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    Programically Controlling the ADO Data Controls

    Programically Controlling the ADO Data Controls Hi, I am programming with the ADO data control, datagrid, datalist, and datacombo. I cannot find much documentation from Microsoft and other. I would like to set up these controls programically at run-time; example, set the column widths for the...
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    Explanation Needed - How Code that Recursively Search Works

    Explanation Needed - How Code that Recursively Search Works I have a function that uses the FSO to recursively search folders looking for files. The code is included at the bottom of the posts (mind the typos!) I can use this function and modify it to suit my needs, but I do not have a full...
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    Standard Naming Convention for Font Files

    I looked at c:\windows\fonts- it looks like a naming convention is used, but I cannot figure it out because it is not obvious; do you know what it is? I tried searching on the internet and found null; Thanks for the explanation about why font file names are not following a strict naming...
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    Standard Naming Convention for Font Files

    Standard Naming Convention for Font Files I have been designing a font viewer/manager. I have noticed that many of my differently named font files contain the same font. Is there some kind of standard naming convention to name font files or is it "anything goes"? If there are several different...
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    How Does Make Sure Only One Instance of an Application Runs?

    To All, Actually my solution did involve the API window libs to do what I wanted; Thanks for the help! --llyal
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    Way to Turn Off Computer Programically After Shutdown?

    Yes, I agree; but here is the weirdness- with windows 2000, a user can manually shutdown the system and make the system turn off (if the computer hardware allows it); but the ExitWindowsEx API that can be used to programically shutdown windows, will not turn off the computer, even if the...
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    Enumerate Windows to Detect Second Application Instance

    Enumerate Windows to Detect Second Application Instance Hi, How does one use the EnumWindows API? I am not having any luck with this API; I would like to find the window handles of other instances of an application and act upon the findings; in Applleman's Dev Guide to Win32 API, it is...
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    Way to Turn Off Computer Programically After Shutdown?

    Way to Turn Off Computer Programically After Shutdown? Hi, I have learned to shutdown Windows 2000 programically using the API ExitWindowsEx Lib, but the computer will not turn off; I get an "Ok to turn off computer" message box; How can I programically turn off the computer so the computer...
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    How Does Make Sure Only One Instance of an Application Runs?

    To All, I found an easier solution; in the load event of the VB app, use this: If App.PrevInstance = True Then End End If Thanks for the help! --Llyal
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    How Does Make Sure Only One Instance of an Application Runs?

    How Does Make Sure Only One Instance of an Application Runs? Hi, I have an application and would like to prevent users from opening more than one instance of it; How does one do this? I don't need any code, just the general idea of how to do it; Thank you! --llyal
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    Hoes to Make an Application an Associated Program?

    To All, You guys came the closest of all the newsgroups; the answer lies in the VB command function; the VB app can use this to read the command line parameter passed to it - in the case of associated files, it is the file pathname; My image viewer works great! For <50 KB size, it very fast...
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    Hoes to Make an Application an Associated Program?

    Hoes to Make an Application an Associated Program? I have a made a simple image viewer; i would like this program to display graphics when i open graphic files instead of having to start the application then open the image; example, when i click on a JPG file, the Microsoft Imaging program...
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    How do I Size Internet Explorer Window Programically?

    How do I Size Internet Explorer Window Programically? Hi, I am making a tool that opens several URLs in different Internet Explorer Instances; Internet Explore does not automatically resize to full-screen so I need to do this programically; How does one do this in Visual Basic? I have Java...
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    What ADO's/SQL Server 7's Query Size Limit is (if any)?

    Hi, Does anybody know what ADO/SQL Server 7's Query Size Limit is (if any)? Example, I would like to send very long SQL statements (>8K bytes total length); I also would like to send very long lists of stored procedure parameters (>8K bytes total length); Can ADO/SQL Server 7 handle this...
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    How to Change MS Outlook Rules Programically

    How to Change MS Outlook Rules Programically I would like to manipulate the rules programically. I have a diagram of the Outlook object model but I don't see the Outlook rules anywhere. Do they exist? Can I manipulate them programically? Thank you! --llyal
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