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YIKES! Thanks, Christiaan Baes, for your response. It would appear in many instances that .NET is a step backward :( But, buy golly, I can enter the word "form" in the Help Search and get 500 listings. That's a good thing right? wiz .NET is what you get when you have Alfred E. Neuman as Chief...

Greetings, Here we go... I'm new to .NET. I have created a new project (vb Windows Application) Now I can't seem to find the commands/functions etc to get what I want to get done. I want to be able to call the .NET app from another program. I want to pass an argument or parameter to the .NET...

Thanks ... Duh, why didn't I think of that... I must be really tired. Been awhile .. but browser used to be my best friend. lol wiz

Hi, here are some code fragments that might help you Private Sub UpdateZipCodes() Dim dbs As Database Dim rst As Recordset Dim strSQL As String strSQL = "SELECT tblZipCodes.ZipCode, tblZipCodes.State, tblZipCodes.City, tblZipCodes.County FROM tblZipCodes;" Set dbs = CurrentDb...

Hi, Just want to say thanks to all of the people who contribute to forums of this nature. I have a question, that I hope will not be too difficult to solve. (the question is located here:) XML Question Thanks in advance to anyone who as any input. Many regards, wizzie

Hi, I'd like to add a few cents. Just as the definition of Super Computer has changed over the years so have the definitions of different trade titles. Years ago, a Super Computer cost $7,000,000.00 (Cray XMP) and was capable of a whopping, at that time, 800,000,000 instructions per second. I...

Greetings, I need help with filling in the blank. (if possible) Over the years I've been around several types of databases DBase IV, FoxBase, Unify, Sybase (long long ago), Access, and now MySQL. Most of them except Sybase which was client server were simple stand alone applications in that...

Thanks for all of the replys. We've gone moved forward and are using a combination of disciplines. Remote Access of computers and VPN's All things are progressing smoothly and I didn't have to re-invent (do lots of superfluous coding) the wheel so to speak Regards, wiz

An update, the URL http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ worked in Opera's news. So Thanks, I must have something hosed with Fortes Free Agent News reader. Or more than likely I don't know how to use it. Thanks again tviman for you help, wiz

Thanks, I must have something else afoul because I still get the same error even when I used http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ Here's the error from [Forte free agent]: Error reported by winsock driver Host name not found (error 110004)

Greetings, If anyone knows what to put in the newsreader for news server for HTML-Kit I'd appreciate it. so far I have used the following without success. I heep getting host name not found. news://html-kit.com/ news://html-kit.com/chami/ news://html-kit.com/chami.public/...

PS sorry about not having a clearer subject line. I was trying not to lead the comments in any direction by saying something like here's an example of HORRENDOUS code. I was looking for just what was provided - honest first impression feedback. regards, wiz

Hi, WOW thanks for the replys. I have my hands full indeed because part of the program is broken and I am chartered to maintain the code. What you folks are giving me is ammunition for my case for a complete rewrite new db design and code. So I appreciate all the comments again. regards, wiz

Greetings, Your comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I'm posting this here because I would like as many coders as possible to view this post. I have just inherited the support of an existing system. I will say I am grateful for the opportunity and the income. When I started...

Greetings again, thanks for the replys. very helpful. "Where are all the stupid people from... ...And how'd they get so dumb?" Answer: I don't know. But, consider the average Joe ... and understand half of entire worlds population is dummer than that! OK! points well taken, I wish there would...