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I use live chat on my site, mostly for customers who need installation help. Everyone likes it .. :)

Have you ever needed to open a file with your VB program? Here's a way to easily do it. (code copied from an original program written by Mike B) If the program that uses the file is installed on your workstation, the file will be opened in that application. I …

yes, it is a VB question. Opening a file in its' native application is a common practice. I do it all the time. Look here for an example - [url]http://www.developerfusion.com/code/278/open-a-fileurl-with-its-default-program/[/url] I use a slightly different method, but the above works ok, too. here's my way of doing it - [url]http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/visual-basic-4-5-6/code/383557[/url] …

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As long as I have C++ installed on my workstation, it will not die ..

I use OSCommerce for my sites and have FedEx shipping available. FedEx has an API that gets installed into oscommerce and gives me shipping charges based on the weight (in pounds) of what I sell. Tax calcs are also built in. I charge tax in my home state only.

Most E-Commerce 'solutions' are based on OSCommerce open source code

look here - [url]http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-AU/vbpowerpacks/thread/0e9a097d-c22c-4b70-ad50-106d680fa5b3[/url]

I try to answer pleas for help for all the above reasons. Sometimes the 'asker' is a college student wanting you to code a function for them and from what I see in older threads it looks like no one wants to do somebody's homework. But, if a person honestly …

Let me think about that .. How about - [code] dim sql as string sql = "select tablename.* from tablename limit 5" ' other things you'll need are defined elsewhere in your program [/code] Now, you'll need to add the code that connects to mysql, then open the recordset and …

I always use this when in VB .. it's not as complicated, and if your permissions are ok it works every time.. [code] If Dir("c:\newfolder") = "" Then MkDir ("c:\newfolder")[/code]

I tried the example on your 'this' link. it causes an error. (line 2, character 8) I use winxp, and copied the example 'as-is' using the 'all files' option, and named it 'welcome.vbs. Either I have something missing or the script has an error in it. here's the script - …

Microsoft has an example here - [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142387[/url]

I found an old thread that had never been answered here - [url]http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/vbnet/threads/330981[/url] Basically, the guy was asking how to retrieve database names and/or table names from a MySql database with vb.net. Here's my answer to that. Yes, I still use vb6 because vb.net is not much better and I …

look at this for connect strings - [url]http://www.connectionstrings.com/oracle[/url]

windows explorer 'stalls' because of it's timeout duration. Windows Explorer is at the mercy of the devices it's trying to list. If any of those devices experience a delay in returning the information that Windows Explorer is asking for, you'll notice a delay. Disconnecting network drives and perhaps unplugging other …

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Enumerate field names in a recordset Function getfieldnames(mytable As String) Dim fld As Field Dim dbf As Database Dim rs As Recordset Dim sql As String Set dbf = CurrentDb() Set rs = dbf.OpenRecordset(mytable, dbOpenDynaset, dbSeeChanges) sql = "" For Each fld In rs.Fields sql = sql & fld.Name & …

here's one I use sometimes. It gets the names of all user tables in the database and puts them in a comma delimited string. You can modify it to do whatever you want. Function GetTableNames() As String Dim tdf As TableDef Dim dbf As Database Dim sql As String Set …

Can you copy/paste it into notepad then do a save or saveas?

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I usually use DAO with MS Access, and I have several DAO enabled programs that read/write data in a MySQL database .. but to use ADO you need the "Microsoft ActiveX 2.7 Library" included.

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