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    Post Index to FAQ's: Classic VB (VB6 and earlier)

    Classic Visual Basic (VB 6 and earlier) FAQs

    The following is a list of frequently asked questions for VB6 and VB5, etc.


    If you click on one of the questions below, you will be taken to a page that contains at least one possible solution to the problem, and an explanation that you can hopefully understand. If you think something within the FAQ section needs a better explanation, please let me or the thread poster know via our PM (private messaging) system.

    Please note: "Classic VB" is the name commonly used for Visual Basic 6/Visual Basic 5/etc, which is what these FAQs are designed for. If you are looking for help with the 2002 or later (including "Express") versions of VB, please see the relevant forum here.


    General
    Coding standards/Good Practice
    Language syntax
    Data types/Variables (including working with Strings, Dates, and Arrays)
    Controls (TextBoxes/ListBoxes/etc)
    Forms
    Closing your forms/program
    Dealing with Errors
    Files
    Registry
    Printing
    Multimedia (music/pictures/etc)
    Working with Other Programs (includes DOS commands)
    Optimising (making your program faster/more efficient)
    API (=Application Programming Interface, basically functions built in to Windows)
    Miscellaneous

    Other FAQ pages that include Classic VB:
    Database Development FAQ
    Office Development FAQ (Excel/Word/Outlook/...)
    Games and Graphics FAQ
    Networking FAQ (Winsock etc)
    Application Deployment FAQ (installation packages, etc)


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    General

    Coding standards/Good Practice

    Language Syntax

    Data types/Variables

    Controls

    Forms
    Last edited by si_the_geek; Oct 8th, 2017 at 12:40 PM.

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    Index to FAQ's: Classic VB (VB6 and earlier)

    Closing your forms/program

    Dealing with Errors

    Files

    Registry

    Printing
    • How can I Print from my program?
      See this tutorial (ignore/remove any ΓΏ characters from the code examples!)

    • How can I print less than a whole page?
      See this article from MSDN

    Multimedia

    Working with Other Programs

    Optimising

    API

    Miscellaneous


    If you can think of a "frequent" question (and preferably an answer to it as well) that you think should be added to the FAQs, please see this thread.
    Last edited by si_the_geek; Oct 8th, 2017 at 01:38 PM.

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