VBnet Code Library: Helper Routines

	Helper Routines Updated Saturday March 31, 2001
Category	Topic
Arrays vb6 vb5 vb4-32	How to Determine if an Array has been Dimensioned Wrapper routine that returns True if an array has already been allocated using Dim or ReDim. June 3.99 How to Determine the Number of Dimensions in an Array Routine that returns the number of dimensions in the passed array. July 29.99

HTML vb6 vb5 vb4-32 vb3 vb2	Safe HTML Colours - Hues - White Background Safe HTML Colours - Hues - Black Background Safe HTML Colours - Values - White Background Not code, but rather images showing the Hex and RGB values for safe browser colours. July 17.99

Numbers vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Generating a Random Array of Unique Numbers Routine to randomize an array of unique numbers of any size. Oct 18.99 Handy Functions for Working with Numbers A couple of handy number functions to assist in your app. Apr 12.2000 Handy Macros to Converting Numeric Data Types Wrappers to convert between various numeric data types. Updated Nov 28.99 How to Determine the Number of Digits in a Number A one-line routine that returns the number of digits in a passed numeric value. Oct 3.99

Operating System vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Handy Routines for Identifying the Windows Version Four IsXXX functions that return True if the OS matches the desired type. August 14.99

Strings vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Implementing a Number-To-Text Conversion Function A multi-option number-to-text routine. Updated August 20, 1999

Windows & Forms vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Centering a Label Within a Container Tiny routine to vertically and horizontally centre a multiline label within a form or container control. Feb 12.2000 How to Create a 'Splash Screen' in Visual Basic Adding and calling a startup splash screen that does double duty as an about screen. July 30.99 How to Restore and Activate a Window via its hWnd Use the APIs to restore any window on-screen. July 17.99 Using ClipCursor to Restrict the Rodent to a Form's Client Area How to prevent the cursor from moving outside the form's client area. Feb 12.2000