorBar Application

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The APIAddin Application

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The Metric Application

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Chapter : 31 ‎(4)

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Chapter Thirty-One -- Date and Time

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The VBCal Application

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The VBClock Application

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The NISTTime Application

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Chapter : 32 ‎(4)

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Chapter Thirty-Two -- Databases

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The AreaCode Application

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The DataDump Application

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The Jot Application

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Chapter : 33 ‎(4)

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Chapter Thirty-Three -- Utilities

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The MousePtr Application

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The ShowTell Application

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The WindChil Application

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Chapter : 34 ‎(5)

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Chapter Thirty-Four -- Advanced Applications

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The Messages Application

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The Secret Application

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The BitPack Application

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The Dialogs Application

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Chapter : 99 ‎(5)

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About This Electronic Book

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Acknowledgments

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About the Authors

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About Microsoft Press