The VB6 compatibility library includes two functions for which there are no exact .NET equivalents–the Left and Right functions. These functions grab a certain number of characters on the left side or ...

The old VB functions can trim only spaces, but the .NET equivalents incorporate a character array argument for you to specify any characters you want to trim. If you leave out that argument, the ...

Well, I'm not sure if anyone has run into this before but I figured I'd give it a shot.I'm using the AppActivate function to grab a handle on another application using VB6 to execute a command ...

How to Connect to SQL From VB6. If your business does any programming in Windows, then a basic knowledge of VB6 programming concepts is essential. Windows provides a set of objects and functions ...

Okay, basic situation:I have a VB COM DLL that interfaces with a C library to run some functionality that for various reasons can't be rewritten in VB (or even COM). About halfway through this C ...

Working with dates can be a tedious programming task. Use this simple approach to calculate the last day of the month in Visual Basic.