Recent content by HughLerwill

Ref. https://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1560292 can help but WMI can be disabled so take care.

>why would you want it? Maybe to pop up a message saying "Error in MyFunction" in an error trapping routine; but I think there is no way other than hardcoding it.

Looks like you got it!

With respect that looks like a pretty straightforward reverse text sort

Sorry Andy but I get no error when I run the code from a command button click. The required format is shown when the MaskedEditBox (MEB) does not have focus, when it does have focus the plain unformatted number is shown. Tested (and re-tested) using a new Form with a new Command button, a new...

>i need to sort items from 01/12/2016 - 31/12/2016 to 01/01/2016 - 31/01/2016 Apologies if I am being dim but I keep reading that and still cannot envisage what the sorted list is supposed to look like. Please post the list in the required sorted order.

How about something like; MaskEdBox1.Format = "" '1 MaskEdBox1.Text = "" '2 MaskEdBox1.Format = "(###)###-####" '3 MaskEdBox1.Text = "1235551212" '4

Seems like the pony got out of the stable a long time ago regarding cell phones, then smart phones and now the Internet of Things, so what exactly is the big privacy deal regarding the few remaining desktop pcs when many of them will be talking to a smart phone or your refrigerator anyway. We've...

>If your program "smells like" a legacy setup ... Which often means the exe has a name like or including strings like 'setup', 'update', 'upgrade', 'install' etc. e.g. SETUP.EXE What exe file names are you using?

Thanks again for your help.

Is Office 2016 available (in UK) on CD/DVD, I can only seem to find download licence keys. If yes some links would be good. I'm looking for Pro but could manage with Home and Biz. TIA

Hope you had a happy one and best wishes for the New Year.

>then there is a built-in API function that'll do it. Thanks for vbGetNextFileName ...

Microsoft Security Essentials continues to work (as best it can I guess, albeit with constant nags that the OS is unsupported) and continues to be updated.

Like very much. Thanks for your help again.