Some notes on VB

Why Visual Basic?

- programming for the windows user interface is extremely complicated!
- other GUI are no better.
- VB provides a convenient method for building stand-alone user interfaces.
- VB can interface with code written in C for efficiency.

What VB is not

- VB is not a powerful programming language that enables you to do anything you want.
- VB is not that elegant or fast.
- VB is not a replacement for C.
- VB is not anything like any other programming language you have ever used.

When you program in VB:

- You draw pictures of your user interface.
- You draw buttons, text boxes and other user interface items.
- You add little snippets of code to handle the user interface.
- You add initialization codes, usually as the last step.
- If you like, you can code more complex functions! (but many do not do so)

Java Script: No right click

I used to use these scripts. But now, I believe in the official motto of the US state of Hampshire which is "Live free or die". I choose to live free - to share these scripts for the benefit of all IT and non-IT professionals (or aspirants) out there.

Oh, for those of you who don't know where to place this code, just place it in any area in between the and tags.

Database: No AutoIncrement for Oracle (VB6)

Since Oracle (PL/SQL) doesn't have an auto increment feature for their number(or integer) datatype, coder/users are faced with a question: How can their programs move/progress to a next transaction in the database, if there's no auto increment feature? Simple, by creating a function in the frontend(ui) side which would do the auto incrementing and pass the auto increment value to the database - upon each new transaction.