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VB5 / VB6

• Use a text file to initialize a ComboBox connected with a ListBox (3K)
• Print a text file (8K)
• Make the Common Dialog Control display page numbers when selecting a printer (2K)
• (Updated) Animate a bouncing ball on a background (68K)
• Draw random non-overlapping rectangles without using API functions (5K)
• Let the user scroll through a very long graph (3K)
• Resize controls when a form is resized (3K)
• Completed Contest: Ceasar Substitution (20K)
• When the user selects an entry in a DBCombo, load corresponding data in a DBListBox (12K)
• Find the quotient and remainder when dividing two non-integers (3K)
• Rotate a form's caption (2K)
• Select items newly added to a ListBox (2K)
• Display the printer setup dialog (2K)
• Make a simple airplane reservation system (3K)
• Make a stop watch (3K)
• Draw using a "spray paint" brush (41K)
• Use Data controls to display master/detail data (5K)
• Make a scroll bar with a gray background (2K)
• Convert HTML colors to and from Visual Basic colors (3K)
• Quickly view graphic files, another version (3K)
• Factor numbers and find random primes (4K)
• Compare different methods for finding the number of Mondays in a month (12K)
• Drag items between two ListBoxes (3K)
• Routines for type casting (3K)
• Manipulate strings (replace or remove occurrences, etc.) (2K)
• Verify that JPG files are smaller and slower than BMP files (236K)

• Open the CD drive (2K)
• Print a long list of items (2K)
• Display a clock in a label (2K)
• Animate a bouncing ball on a blank background (2K)
• Start the control panel's Date/Time application (or another) (2K)