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"No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft."

From H.G. Wells, source not known


Howard Kaikow:

What services are offered by Howard Kaikow?

Who is Howard Kaikow?


Non-JavaScript links

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If you unexpectedly arrived at this web page (index.html), then I expect that you do not have JavaScript enabled.

Click here to get a list of the corresponding non-JavaScript links.


Anti-Virus

Anti-Virus and Microsoft Office.


Sorting

Sort Performance Comparison Program: Useful for VB and VBA programmers to learn how sorting algorithms perform.


Software

Copy, Move, Delete, and Rename files: Recover files with certain types of lost access.


Backup, Drives, Files

Copy, Move, Delete, and Rename files: Recover files with certain types of lost access.
Change File Times: Change File Times.
Change Path Times: Change Path Times.
Compare Drives: Compare Logical Drives.
Copy File To Printer: Copy a file to the printer.
Get Disk Space Used: Find out how much disk space has been used on your drives.
Get File Type Distribution: Find out the distribution of file types on your drives.
Read File: Read a file.


This and That

Font List: Get a list of the fonts on your system.
Page File Usage Monitor: How much of your page file is actually used?


Temporary Links

Each link in the following set of links is intended to be temporary (None at this time).

Withdrawn Links:

WriteLine2002-001.zip: Associated with topic "System.NullReferenceException gets raised when not raised with VB 6 code" posted 18 October 2003 in newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade.

Launch Word Problem: Associated with topic "Launch Word problem" posted 3 November 2003 in newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade.

Out of stack space error: Associated with topic "Out of stack space: Should I punt?" posted 31 January 2004 in newsgroup microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion.

BindingOfficeServerWithVB.zip: Associated with topic "Automating Excel from VB .NET" posted 30 August 2003 in newsgroups microsoft.public.excel.programming and microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.

ChangeFormWidth.zip: Associated with topic "Relationship between design and run-time Form properties" posted 27 November 2003 in newsgroup microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion.

DataExcelVBNET.zip: Associated with topic "Automating Excel, using ADO.NET, from VB .NET" posted 1 September 2003 in newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.ado.

HelloWorld-2.zip: Associated with topic "Is Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility Library installed by .NET Framework?" posted 30 September 2003 in newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.

WMIvb6.zip: Associated with topic "VB and .NET Framework" posted 28 September 2003 in newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.


Visual Basic:

VB Code
VB Bugs and "Features"
Using Visual Basic 6 programs
Cannot add reference to Word template project via Automation


Visual Basic .NET:

VB .NET Bugs and "Features"
Cannot add reference to Word template project via Automation


Microsoft Office VBA:

Books

Under Construction (Construction permit withdrawn)

Examples of VBA code

The VBA code in VBA Code Snippets may include Microsoft Word templates or Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, or ... . In some cases, the code applies to only one application, however, in other cases, the code will be applicable to more than one VBA application.

VBA Bugs and "Features"

The VBA code in VBA Bugs and "Features" may include Microsoft Word templates or Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, or ... . In some cases, the code applies to only one application, however, in other cases, the code will be applicable to more than one VBA application.

Downloads

Sort Performance Comparison Program: Useful for VB and VBA programmers to learn how sorting algorithms perform

Demonstration of how to set a VBA project password in code without using SendKeys.


Microsoft Access:

Downloads

Demonstration of how to set a VBA project password in code without using SendKeys.


Microsoft Excel:

Books

Under Construction (Construction permit withdrawn)

Excel Bugs and Features

Excel Bugs and Features describes some bugs ("features") that I have run into while writing Excel macros. In some cases, a bug might be reproducible even without using a macro.

Downloads

Sort Performance Comparison Program: Useful for VB and VBA programmers to learn how sorting algorithms perform.
Demonstration of how to set a VBA project password in code without using SendKeys.


Microsoft PowerPoint:

Downloads

Demonstration of how to set a VBA project password in code without using SendKeys.


Microsoft Word:

Visual Basic DLL for Microsoft Word

The Word VB DLL includes software that may be used by Microsoft Word.

Converting WordBasic macros to Word VBA macros

Converting WordBasic macros to Word VBA macros

Books

Word VBA books

WordBasic books

Cross-Platform Word macros

Prior to Office 97 for Windows and Office 98 for MacIntosh, Word macros were programmed using WordBasic. Since Office 97 and Office 98, Word macros are programmed using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). Macros may be written for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. The following are some thoughts on this subject:

Cross-Platform Word macros

Oh My Word!

I often comment on Word in newsgroups, forums or lists. I'm getting tired of repeating the same thing many times, so I will put some of my words here:

Automatic Numbering in Microsoft Word Documents
Saving Word a document as earlier version
How to look at macro source code
Macro recording is unreliable and not a good way to learn VBA
How to rebuild a template

Word Bugs and Features

Cannot add reference to Word template project via Automation

Downloads

Setting up a web server to Download/View Word files.
Dictionary style definitions (This is a zipped Word document).
Numbering of clauses using SEQ fields in an Annex (This is a zipped Word document)
Sort Performance Comparison Program: Useful for VB and VBA programmers to learn how sorting algorithms perform.
Demonstration of how to set a VBA project password in code without using SendKeys.


Standards

CD-ROM

High Sierra format for CD-ROM: Obtaining the original High Sierra format document, the seed from which ISO 9660 grew.

ISO/IEC 13346 and ISO/IEC 13490

Birth Announcement: ISO/IEC 13346 and ISO/IEC 13490.
How to purchase.