Re: Overflowing a Long

Sorry Bob, but I gotta go with him on that one too. I really do like VB6,
but file handling is not its strength, either in terms of raw power (I don't
see SQL Server being written in VB) or in terms of programming elegance
either.



Rob

"Bob O`Bob" <filterbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Michael C wrote:

And that is a good thing! You guys might like to work in the past but the
vb file handling would have to be not only the worst feature in vb6 but
the worst feature in any language that has ever existed (ok, maybe a
slight exaggeration but not much).


Well, at least we've finally firmly established from which orifice your
"wisdom" spouts.

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