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Expertise
String manipulation, Database access and usage, Class creation, and encapsulation are my strong suits. Active X Controls and DLL`s also. Although I don`t deal with Crystal - frankly because I don`t like it; I prefer to do things manually.
Experience in the area
Employment history: Programmed with the Air Force for 15 years, and have continued in the private sector for the past 1 year. Used VB (all versions) for the past 8 years.
Organizations: MCP and MCSD certified.
Education: Computer Science Bachelor degree.
Awards: MCP and MCSD certified.
What do you like about this subject?
VB is the most flexible programming language which encompasses a fast solution and easy to learn architecture. THERE IS NO ONE WAY TO PERFORM A TASK!
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
Never done learning. Always want more. More API knowledge, more fine-tuning DB access, and more sub-classing knowledge is always welcome.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
The lineage of VB is impressive. It started in the DOS days with GWBASIC which REQUIRED line numbers for every line. That transformed into QBasic which REALLY was an amazing enhancement for GWBasic and had great funcitonality. (It even works today if you can find the EXE!) QBasic begat QuickBasic which essentially (with a few exceptions) was QBasic with the ability to have multiple mod
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
I believe VB is every bit as good and in some ways better than VC++. Yes VC++ can do a lot of things quicker (nanoseconds) and can access some things VB supposedly can't. But learning API's and subclassing can really open doors previously thought closed.
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Recent Answers from Robert Nunemaker
2009-01-27 Searching Word for Word 2007 Text Boxes and Printing Contect to a File:
In Word 2007, text boxes are slightly different. They are "Shapes". So, use: Dim Doc As Word.Document Dim oShape As Word.Shape Set Doc = ActiveDocument For Each oShape In Doc.Shapes Debug
2009-01-09 Find data between Dates:
Your dates need to be wrapped in "#" symbols if they are true Date or Date/Time fields. Example: Dim db As New ADODB.Connection Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset db.ConnectionString = "Driver={Microsoft
2009-01-08 Very Ungent help Required:
You could do this with a LOT of work with an Image or Picture control. However, there are ActiveX controls out there that would have this functionality built in that would save you a lot of work on this
2009-01-07 Batch commands:
I'm sorry, but I'm not a batch file Guru as much as I used to be. However, a few things. - When you want the PERCENT symbol to be interpreted as such, you need to have 2 of them. So in your FOR
2009-01-06 attempt to make EXE, I get a out of memory error:
Your computer likely doesn't have enough memory. You probably only have 1 GB? Try closing everything (including some of your services) and recompiling. Just as important, none of your modules or forms
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