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Visual Basic Entries

This code will correctly capitalise most English names and handles some common exception cases.

This code returns the short (MS-DOS) name for a file path.

This code illustrates the use of public properties in Visual Basic 6.0 as a way of returning a result from a modal form.

This code extracts a file name from a file path.

This code illustrates how to sort a ListView control when a column header is clicked in Details view.

This simple registry tweak clears the list of recently opened projects that appears when you start Visual Basic 6.0.

This code illustrates the use of ADO output parameters with SQL Server stored procedures using Visual Basic 6.0.

This code prevents multiple rows from being selected in the Microsoft Hierarchical FlexGrid Control 6.0.

This code removes the selection highlight from the Microsoft Hierarchical FlexGrid Control 6.0.