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I need to find out the precision of the floating-point data types viz. Single, Double, and Decimal i.e. the maximum number of decimal digits ( i.e. base 10 digits ) that may be specified in thier literals. As this is not documented I thought I'd keep on enterring ever larger numbers in the...

I'd like to find out ( programatically ) the sizes of the Windows data types for an application I'm writing but can't find anything in the SDK about it ( the Win32 Simple Data Types topic states these sizes but I need to find them out dynamically ). One thing I'm not clear about in this...

I have set up an ImageCombo box with the flags of some countries. However the images turn out bad looking. I have tried .ico and .gif files. The formar are quite indistinct and even looses color and the latter are much bigger than the ImageCombo rows. How can I get the images to look just the...

I have repeatedly tried to install my JetFlash 128 MB pen drive in DOS without any success. After going through numerous Web pages, I came to the conclusion that the Panasonic driver combined with the "Mottu Hairu" driver might be the best bet. Accordingly I have included the following lines in...

I am trying to get the IDE Find command to search for blocks of lines whose first line is "'instrumentation" and last is "'end instrumentation' but it doesn't do it even though I have checked Use Pattern Matching and given "'instrumentation*'end instrumentation" as the search pattern. What...

I have repeatedly tried to install my JetFlash 128 MB pen drive in DOS without any success. After going through numerous Web pages, I came to the conclusion that the Panasonic driver combined with the "Mottu Hairu" driver might be the best bet. Accordingly I have included the following lines...

I want to test a certain International application for all locales. I have tried checking all the boxes in the Regional Options Language Settings for the System list-box but when I call EnumSystemLocales with LCID_INSTALLED ( and also LCID_supported )the API iterates only once and I get only the...

Oversoft CPU Informer states my Level 1 cache is 0; Lavasoft Everest states it as 64KB. Which is correct? Also both state there is no L2 cache. How can I remedy this? Any tips on optimizing this processor is welcome. PS I wonder whether Everest is reading from a database instead of measuring as...

how to derive a .Net class from a COM class

I have an odrinary video Cd and am unable to run it on my PC. How can I see the movie on the PC?

I keep all my drivers, system utiltities etc. on a single CD for convenience but the Nero Burning ROM package supplied with my Samsung SM-348B combo drive is too bulky - 655MB - containing as it does much other software from Ahead. Just copying the Nero folder also doesn't work. I found very...

How big a buffer should be provided for file names including fully qualified path for portability under all versions of Windows. Is there any constant available in the Windows SDK for this?

When I use the BeginTrans method I get the error "attribute cannot be set now". I cannot find this error message in the Reference - as a matter of fact I cannot find any error messages in there. Casting about indicates this might have something to do with a "Transaction DDL" dynamic provider...

I have a lot of boring stuff to enter and I was just wondering if any reader knows if it is possible to dictate it in?

I came accross a HD utility known as "HD Tune" recently and was trying it out when I noticed that on running its test, it showed CPU usage to be nearly 100%. Isn't this too high. I read somewhere that DMA means that special chips take care of transfer so CPU usage ought to be just above 0%...

what is the procedure for removing items from the System Tray?

is it possible to do v-table binding for objects in VB

while the add-ins, facility is a good idea, the lack of keyboard macros is a real nuisance. Is it possible to incorporate this functionality into the IDE somehow?

Can anyone inform me of general purpose functions that can proper case text like StrConv with vbProperCase can but that is smarter and also Internaltionally aware? Thanks.

Is it possible to have Windows Explorer open on some folder other than My Computer by default?