--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2F00020 Date: 02/10/97 From: MICHELE MAURO Time: 09:53am \/To: WILLIAM HURN (Read 4 times) Subj: Mouse vers Trackball WH> MM> If you're used to a mouse, it may take time to get used to a WH> MM> trackball, but if your shoulder, elbow or wrist are starting to WH> MM> feel the pain, it's time to switch. WH> WH> Hmmmmm. I never thought of the joints problem... I was just WH> thinking of the degree of control, accuracy of positioning stuff WH> (DTP) on the screen/page, etc. What you say is no doubt WH> important to a lot of people. Thanks. Maybe I'll poll the WH> desktop publishing echo. It's a matter of which part of your body can do more delicate work. For me, moving a finger or two (on top of the trackball) can be more accurate than moving my wrist or arm to move the whole mouse, so a trackball is more accurate. I even tried a mouse pen once, figuring it'd be even more accurate, but apparently they're designed for righties - I couldn't get the angle right in my left hand and most times the dern mouse pen didn't move the cursor at all! Have fun, Michele Internet: chaos@ao.net FIDO: 1:363/340 * Now I only feed the cat food that matches the carpet! RoseReader 2.52T P001948 Entered at [COMPLICATIONS] --- * Origin: Complications, Altamonte Spgs, FL 407-297-8298 (1:363/340) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2F00021 Date: 02/10/97 From: PHIL MORRISON Time: 03:07pm \/To: BRIAN SCHWARTZ (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: CALLBACKS AND MASM > I've heard several times that if you want to learn C++, learn C first. > Guess my main comment on C is that it feels more "structured" than BASIC. > There's less junk. For example, there's no THEN keyword. It's not > necessary. Instead of using END IF, you use }. And there's some great > time saving stuff. To increment a variable by one, you can use > x++ > instead of > x = x + 1 Thanks, Brian. I have a complete set of docs for C++ ver 3.0 and the disks. Disk number 5 would not read. There was plenty of spare memory. I called BORLAND and was treated very nicely... They stopped supporting ver 3.0 and have no spare replacement disks. They did give me an upgrade price, however. As yet, I will look for someone who has the old set of disks, as I'm not redy to spend money, for a few months. Maybe never :( phil m Of course I wonder if disk 6,7,8 and 9 -- will load. First four did just fine. phil --- DB 1.58/004516 * Origin: Think & Reply (1:3642/504) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2F00022 Date: 02/11/97 From: FRANCOIS ROY Time: 05:44am \/To: FRANK SCHNEIDER (Read 4 times) Subj: VB3 - which Windows? FR>> Yet, the same call with the Win32 API returns the correct Windows FR>> version. FS> How do you get there from vb3? That test was done with VB4. If you want to hear about another oddity with VB3 and NT, I have a program that launches another via a file extension association (using ShellExecute). Everything is fine on all platforms, including NT3.51 but when NT4 showed up, ShellExecute started returning 2 even after a successful launch (meaning "File not found") instead of returning the task ID. It really seems to me like Microsoft is "nudging" us towards 32-bit only apps a bit faster than I'd like... --- Msged 4.00 * Origin: Ready & Determined (819)772-9277 (1:163/506) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2F00023 Date: 02/10/97 From: JAMES HOOD Time: 06:19pm \/To: ANYONE (Read 4 times) Subj: Hiding Something If i wanted to hide a part of a hard drive can someone tell me what API command or function etc to call upon.. What it's for is a security program for a friend... I thought possibly making a .DLL to show relevent directories in that session. Maybe a substute for A commom dialog or something like at.. Any answers or ideas would be execelent. Cya ... "All life's answers are on TV" - Homer Simpson. --- Ezycom V1.20 03fa009c * Origin: Dog on Fire +61-7-3862-8301 (3:640/891) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2G00000 Date: 02/12/97 From: GARY SONNENBERG Time: 03:14am \/To: JEFFREY LOCKE (Read 4 times) Subj: Beginner VB40 -=> Quoting Jeffrey Locke to Gary Sonnenberg <=- Hi Jeffrey, JL> worked this time. I know I've tried this before and it didn't work. Oh JL> well, why question success! Thanks for all the help. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Exactly...as long as you can duplicate it again later. :-) Gary ... "Don't mince words, Jeffrey ... what do you *REALLY* think?" --- * Origin: *YOPS ]I[* 3.1 GIG * RA/FD/FE RADist * Milwaukee, WI (1:154/750) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2G00001 Date: 02/11/97 From: DIK COATES Time: 06:51pm \/To: BUCKY CARR (Read 4 times) Subj: Baker's Dozen Beginner's >>>> QUOTING Bucky Carr to Dik Coates <<<< BC> Look forward to you and me becoming old timers with VB, then. Should have started dabblin' with it years ago... Had VB3 pro for 3 years and never used it... bought it and shortly after, moved, and lost/misplaced the manuals... Regards Dik ... Winnie The Pooh; last of the Great Western Zen Masters. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- Shotgun v1.38a * Origin: StarLab! In Orbit, Lindsay, Ont. (705) 328-2954 (1:253/232) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2G00002 Date: 02/11/97 From: LAWRENCE KELLIE Time: 06:25am \/To: DIK COATES (Read 4 times) Subj: Tab >>>>> QUOTING Lawrence Kellie to Bucky Carr <<<< > LK> I have tried all variations--KeyPress, KeyDown, KeyUp--nothing seems > LK> to work. As I stated above, changing all the controls to > Have you tried intercepting the key stroke at the form level? Try > setting > the frmName.keypreview = True and intercepting it at the form level. > The KeyPress, KeyDown, etc... are then at the form level... prior to > the > control objects getting the focus... If I followed your instructions correctly, and I believe I did, it didn't work. Still moved to the next Text box. Lawrence ... Mistakes are oft the stepping stones to failure. --- FMail 1.0g * Origin: Cala Creek Resort (in seclusion) (1:343/70.164) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2G00003 Date: 02/09/97 From: BUCKY CARR Time: 06:54pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: WinHelp API in VB Finally have been playing with the WinHelp API a bit in VB. As you know, one compiles the Help file created with the Help Compiler Workshop, HCW (32 bit only). There are some things that are NOT amusing, however. There are a number HELP_xxxxxx statements that one uses to consider passing info to the WinHelp API. I found some of them defined in the WINAPI32.TXT file. However there are some new ones that are not defined anywhere, for example: HELP_SETPOPUP_POS What is the value of that one? --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Vanishing Point 7198460140 Trinidad CO (1:15/7.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2G00004 Date: 02/10/97 From: BUCKY CARR Time: 08:20pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Creating Help for VB Well, the plot thickens.... Called MS today to get "support" for the Help Compiler so I can make some MS quality Help for my VB application. Guess what! The 32 bit version of the Help Compiler is NOT supported. I got that from 4 different people at MS. The 32 bit version of the HC is provided "as a courtesy only". The 16 bit version of the HC *is* supported by the VB folks. It is only the MSDOS version. Curiouser and curiouser, eh? I'm going to lick this problem somehow. In the meantime: Is there anyone out there who is using the Help Compiler Workshop that is on the VB 4.0 Pro Ed CDROM to make .HLP files for use by VB applications? I'm only interested in making 32 bit .HLP files. Thanks in advance. If you'd rather yak in internet e-mail about this, my address is: Bucky.Carr@15-7.mx1.fidonet.org --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Vanishing Point 7198460140 Trinidad CO (1:15/7.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 178 VISUAL BASIC Ref: E2G00005 Date: 02/11/97 From: PETER HARTMAN Time: 10:12pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: Schreiben in Dateien In article <3442072031@p30.f3180.n2426.z2.elcom.org>, Stefan Grafe wrote: Hallo Stefan, >Ich wei zwar wie ich dem Programm verklickern soll, wie er die Datei >ffnet, aber nicht wie er da auch das Getippte rein schreibt!! Ich weiss nicht was "verklickern" ist aber ich mache das speichern daten wie folgt. name$="Klaus Maier" Wohnsitz$="Hamburg" zum schreiben Open "c:\test\beispiel.dat" for output as #1 Print #1, name$ Print #1, wohnsitz$ close #1 zum lesen Open "c:\test\beispiel.dat" for input as #1 line input #1, name$ line inmput #1, wohnsitz$ close #1 Peter --- ifmail v.2.8c * Origin: bART Groningen (2:281/10@fidonet)