Data variables in C# and Visual Basic normally define themselves by the amount and type of data they hold. The string type, with its ability to store 2 billion characters, is often seen gloating about ...

In part 2 of a series, On VB columnist Joe Kunk provides a Visual Basic program to generate a SQL script that clears all the data from a SQL Server database. In part one of this article, I described a ...

but nothing with the same mix of capabilities and ease of use that Visual Basic for Applications has. Database development tool Access remains without peer or alternative. Office macros and Access ...

Triggered by a database update as age restrictions are ... in effect becoming the new Visual Basic, it’s likely to replace many user interface building tools. This requires support in ...

Microsoft announced in early 2012 that it would extend support for aging Visual Basic 6 runtimes and code ... from the inclusion of a way to export data to an Excel spreadsheet.

Unicode lets you display extended characters in your Visual Basic 6 forms ... Use the Unicode encoded string to store the data in a variable and display the data to the user's screen.