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Lightwave said:

I have decided that Marketing per-se is not evil.

It is the act of selling which is evil.

It pollutes everything it touches. Marketing departments / Politicians (of all persuasions ) / Tender processes / managers / consultants.

Whenever and wherever someone is trying to give or sell you something the act of which will benefit the person doing that giving or selling the temptation is to positively spin - it absolutely sucks in all but the strongest - If they are never involved in delivery this is completely fatal. The further away delivery is the absolutely worse it is. The bigger the project is the more dangerous it is. The less you know about the thing you are buying the more dangerous it is. Managers often even select consultants that re-in-force their opinion and fire those that don't because you got it they are selling themselves.

Whenever someone is trying to sell you something seek independent advice from someone who has absolutely zero financial interest but hopefully is nonetheless knowledgeable on the subject.

This is what gives forums and blogs such value - they are a true source of completely independent impartial advice.

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ridders said:

Some ActiveX controls won't work in 64 bit. Another reason to avoid them as far as possible?

Are you aware of the use of conditional compiling for API declarations?

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The_Doc_Man said:

In a sense, Microsoft began because Bill Gates wasn't a coding genius. He was a "see a need and fill it" genius. Early versions of Windows were just layers on top of DOS because the arcane commands of a command-line system were too much for most people. The GUI interface for the then nascent home computer industry was the need he filled. It made computers more usable for the folks who don't like/understand command lines and scripting. He created a GUI for folks who didn't have a CLUI.

Marketing, on the other hand, typically is a "find a product and create a need" operation. Which is why I used to cringe whenever Ron Popeil and his "Pocket xxxx" pitches aired on the TV. Never mind that the guy became a multi-millionaire.

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Dick7Access said:

I had an advertising course in college. One of the assignments was to come up with a new twist on an old product. An example that was given us was stripe toothpaste. Same ingredients, but one ingredient was colored red.

I came up with "Complete" instant coffee with cream and sugar already in it.
I got a "B"

I brought up a book I had purchase about subliminal advertising and was castigated, just as the author of the book predicated.

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scott-atkinson said:

That is one of my issues, my applications are heavily impregnated with ActiveX controls mainly because they are much more versatile and formattable than Form controls which are really basic, hence my frustrations..

Not familiar with API Declarations, please explain?

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 Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" Alias "ShowWindow" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

 Public Declare [COLOR="red"]PtrSafe[/COLOR] Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" Alias "ShowWindow" (ByVal hwnd As [COLOR="red"]LongPtr[/COLOR], ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

#If Win64 Then 'need PtrSafe and datatype LongPtr
   Public Declare [COLOR="red"]PtrSafe[/COLOR] Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" Alias "ShowWindow" (ByVal hwnd As [COLOR="red"]LongPtr[/COLOR], ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
#Else '32-bit Office
  Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" Alias "ShowWindow" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
#End If