Hints and Recipes for VB6
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Date and Time examples with formatting options
strTimeStamp = Date & " " & Format(Time, "HH:mm:ss") strMsg = strMsg & "date/time of request: " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf strSQLdate = Format(Date, "M/d/yyyy")
Combobox
With cboDelimiter .AddItem "TAB" .AddItem "PIPE" .AddItem "SPACE" .AddItem "fancy!" End With cboDelimiter = "TAB"
Write/Create a new file using FileSystemObject
- must add 'reference' to "Microsoft Scripting Runtime"
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject, fsoStream As TextStream Dim rec1, strLine, strFileSpec Dim cnt0 As Integer, tag1 As Integer strFileSpec = Environ("HOMEPATH") & "\My Documents\kaching.log" strLine = "kaching incident " & Date & " " & Format(time, "HH:mm:ss") & vbCrLf Set fsoStream = fso.CreateTextFile(strFileSpec, True) fsoStream.Write strLine fsoStream.Close Set fsoStream = Nothing: Set fso = Nothing
Write if exists, create if doesn't exist using FileSystemObject
If fso.FileExists(strFileSpec) Then Set fsoStream = fso.OpenTextFile(strFileSpec, 2) Else Set fsoStream = fso.CreateTextFile(strFileSpec, True) End If fsoStream.Write strLine fsoStream.Close Set fsoStream = Nothing: Set fso = Nothing
' strFileSpec, 1 : ForReading 2 : ForWriting 8 : ForAppending
Write to control on another form and display
Dim lblCaught As Label Set lblCaught = frmKaching.lblCaught frmKaching.WindowState = vbNormal lblCaught = "You've Been Naughty!" frmKaching.Show
Delay without using a Timer control
Public Sub LongDelay(intSeconds As Long) Dim cnt As Double cnt = Timer + intSeconds Do While Timer < cnt DoEvents Loop End Sub