Author Archives: Bruce

Getting the mail is now just depressing

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Bruce

On Saturday, August 16th, 2014 I had to take my best friend of almost 14 years to be euthanized. She had suffered from arthritis in her hind legs for years, and that had caused me to stop taking her for … Continue reading →

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Printing the contents of a div (or other element)

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Bruce

Today I worked on printing the contents of a <div> tag. The first solution I found was to use java script to open a new window, write the contents of the <div> to it and use the window.print() function. It … Continue reading →

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Limit a TextBox to Numeric Entry Only in VB6

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Bruce

I am surprised at how often I still see this question asked, and the answer almost always involves using the KeyUp, or KeyDown event and programmatically canceling the keystroke if the key pressed was not numeric. I don’t like doing it … Continue reading →

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My Political Opinion 2012

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Bruce

We are two days from the 2012 presidential election and I feel the need to post my opinion. I am in what is colloquially termed, mid-life. When I first began my voting career at 18 I was mostly middle of … Continue reading →

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