Connecting HTML Help to Visual Basic Programs
Visual Basic (versions 6 and later) provides directly for calling window level HTML Help topics using the F1 key, or providing What’s This? Help for each control, including activation from the F1 key. The choice between What’s This? Help and form level F1 help can be made on a form by form basis. Only version 6 and later of Visual Basic recognize .chm files as a valid help file format. For any earlier versions of Visual Basic, you must make all HTML Help calls directly to the HTML Help API.You also cannot use the Common Dialog control to call HTML Help. No current version of this control recognizes .chm files a help files.
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INFORMIX-Data Director for Visual Basic Tutorial
Why Use Data Director?
Data Director makes developing database applications easier in many ways:
-You can avoid writing code. Data Director extends the Visual Basic drag-and-drop paradigm of application development to allow rapid application prototyping. This includes letting you create master-detail relationships without writing code.
-You can develop applications without knowing complex SQL. Data Directordynamicallygeneratesoptimized SQL statementsforyou,to access and manage your data, so that no knowledge of SQL or the underlying database is required.
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PHP-Nuke Management and Programming
There has always been the necessity to have a definitive guide on PHP-Nuke. This tutorial describes the installation and structure of PHP-Nuke and the details of customizing the front end to suit the users’ needs. The architecture of PHP-Nuke, with its modules, blocks, topics and themes is presented in detail, as well as the interplay of PHP and MySQL for the creation of a mighty content management system (CMS).It also delves into more advanced issues, like the programming of PHP-Nuke blocks and modules.
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Installing and Configuring PHP and MySQL Tutorial
The Windows PHP installer is available from the downloads page at www.php.net/download.php This installs the CGI version of PHP and for IIS, PWS, and Xitami, it configures the web server as well. The installer does not include any extra external PHP extensions (php_*.dll) as you’ll only find those in the Windows Zip Package and PECL downloads.
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Visual Basic Guide and Portfolio
This document provides a brief overview of the Portfolio commands available via the Automation interface in Extensis Portfolio 8.0 for Windows. The examples covered here are written in Microsoft Visual Basic 6. The source code for the sample applications is provided in both Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET (2003) format. Users familiar with other languages capable of using Automation should be able to extrapolate from the examples for their particular languages. This document assumes a basic level of working familiarity with Visual Basic.
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