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Month: November 2013

Shell Hell for VBA 64 bits

One of the useful uses of the Windows API, back in the old days of 32 bits programming, was to use the shell’s standard dialogs for browsing for a folder or picking a file. VB/VBA didn’t have a way to do that, whereas today, modern VB, I mean VBA7 of course (today’s “Visual Basic” denomination… Continue reading Shell Hell for VBA 64 bits

Published 11 November 2013
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