That´s an amazing long thread, I could not read all posts. I see M$ is (again) cutting the roots (as I remember, M$ startet with Basic interpreters for computer manufacturers), and their attitude against "Basic" is .... mehh.. dont like that old stuff, and somehow this feels like M$ sees "Basic" developers as 2nd or even 3rd class citizens in the ecosystem. Another company (calling €€€ or $$$ for getting it) provides still a "Visual Basic (.NET)" language, but it´s not free. This company - I will not name it - still sees a benefit of supporting and developing the language, also for other platforms (iOS e.g.). You can google for it. And another company stepped into a - not really compatible but easy to use - VB6 replacement. Also for other platforms (Mac, Linux and more). They just removed the name of the language "Basic". You can google for it. There is even a project on patreon, that guy is currently developing as VB6 compatible IDE and compiler (still alpha) targeting .NET Framework (very very alpha, but an amazing idea: put your old code in and get 64bit binaries out). google it, and if you like it, support him (I do ...) A lot of people obviously thinks, "Basic" is "basic" .... but thats not the meaning of the name of the language.

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Hi Sander, is it possible to send you an email with a possible solution (at least there is a chance)? greetings, Thomas

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And RemObjects "Mercury": VB for all platforms ... for a bunch of $$$ but it exists!

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I need also a lot of things ....

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You also have search all SUBDIRECTORIES of a given Startpoint. You should write a function getting all files and directories, and then you can call this function recursive (calling it for each subdirectory with an new startdir).

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did you google for the right question? I/O Ports Uncensored - 1 - Controlling LEDs (Light Emiting Diodes) with Parallel Port[^] as a starting point for communication with parallel port.

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if you are running a .net application, build for target "any cpu", the program will start as a 64 bit application - if the machine is running a 64 bit windows. and if your win32.dll (doesn´t sound like an .net dll) is build for 32 bit (why do i think it is? maybe the 32 in win32.dll?, then it is not possible. you have to build the .net app explicitly for x86 target. dot.

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32/64 bit mismatch! you have to set the target cpu to x86, then it will work.

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maybe, maybe not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vala_%28programming_language%29[^]

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maybe they have it now ... early with the crt´s it was much simpler: the radiation of the crt was readable ... but the no such agency can even identify you by your typing rate/style.

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ok, i used a few minutes ... and proofed you are right. AND i want YOUR computer *g* both ways used 3 milliseconds on my machine :(

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I tried to save this 10 minutes :)

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additional to your EDIT 2: did you also test starting with an big array (say 1.000.000) and redim to double size if overflow, and one redim at the end (to reduce to used size)? how fast would this be?

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for very small amounts of data i used sucessfully the ado recordset save / load method.

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I need a lot of things too

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thank YOU for leaving

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tell your customer that he made an request which is VERY EXPANSIVE to handle - he will agree with identity columns.

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ok, now i understand your question. with 1 minute googling i found this: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=356060&page=7 http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/tsnewlib.aspx

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Task scheduler in Windows?

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If he pays enough, he will get also VB6 support. I will call it not a fee, but a compensation for pain and suffering.

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