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Two New Zealand Pioneer Econometricians

January 1, 2010 12:00am PST

Two distinguished New Zealanders pioneered some of the foundations of modern econometrics. Alec Aitken, one of the most famous and well-documented mental arithmeticians of all time, contributed...

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A Buddhist Bible by Dwight Goddard 1.3 (iOS)

November 12, 2009 12:00am PST

A Buddhist Bible by Dwight Goddard This is the first edition of A Buddhist Bible to appear on the iPhone. One of the favorite books of the Beat writers, particularly the ultimate 'Dharma Bum' Jack...

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Use VB6's TypeOf keyword to work with controls

January 26, 2006 8:00am PST

Are you looking for a way to make a change to all the controls of a certain type on a VB6 form? Then find out why you should take advantage of the TypeOf keyword for these types of development tasks.

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Understand how to use VB6's UseMnemonic Property

January 19, 2006 7:23pm PST

If you don't want the VB6 Label control to treat ampersands in the usual manner, then learn how to use the control's UseMnemonic property to get the result you want.

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Create a VB6 Command Button that fires repeatedly

January 5, 2006 4:03pm PST

There may be times when you want a VB6 Command Button to fire an event repeatedly, such as when you're performing an operation on multiple files. Learn how to create this kind of button in this VB...

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Display a select folder dialog box in VB6

December 15, 2005 3:30pm PST

VB6's Microsoft Shell and Automation Component allows you to select a folder. Follow Peter Aitken's instructions in this tip to learn how to show a particular folder's dialog box.

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Why you should be careful combining VB6 comparison operators

December 8, 2005 7:48pm PST

You may run into trouble when you include two or more VB6 comparisons in a conditional statement. Discover how you can avoid potential problems before they crop up.

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Comparing Double vs. Single data types in VB6

December 1, 2005 9:26pm PST

VB6's two floating point types are called Single and Double. Learn what distinguishes Single from Double, and find out when you would be wise to use Double instead of Single in your programs.

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Displaying control-specific instructions in VB6 with GotFocus

November 4, 2005 4:32am PST

The GotFocus event for a control fires in VB6 when the control receives the focus through user action or through the SetFocus method. See how you can use GotFocus to display information or...

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Track time changes in VB6 with the SysInfo control

October 27, 2005 4:55pm PDT

When developers look at log files, one of the most troubling things they can see is an unexplained time gap in the log record. Learn how SysInfo control's TimeChanged event can make your...

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Automate data validation in VB6 with CausesValidation and Validate

October 20, 2005 6:52pm PDT

Don't let invalid user data problems sneak up on you—prevent them by developing programs that take into account data validation. Find out how you can automate the data validation process in VB6...

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Normalizing spaces in VB6 strings

October 13, 2005 7:00am PDT

The term normalizing spaces refers to removing excess spaces in a string. If you're working with a text processing routine in VB6 that requires you to normalize spaces, check out this code sample...

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Learn about VB6's Currency data type

September 29, 2005 7:45pm PDT

Visual Basic 6's Currency data type is specifically designed to hold data that represents money amounts. Discover several advantages to using the Currency data type.

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Get the most out of Variants in VB6

September 15, 2005 5:37pm PDT

VB6's Variant data type is able to hold any other data type, including numbers, strings, dates, and object references. Check out a couple of useful tricks for using Variants.

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Preserve procedure variables with Static in VB6

September 8, 2005 2:18pm PDT

In order to make a Visual Basic procedure remember the value of local variables between calls, try using the Static keyword. Peter Aitken demonstrates the benefits of using Static.

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Define VB6 procedure arguments with the ParamArray keyword

September 1, 2005 7:57pm PDT

In times when you don't know how many arguments will be passed to a procedure, you might want to think about using the ParamArray keyword. Learn how to use ParamArray in this VB6 tip.

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How to omit or include optional arguments in VB6

August 25, 2005 3:56pm PDT

There may be times when you may want to define one or more optional arguments that can be included or omitted when a procedure is called. Read this VB6 tip to learn how you can do so with the...

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Performing date comparisons in VB6

August 23, 2005 8:49am PDT

Performing date comparisons in VB6 article root But, what about international settings? Does this tip work with D/M/Y formats? I mean, #6/7/2005# is June 7, but in Mexico is July 6. There in...

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Displaying file properties from within VB6

August 18, 2005 4:15pm PDT

It can be a useful technique to find the properties of a file from within a VB6 program. Peter Aitken demonstrates how to do that in this quick tip.

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Determine if a credit card number is valid using VB6

August 11, 2005 2:20pm PDT

If you support a Web site that accepts online payments, the first step in any process that accepts credit card numbers should be verifying the number. This tip shows how to do this using VB6.

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