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Keeping a procedure argument ByRef while setting it to a class variable
My question is how do I keep an argument passed to a procedure by reference as a "pointer" when I want to save the procedure's ByRef argument out to a class variable? My desire is then to keep a variable ByRef when passed out of the procedure…
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asked 2025-09-14T17:30:06+00:00
Glenn T. Kitchen
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edited the question 2025-09-15T04:37:25.18+00:00
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Rob Caplan - MSFT
6,127
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How to make a google form as Payment Receipt Register linking excel sheet having customer , salesman list to auto select the information,
// ====================== Payment Collection Register Script ====================== // This script automates: // 1. Receipt Date auto-fill (today's date, admin-only editable) // 2. Auto update of "Total in Words" in footer (Row 105, Column…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-09-04T08:36:39.2333333+00:00
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Bashir A. Zaroo
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commented 2025-09-12T06:22:58.6466667+00:00
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Susmitha T (INFOSYS LIMITED)
655
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2 answers
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How do I prevent Visual Studio from automatically adding unneeded includes in VB modules
I often copy modules from one project to another and often times Visual Studio will add several includes at the top of the class. When surveying through source code I find unnecessary includes have been added. If an include is needed I want compilation…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
5,490 questions
asked 2023-01-17T20:10:10.8+00:00
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David McDivitt
221
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commented 2025-09-03T12:00:07.52+00:00
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Mark Prichard
0
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Setup was unable to create a DCOM user account in order to...vb6
Setup was unable to create a DCOM user account in order to... Fix this problem!
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-09-01T04:17:39.96+00:00
Kawsar Siddiqui
6
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edited the question 2025-09-01T10:23:59.8133333+00:00
Gérard Oomens
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WebView2 with Custom ContextMenuStrip in VB.net
How can I add my own ContextMenuStrip to WebView2 on vb.net.
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-08-25T15:02:32.33+00:00
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Apostolos Doudakmanis
141
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answered 2025-08-29T14:02:17.47+00:00
Apostolos Doudakmanis
141
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1 answer
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Excel Interop throws exception with reference added
Hi, I am trying to develop a vb.net application to open an XLSX file, change every occurrence of a label in the file, then save the file. See the exception I am receiving. I have included the Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel and a COM reference to…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-08-17T21:21:28.12+00:00
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Bruce Bachtell
21
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commented 2025-08-25T03:48:42.6933333+00:00
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Gade Harika (INFOSYS LIMITED)
645
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
What do I need to have access to VB6 development tools?
I need to do some development on a VB6 application. I am trying to arrive at the required tools and such that will get me to Visual Studio with VB6 development capacity. What do I need and how do I get access to the require toolset.
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-08-15T22:11:33.0666667+00:00
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gregg wonderly
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edited a comment 2025-08-18T21:28:19.4566667+00:00
gregg wonderly
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Excel VBA: Can my VBA code determine whether Solver is running?
Is there a way to test whether Solver is running? I have a section of VBA code that must be skipped if Solver is running. I'm using MS Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024 (Windows).
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
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Validating user's input format is not working
Our requirement is to ask users to create a password with the following format: First letter of firstname+First letter of lastname+2 digits of month+2 digits of day+4 digits of year. For instance, a user with the name of John Doe, born January 1, 1900…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
Developer technologies | ASP.NET | Other
3,612 questions
asked 2025-02-18T23:08:28.06+00:00
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Simflex
326
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commented 2025-08-07T10:33:40.5733333+00:00
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Danny Nguyen (WICLOUD CORPORATION)
1,440
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
4 answers
Access database set Default Value of a short text field of another short text field
Hi there I have an access database with a short text field called TM Description. I have created another short text field called BrandingDescription that I want to set the Default Value to the text entered in TM Description, ie the two fields would show…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-07-17T01:56:55.08+00:00
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Emily Williams
0
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commented 2025-08-04T03:52:04.0866667+00:00
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Surya Amrutha Vaishnavi Lanka (INFOSYS LIMITED)
415
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
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WebRequest Migration to HTTPClient - Needing Feedback to Calling Function
Hello.. I have some code migrating from VS Studio 2013 to VS Studio 2022. Seeing that WebReq has been deprecated. Working to migrate to HTTPClient. Seems that httpclient is async only, I am guessing here... My overall code is written to call a RoboCall…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-07-28T16:12:50.4066667+00:00
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Smith, Jeffery Thomas (Jeff)
156
Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-31T14:10:11.58+00:00
Smith, Jeffery Thomas (Jeff)
156
Reputation points
1 answer
VBA oledb open connection became slow
In my VBA project the opening of the OLEDB-connection has become really slow. (In the past it worked fast but since some months it has become slow.) It takes 13 seconds to just open the connection. I have tried this with only this coding in my project…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-06-08T12:49:38.67+00:00
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Nik Marien
5
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answered 2025-07-30T18:27:03.0166667+00:00
Nik Marien
5
Reputation points
1 answer
Windows Shutdown
I have a small app written in .NET 9, VB. The app does use an xml data file. When shutting down the computer, this app prevents windows from shutting down to allow user to save work. This is despite the fact that NO data saving is required at the time…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-07-11T09:59:41.2133333+00:00
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Ford Prefect
20
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commented 2025-07-30T15:38:39.87+00:00
Ford Prefect
20
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2 answers
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I'd like to know how VB.NET handles cookies
I maintain an old VB.NET WebForms app. I'm converting it to C# and updating it. However, when it comes to converting how the old app handled browser cookies and how to make the same thing work in a C# Blazor app, I am not sure how to proceed. Here's a…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-06-04T21:29:07.1866667+00:00
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Falanga, Rod, DOH
290
Reputation points
accepted 2025-07-17T13:37:36.4133333+00:00
Falanga, Rod, DOH
290
Reputation points
3 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Update tables linked in Access using VB.NET
I have an Access DB that has linked tables to other access DBs and links to Excel spreadsheets. I would like to scan the links, using vb.net, and validate that they are pointing to the current location of the files. If not I want to change the link…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Access | Development
917 questions
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2021-10-16T22:11:13.52+00:00
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Don Glover
516
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commented 2025-07-16T14:38:29.5066667+00:00
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Ryan Kristoffer M. Liray
5
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3 answers
How to insert two or more different values under one column name based on parent PK?
Greetings experts, We are designing internal ballot system that will be used to elect members into various positions based on election types.
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-06-02T16:04:54.6866667+00:00
Simflex
326
Reputation points
commented 2025-07-14T08:54:55.3866667+00:00
Surya Amrutha Vaishnavi Lanka (INFOSYS LIMITED)
415
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
4 answers
What can I do with white space in the connection string?
I wrote a small application in VB.NET (VS 2022), and it worked well with the connection string without white space. When I put it in the folder with spaces and that is where I have issues with it. How do I solve this issue with the white space? I do…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
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Value cannot be null. Parameter name: format visual studio 2022
I can create new and work in projects, I can save them and send them to my instructor and they can open them, but whenever I try to open one of my own projects again I get this: at System.String.FormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format,…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2022-02-27T00:29:55.197+00:00
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John Rinaldo
6
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commented 2025-06-25T22:14:19.5233333+00:00
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Will Howard
0
Reputation points
1 answer
Request for Assistance with App Service Performance – High Time in ManagedPipelineHandler
Experiencing performance issues with an Azure App Service. Analysis revealed 4 slow request(s) where the module consuming the most time is: ManagedPipelineHandler (57.1%) The diagnostic message indicates: "To troubleshoot performance issues or to…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
asked 2025-06-24T02:31:34.4266667+00:00
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SK Tang
0
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answered 2025-06-24T02:36:41.5266667+00:00
mudinaman143
20
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Get-StorageReliabilityCounter equivalent
Hi, These ps commands work fine, but I'm trying to get the StorageReliabilityCounter values in WinForms, and there's not a single working sample out there, do I need both MSFT_Disk and MSFT_DiskToStorageReliabilityCounter classes? If so, how to connect…
Developer technologies | VB
2,903 questions
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