Code Newsgroups: Visual Basic General Discussion

Software Development - Who owns the creative/resale rights?

Matt - 24 Sep 2005 2:58 PM - 22 messages

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the best forum for this question but i'm hoping someone may have experience with this matter. I have developed a few software applications for a client in Visual Basic 6/.Net. The client paid me an hourly rate to develop the ...

What would cause an hourglass cursor to appear as App loads???

Sam - 24 Sep 2005 2:29 PM - 2 messages

Hi I have an app that displays a splash screen then the main app. I have noticed lately that when it starts an hourglass appears then disappears then my app seem to go on it's way of splash timing out then main app apears ...

Draw shadows under child forms

Sebastian Mares - 24 Sep 2005 7:36 AM - 17 messages

Hi there! I seem to have a problem with drawing shadows behind child forms. Here is my code: Private Const CS_DROPSHADOW As Long = &H20000 Private Const GCL_STYLE As Long = -26 Private Declare Function GetClassLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassLongA" (ByVal lngHandler As Long, ByVal lngIndex As Long) As Long ...

Control Mute or Audio Volume

Doug Sanders - 24 Sep 2005 4:37 AM - 3 messages

I'm creating a presentation program to be distributed on CD. Works well, but now client wants option to allow viewer to mute the audio on their system if desired. I'd like to get the current volume level, save it, set the level to zero, ...

VB 6 Setup.exe and Windows 2003

BillG - 24 Sep 2005 1:27 AM - 3 messages

I am trying to run a setup.exe which was created in VB 6 on a machine running Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server Service Pack 1. I get the error that the operating system is not the correct version for the setup.exe. ...

Tooltip ques

MP - 24 Sep 2005 12:16 AM - 5 messages

Hi I've seen a couple net samples for making tool tips. They give the ability to show a tool tip over a control on the form in your own app. I'm wondering if there's a way to show a tool tip when cursor is over ...

Shell works differently in two different programs

Martin - 23 Sep 2005 11:07 PM - 5 messages

I'm using the following statement in a VB6 program to start/show another program: Call Shell(PathName$, vbNormalFocus) where PathName$ is something like "C:\SomeFolder\SecondProgramName.exe" This works exactly as intended: if the Second Program is not running, ...

Problem with 3rd line of code

netsurfer802 - 23 Sep 2005 10:14 PM - 2 messages

Hello: I'm having a hard time with a project and will explain what I did first, which had led to the error: First I've created a connection to the NWind.mdb Access file with the DataEnvironment1 from Visual Basic 6 in the "DataProject - ...

Hotmail Question

Norm - 23 Sep 2005 8:05 PM - 6 messages

Is hotmail down because i cannot get my email? Thanks ...

Re-size Print Preview

Jim Y - 23 Sep 2005 7:47 PM - 13 messages

I have a test program that permits display of the form (preview) at full size using a PictureBox on the screen. So far so good - it works. What must I do to permit the user to enlarge the display if something is too small to be read and ...

API Newbie

tractng - 23 Sep 2005 6:28 PM - 11 messages

Guys, I am new to API programming. I am trying to write the information of a property page of a file to another file. For instance, the property page of a file has the information already filled in by the user within a program that they used. I want to copy ...

Tab key intercept

JoeBananas - 23 Sep 2005 6:18 PM - 7 messages

Ok, I've searched and searched and searched and can only find one answer to this but I can't use that soluction. I know the Tab key can only be intercepted in the KeyPress event and not the KeyUp or KeyDown events. I know that all the controls on the ...

Print Screen

Barry - 23 Sep 2005 5:45 PM - 8 messages

Hi, Could someone help me with regards to a Print Screen button? Ideally, I'd like the Users to be able to click a button and then a screen print, print to their default printer. If possible, only a screen print of the current form? ...

Folders- First layer only

Kevin J Prince - 23 Sep 2005 3:31 PM - 8 messages

Greetings, Anyone have a routine already written that will a. look at a piece of media (whatever drive pointed at) b. read in the folders (only the first level and NO files) c. save them in a text file (or as a string) ...

Check Text is in a combo box?

Damon - 23 Sep 2005 3:03 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a combo box which has three items in it i.e. Finance, ICT, Admin. I want the user to be able to add new items to the combo box. When they type in a new entry i.e. Housing I want to be able to check that Housing isn't ...

How to create MSDiscMasterObj ?

Milo - 23 Sep 2005 1:53 PM - 4 messages

Hello group, I want to create MSDiscMasterObj, what do I do? ...

Advice for PDF printer driver (VB6)

Robertico - 23 Sep 2005 1:33 PM - 21 messages

I'd like to print my reports to PDF. Now i'am using the 'Adobe PDF printer' driver (Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Pro) using the VB printer object. (With special thanks to Mike Williams) Everthing works fine, but this printer driver everytime displays a dialogbox ...

Design Question - Long(ish) Post

Tony Spratt - 23 Sep 2005 1:33 PM - 5 messages

All, I have a small design problem to solve concerning a service I'm writing in VB6. The following explanation is about as condensed as I can make it without missing anything important out - sorry if it goes on a bit. ...

outlook

Sentinel - 23 Sep 2005 12:54 PM - 4 messages

I would like to ad a toolbar into outlook or add two buttons onto existing toolbar in outlook. when clicked on a button, the program must pull the text from the selected mail (or mail editor) and do something with it, and then ...

excel and cols/rows from vb

GrahamJWalsh - 23 Sep 2005 12:09 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I have a macro installed in excel that parses the contents of a worksheet. The problem is that the current loop iterates over all cells of the worksheet regardless of whether they are empty or not. i.e. last_col = ActiveCell.Column ...

How to comment a block codes

ajd - 23 Sep 2005 10:07 AM - 6 messages

Hello, I get a small question. How can I comment a block of codes without do it line by line in VB? Thanks in advance to anyone can help me ...

sendkeys doesnt sometimes send keys

A. Ahola - 23 Sep 2005 9:59 AM - 10 messages

Hello, im using vb6 app to control Microstation command line with sendkeys. The first commands worked well, but somewhere along the line everything became unstable. While debugging, I created two lines of code left, and isolated the problem: SendKeys "{ESC}" ...

sending to printer

Chris Venables - 23 Sep 2005 9:51 AM - 2 messages

I have a form with a rich text box on it, i want to be able to click on a button and it print out what is seen in the rich text box, how do i go about this? is there a controller i have to put on the form like you do with common ...

drag from VB textbox, drop into html textbox, possible?

mscir - 23 Sep 2005 8:24 AM - 3 messages

I'm a drag and drop beginner, I am wondering if this is possible. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA, Mike ...

Visual Studio 6.0 Product ID Number

Heinrich - 23 Sep 2005 2:21 AM - 11 messages

I recently replaced my computer and I an currently reinstalling my software. The installation wizard for Visual Studio 6.0 is asking for the product ID (3 + 7 characters) but I cannot locate the product ID. I have the software ...

Need help creating a printed webform and/or report

kvr901 - 23 Sep 2005 2:20 AM - 3 messages

I'm at the beginning stages of building a VB.NET ASP.NET web application using VS.NET 2003. I need to create reports that the users can print. These reports will each be based on one record, so there is no need for datagrids ...

locking of DB

Katie - 23 Sep 2005 1:22 AM - 8 messages

VB6 + Access 2003 I have a app that can add record, modify and view report. the app deploy in around 10 peoples PC. but i want only 1 user can enter the add record form at the same time. any locking of the form can be implemented? ...

about mutiple databases

¢Ù¢×¢Ü¢Õ¢Ò¢Ý¢Û - 23 Sep 2005 12:18 AM - 7 messages

I have a great problem of the database management of my project. the project have the following requirements: 1. have many database (.MDB files) with same data structure 2. search from all database 3. list the result/ data in one(preferable) table/grid ...

Responding to horizontal scroll messages from MS mice

Sebastian Mares - 22 Sep 2005 7:21 PM - 9 messages

Hello! Does anyone know how to respond to the horizontal scroll messages sent by Microsoft mice (the ones which allow you to move the wheel to the left and right)? Regards, Sebastian ...

HELP! Menu commands - Cut, Copy, Paste, & Find

DigitalGENOcyde - 22 Sep 2005 6:56 PM - 8 messages

I am fairly new to working with programming so pardon my lack of knowledge, but I was hoping someone could assist me with working on a project. I am trying to make a Windows application using Visual Basic 2005 Express, and am ...

read whole file at once

Robert Dormer - 22 Sep 2005 6:07 PM - 3 messages

Hello, Can anyone tell me how to read a file (text or otherwise) into a buffer so that the whole file ends up in the buffer, instead of reading it line by line? ...

VBScript Help

Diogenes Dilone - 22 Sep 2005 5:21 PM - 3 messages

Folks, How can I have the output come out on a text file. Thanks D On Error Resume Next Const ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2 Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command") objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject" objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider" ...

Creating WordPerfect document from VB

Dave - 22 Sep 2005 4:59 PM - 4 messages

I have to create a WordPerfect document from a VB6 program. Nothing really difficult, just dump some text into it in multiple lines, save it and exit. Anybody done this before? ...

Autosizing ListView columns

Bryan Dickerson - 22 Sep 2005 4:45 PM - 4 messages

I have an old piece of code that I use to automagically resize the columns in a listview box that evidently is either outdated or has some quirk that if I call the routine before the actual display happens, it's as if I didn't ...

Properties Dialog box GONE MISSING

Kevin J Prince - 22 Sep 2005 3:46 PM - 9 messages

Not sure what I've done, but my Project | Project properties dialog box has gone missing.... What have I changed to make it vanish? Regards ...

Winsock API callback events

Nicolas Noakes - 22 Sep 2005 3:37 PM - 6 messages

Hello, I need to create a winsock enabled component, but without a GUI. I therefore cannot use VB's included Winsock control. If my understanding is correct, the only way to achieve my goal is my using the winsock API ...

for good ones!

Rick - 22 Sep 2005 3:34 PM - 2 messages

I have changed a user connection form WINDOWS NT Trusted Connection to SQL Authentication. I've kept the roles and permission of the user. When a stored proc, called PROC_TEST, is excuted, I get the message: "Operation is not Allowed when the Object is closed." ...

Watch for a specific dialog box and respond to it (close it)

Stephen Corey - 22 Sep 2005 3:07 PM - 3 messages

I need to close a certain dialog box that windows will throw up automatically. How can I watch for it and automatically respond? ...

Normalizing data for quick extraction - ideas?

Matt Williamson - 22 Sep 2005 2:55 PM - 7 messages

I need to take a directory or word documents that contain client contact data and standardize them into a structure that can be easily parsed. What I'm trying to figure out is the most efficient way to standardize the docs ...

Question about thread safety...

Dennis - 22 Sep 2005 2:40 PM - 11 messages

I have a question about thread safety in a VB application written using Visual Studio.Net 2003. Here is the situation... I am running a process thread in a modal dialog. I have written it so the user cannot exit the dialog until the thread completes (unless they click a button ...

Minimised Application Not Restoring or Maximising

The Referee - 22 Sep 2005 1:16 PM - 5 messages

Any help with the following will be greatly appreciated. On Windows XP Professional, a User minimises an application (that has been written in VB6) to allow him to work on two other applications (one off the shelf product and one in-house written application). ...

outlook-like application

Craig Buchanan - 22 Sep 2005 1:02 PM - 4 messages

has anyone seen an open-source, vb6 application that can store objects in folders, similar to outlook? ...

DATA SOURCE NOT FOUND NO DEFAULT DRIVER SPECIFIED

ambrish.dwivedi - 22 Sep 2005 11:26 AM - 3 messages

hi there, i have got a client server application made in VB6 using an oracle91 databse .It was working fine earlier but now we have deployed server application in another computer.Doing which it throws the error. "DATA SOURCE NOT FOUND NO DEFAULT DRIVER SPECIFIED" ...

Multiple exe instances by version

Martin D. Jones - 22 Sep 2005 10:44 AM - 14 messages

I have developed code to determine if my application is open or not thereby eliminating multiple instances of the same application. However I wish to allow different versions of the same application to be opened. For example if version 1 is open then version 2 can open, however if version 1 is open ...

Can't use DataTable class

Bodil, Norway - 22 Sep 2005 9:16 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I can't use datatable! I try to write: Dim myDataTable As DataTable = New DataTable("ParentTable") I then get " Type expected" for the DataTable. I have included "Imports System.Data" (Tried Imports System.DataTable) I have installed Framework 1.1, but if I look in "About Vb.net" it stands ...

Collapsing a treeview error

nafelloyd@gmail.com - 22 Sep 2005 8:55 AM - 3 messages

Hey guys n gals, I'm creating an application similar to explorer. Everything is fine at the moment, I have a treeview on the left with a listview on the right. If i populate the treeview out, then the listview gets updated. ...

VS2005 TableAdapter update

ybc - 22 Sep 2005 3:59 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I use VS2005 create a project â€“ â€œSlemailâ€. In DataSet1 thereâ€™s a table of customer email address data - â€œslemailâ€. I drag â€œslemailâ€ table to the form. It displays the data by DataGridView ...

Personal function library

LurfysMa - 22 Sep 2005 3:44 AM - 18 messages

Is there a reasonably easy way to create a library of custom functions that are written in VB6 and are then available to use in other VB6 programs? From time to time I write useful little utility functions to do ...

strange automate IE error

mscir - 22 Sep 2005 2:22 AM - 3 messages

I'm trying to update values in a page opened from VB Dim IE as object Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") IE.Navigate App.Path & "\pageofinterest.htm" This works: IE.Document.All("visitdate").Value = SomeValue This doesn't ! Dim inputname as string ...

Should I learn this?

MrMan9879 - 22 Sep 2005 1:29 AM - 5 messages

I'm 14 years old and I know HTML and CSS well, I'm learning JavaScript right now and I've been experimenting with Visual Basic. I have Visual Studio 2002, so I've also tried out Visual C# too. I'm wondering if you think I should learn Visual Basic. I adapt to new things on the computer very quickly and I seem to have a talent for programming (I'm not trying to brag or anything...) -- MrMan9879 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via [link] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...

Word can't open a file in VB6

inquirer - 22 Sep 2005 12:09 AM - 3 messages

I have a small VB6 application which shells to a program that will decrypt an encrypted file and then open the decrypted file in Word 2003. The program was working without a problem until a few days ago when it ...

Draggin and dropping image from word/excel - Getting the image width and height

dug - 21 Sep 2005 10:41 PM - 4 messages

Hi all Im dragging and dropping an image from excel into a picturebox. Unfortunately the picturebox rescales the image to the size of the image box. Is there a way for me to retrieve the dragged image width and height before it is resized and therefore resize it back? ...

DSN-Less Connections

Rick - 21 Sep 2005 9:30 PM - 9 messages

Tools: SQL SERVER 2000 Visual Basic 6.0 I made a DSN-less conection to the server above. It doesn't use Windows NT Trusted connection, it uses the Server authentication and own user. I have ...

Manifest VB6 IDE

Temp795 - 21 Sep 2005 9:05 PM - 11 messages

Hi everyone, I started to mess around with trying to get the vb6 ide interface to show the xp styles. I have tried this on WinXP Sp1, Win2kSP4 etc. I've tried the manifets from vbaccelerator, vbnet and still nothing on chaning the look of ...

extract image from mpeg

mg - 21 Sep 2005 8:21 PM - 2 messages

Hi, how i can extract images from mpeg video thanks ...

Long process might fail...how to implement a timeout?

YYZ - 21 Sep 2005 8:00 PM - 8 messages

I've got a situation where in my program, at the start of it, I need to instantiate an object (third party -- I have no control over it) and then tell it to connect to its data source (again, no control over it). ...

project slow to unload

ljb - 21 Sep 2005 7:50 PM - 3 messages

I used following FTP classes in a project recently. It takes a full minute to stop the VB 6 IDE after referencing these classes. I'm curious what makes it take so long? The files may be found at [link] ...

ODBC connections are all failing

Andre Gibson - 21 Sep 2005 7:24 PM - 9 messages

Hello All, I am getting an error any time I try to adjust my Data Source (ODBC) settings. Actually I am unable to open any of the DSN connections under User DSN and System DSN. Whenever I try I get this error" The setup routines for the Microsoft Access ...

Office XP... Secure?

Rick - 21 Sep 2005 6:43 PM - 7 messages

Suppose I have an appliation made in VB6 which connects to SQL2000. The applications creates a DSN(old style) to connecto to the server. The user has a login an a password to use the application. The server validades Windows NT login. ...

Calling form2 from form1...

Marcel - 21 Sep 2005 6:08 PM - 6 messages

I am very new into VB.NET. When I start a VB projet, I am into Form1. No problem to do some programming into that form. But, with a button, how can I get to load & execute form2 ? I know how to developp form2. But I dont know how to switch from form1 to ...

Out of stack space

Shailesh Patel - 21 Sep 2005 5:06 PM - 10 messages

Hi, How can I trap out of stack space error and remove it. I removed on error resume next occurrance in code to get errore information. Thank you. Shailesh ...

Help with Looping & Count Please

Paul Black - 21 Sep 2005 4:57 PM - 4 messages

Hi Everyone, Here is some Code Originally Written for Something Else, which May be of Help for this Request. Option Explicit Sub Covered() Dim A As Integer Dim B As Integer Dim C As Integer Dim D As Integer Dim E As Integer ...

C++ dll used in VB code

Maileen - 21 Sep 2005 4:50 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I've created 2 dll with VC++, which are only resource dlls. in fact, only strings are inside. IDS_String101 101 Welcome IDS_String102 102 Bye where IDS_Stringxxx is the ID, 101 is the valueID and Welcome the value of this string ...

get users screen resolution

Bruce L - 21 Sep 2005 3:47 PM - 11 messages

I want to programatically get the user's screen resolution so that I can bring up a different screen depending on whether they are set at 800x600 or 1024x768. Thanks for any help. ...

File Copy Without Closure

Roger Stenson - 21 Sep 2005 2:31 PM - 3 messages

Hi all During the course of a VB6 procedure a want to make a copy of an Access database, hopefully without closing it as seems to be required by FileCopy. I have noted that Windows Explorer has no trouble copying an open file. ...

calling a .EXE from within VB6.

Seasider - 21 Sep 2005 1:51 PM - 4 messages

Is there a way to call an external .EXE from within a VB6 .EXE ? The EXE is a completely separate entity from the compiled VB6 object. ...

[VB6] Passing the variable value to the form?

Mario Splivalo - 21 Sep 2005 12:55 PM - 12 messages

How whould one handle that? Let's say we have a menu callback function wich should call up a new form. Form should 'behave' depending on the parametar beeing passed to it. So, if I have, for instance: Sub mnuNewDocument_Click() ...

msgbox problem

Dave - 21 Sep 2005 9:10 AM - 12 messages

Hi Can you help with the following problem Msgbox("Do you wish to add " & rstSpread.Fields(4) & " to your nett prices for this supplier?", vbYesNo, "Add New Material") As Boolean I am trying to get the variable rstSpread.fields(4) to appear in the ...

Convert Ms Access query to VB

Robertico - 21 Sep 2005 8:26 AM - 7 messages

I'am looking for a tool or utility to convert a Ms Access query to a VB6 query. Does it exists ? Couldn't find any using google. Robertico ...

dtpicker

sali - 21 Sep 2005 6:59 AM - 4 messages

dtpicker alows *day* selection, *month* scrolling, but is it possiblce to have also fast *year* selection? to select day two years in the past, i now need *twentyfour* times te select left arrow on month slider. the alternative way is to first type in raw date [with desired year] in text ...

How can i make sure

Katie - 21 Sep 2005 2:43 AM - 13 messages

If the program is already execute 1 instance, it will not run 2nd instance? thanks ...

Fluctuation of printer alignment

pitters - 20 Sep 2005 8:35 PM - 31 messages

Greetings, all! I am printing reports showing a number of amount columns, and I am using the Printer Object so that I can control the formatting. (Yes, I come from the DOS era!) I am using the following code to right-justify the amount fields: ...

VB6 front end to Access 97 database

mscertified - 20 Sep 2005 8:06 PM - 2 messages

I've been given the task of converting all our Access 97 databases to Access 2000. I found one app that uses a VB6 front end. I am not a VB6 programmer but I opened the project and found the following: ...

about renaming the table ..

angelito tan - 20 Sep 2005 8:04 PM - 5 messages

hi ! i'm creating about record system of a school using vb(6), and i make a table by table to each student .. everytime i add a new student her/he record go to a new table .. i did it almost perfect, but ...

open an existing dial-up connection from vb

steve - 20 Sep 2005 5:51 PM - 2 messages

i would like to make a dial-up connection from vb. it would seem that the simplest way would be to use an existing connection saved as a dial-up connection under network connections. the connection exists as a desktop icon (shortcut) referencing a target located in Network ...

Missing File Export Template in VB.NET

William (Bill) Vaughn - 20 Sep 2005 5:35 PM - 7 messages

If you start looking for the File | Export Template wizard and can't find it, try reinstalling the Visual Basic settings (Tools | Import and Export Settings). Apparently when you first install VS 2005 the initial setup routines don't wire up this feature correctly. ...

Database and report question

Robertico - 20 Sep 2005 5:13 PM - 35 messages

I'am not sure this is the best place for my qeustion, but maybe someone can help me or point me in the right direction. I develop an application that can create a database on request. (the user can create several databases with different names) ...

color problem

cyzpro - 20 Sep 2005 3:50 PM - 2 messages

I am new to VB and I am creating a simple calculator for practice. I am using VB .Net I want button's background color to change when mouse hover over it but VB keep tell me that Name 'color' is not declared. ...

design patterns

PC - 20 Sep 2005 3:23 PM - 2 messages

anyone knows a good book on design patterns, specificaly for VB6 ...

Newbie: How to extract year from a Date object

Newbie - 20 Sep 2005 2:55 PM - 23 messages

Hi, I have (had) the following problem which i worked around but i would still like to find an answer. if myDate is e.g. : #02/04/1998# how do i extract the year ? Year(myDate) is only for VBA. ...

delete

Rick - 20 Sep 2005 12:17 PM - 8 messages

Suppose I have a VB6 application running. I need by using code, self-destroy the application, i.e. auto-delete the application file while running(may be right after the END statement). Any ideas? Thanks. ...

VB6 : Attach Event Handlers to Dynamically Generated Controls

Yep - 20 Sep 2005 12:09 PM - 11 messages

Hi, On our current project we would like to implement a flexible design, based on form controls generation in regards of data structures retrieved from a database. For instance, if we have two fields in a table (say employee and date), ...

List all jpg files from folder (loop problem)

Robertico - 20 Sep 2005 9:42 AM - 9 messages

I need to list all jpg files from a certain folder. For that i use the following code: sFolder = SourcePath & "\*.jpg" sFile = Dir$(sFolder, vbNormal) Do While sFile <> "" ...

Random first random number

LurfysMa - 20 Sep 2005 7:10 AM - 6 messages

What is the recommended way to generate a random first random number using the Rnd function? I tried using the entire value of Now, ?rnd(-cdbl(now)) but I kept getting the same first random number. After a little experimenting, I discovered that Rnd returns the same ...

viewing media type

Kevin J Prince - 20 Sep 2005 5:45 AM - 3 messages

Is it possible to find out what type of media is currently in a CD or DVD rom drive. For example R or RW and how much space? To be used to check if there is space and ability to write to the ...

Embedded Visual Basic for Windows CE

Sathian - 20 Sep 2005 4:08 AM - 4 messages

Hello We have small application writtten for Palmtop/Pocket PCs in Embedded VB for Windows CE3.0 When trying to run the same on Windows CE4.2, "MS embedded Visual Basic Runtime" occured. Can someone guide us how we can tailor the application suitable for Windows ...

WriteFile? Creating a Shellnew .VBP

Jim Carlock - 20 Sep 2005 2:52 AM - 2 messages

Hello, (1) I'm looking for other suggestions in creating / writing a text file, alternatives to Write # and Print #. Write # seems to have a problem of enclosing things in quotes and there's an annoying minor problem with resource files... ...

VB6 IDE VBE Object reference

PastorMike - 20 Sep 2005 12:32 AM - 4 messages

I want to set an object variable to the current instance of the VBProject in VB6. It should look something like "Set VBI = VBIDE.VBE.VBProjects(1)". In Excel 2000 this can be done simply by "Set VBI = Application.VBE.VBProjects(1)" or "Set VBI = Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject" ...

SIMPLE Exchange Access

MMMMM - 19 Sep 2005 10:10 PM - 2 messages

I just need a simple exchange access method... I know that may be an oxymoron. I want to connect to an Exchange server on another domain with an already existing account, loop through each message in the Inbox folder, read it, then delete it programatically... ...

Question on printing with Snapshot from VB 6

L M Kahn - 19 Sep 2005 9:26 PM - 5 messages

I have developed a Visual Basic program that uses the Snapshot Viewer Control (SNAPVIEW.OCX). The data was exported from an Access report into a .snp file. I have two questions: 1) I am using the PrintSnapshot method to print the reports. Is the some ...

dbGrid96.hlp

nrford - 19 Sep 2005 7:31 PM - 4 messages

Anyone know where to get dbGrid96.hlp? I've Googled it and also searched microsoft.com and no luck. TIA, NFord ...

Newbie: FOR loop on dates

Newbie - 19 Sep 2005 7:24 PM - 7 messages

Hello, i was wondering if there is a way to loop through dates. e.g.. I want to loop through all dates between March 5th,1990 to April 20th,1996. I've tried a couple of things with no success and Google gives nothing. ...

createShortcut with Icon from Web

Tom - 19 Sep 2005 6:44 PM - 2 messages

I have a vb6 app that the user runs from a web page. When the user runs the app from the web, it checks a few things and then creates a desktop URL shortcut. So far so good. But now, ...

change "break on" setting at runtime

Sean Kirkpatrick - 19 Sep 2005 5:50 PM - 5 messages

Google answers most any question, but apparently not this one. Has some clever soul figured out how to change the "Break on" setting in teh IDE at runtime? Sean ...

Declaring a Constant

nospam - 19 Sep 2005 3:08 PM - 10 messages

Here's a stupid question...VB6 Is there any way for me to declare a constant = a variable? I need to declare a password string as a constant, but I have it encrypted. So when I decrypt the password, I want to set the Const ...

Do The Runtime DLLs Come With Win2000?

jim evans - 19 Sep 2005 2:47 PM - 8 messages

I have several utilities that only need the runtime DLL. XP comes with the runtime DLLs included, does Windows 2000 come with them too? jim using VB5 ...

XMLdoc for VB

M.Siler - 19 Sep 2005 2:45 PM - 5 messages

It is my understanding that XMLdoc only works for C#. I'd be glad to pay for a commercial product, but I want to make sure it is a good one, so I thought I'd ask here if anyone is using a product that works like XMLdoc does for C# ...

Live image in VB picture box control

Rajeev Menon - 19 Sep 2005 1:27 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I am diplaying live image using a fram grabber card in my VB application. I wish to display some guide lines superimposed on this live image. How is it possible? While redrawing lines using a timer event, the lines licker and so ...

Common controls

Guy Cohen - 19 Sep 2005 1:16 PM - 12 messages

H all, I wonder what should I do - Keep using the latest common controls 6. Or use the older version common controls 5 and have better support for WINXP style (e.g. green progress bar,flat listview, round-edged toolbar buttons ) ...

Spostare un Controllo Utente

the_matto - 19 Sep 2005 12:17 PM - 2 messages

Ciao a tutti ,ho il bisogno di spostare un Controllo Utente nella pagina web ..nel spostare intendo che ci clicco sopra e lo sposto dove voglio nella pagina. Mi hanno detto di metterlo dentro a un panel e poi lo sposti ...

Tidy Code software

event propagation

VB macro for reading pagenumber of MS Document

Track Files Copying Out Of PC

Customer asks for database password & link in