Code Newsgroups: Visual Basic General Discussion

Is it possible to do that in vb?

Jack - 26 Nov 2005 10:59 PM - 7 messages

What I need is to reserve part of memory (not a space on harddrive) to collect some data by my app. Next, AFTER closing my app. I would like to access that data by some how and store it to the file. ...

VB5 volume control

Grey - 26 Nov 2005 9:28 PM - 4 messages

I use my PC soundcard for loads of things, especially with external musical instruments. But I have a problem with other programs changing my volume settings. Basically, I am after a small program which will set both Volume Control and ...

VB and VBscript - Difference

Anver - 26 Nov 2005 11:32 AM - 9 messages

Dear all, Please some one can advise me "what is the difference between VB and VBscript"? Pls advise Regards APK ...

Calling a Function or a Procedure

Abhishake - 26 Nov 2005 7:11 AM - 14 messages

Dear All, Please help me out in finding a the difference between two statement (1st statement and 2nd Statement)in Visual basic 6.0 ,while calling any procedure 1st Statement : call AnyProcedureName (Parameters 1,Parameter 2,Parameter 3) ...

ListView DragDrop?

Arpan - 26 Nov 2005 6:39 AM - 2 messages

Why does the entire ListView 'box' get dragged (the 4 sides can be seen getting dragged) when an item existing in the ListView is dragged (though the 4 sides revert back to their original position when the drag operation completes)? How do I avoid this? ...

ati video

dave - 26 Nov 2005 5:41 AM - 4 messages

I have a ati tv card and it has an input for composit video. I would like to capture an image while using VB. Can anyone show me how or point me to a site that may have some information ...

Listbox / Database Question

Microskills - 26 Nov 2005 1:15 AM - 11 messages

I am a new VB.NET programmer. I am writing a dictionary program with a Dictionary file has over 60000 entries. When user starts typing a word in the searchbox, I want to show words that start with the text in the search box. For example if user enters GA lstbox ...

POP Server doesn't respond

PulsarSL - 26 Nov 2005 12:24 AM - 10 messages

Greetings, all My program that retrieves email every X seconds is only half working. It waits X seconds, then connects to the pop server. Within 3 seconds, the POP server responds asking for the user, my program sends it, it ...

Resizing ListView width: looking for magic formula

Jack - 25 Nov 2005 10:16 PM - 11 messages

I am looking for the magic formula to resize all columns width (each column has different width) proportionally with the ListView width, and accomodating extra space for the vertical scrolling bar. Jack ...

help with forms

Dave - 25 Nov 2005 7:53 PM - 5 messages

Hi I have an MDI application which goes really well however I have a problem I am trying to add users by opening a new form so that the details can be entered. I want it to be modal so that other screens cant be opened over ...

For Your Amusement

Stefan Berglund - 25 Nov 2005 6:54 PM - 24 messages

I wasn't sure how to proceed as far as a title was concerned but I wanted to get this out. Microsoft has seen fit to ignore its VB developer base. My reaction has been to move to another platform and begin re factoring my bread and butter app back ...

Three Tier application issues and VB.Net 2005

Bob Palank - 25 Nov 2005 6:10 PM - 2 messages

Dera Dr. GUI, MVPs and others Features of VB.Net 2005 makes it so easy to access mdb tables directly from the form's controls. This makes me wonder how and if I should restrict the communication to and from a database tables to a separate data tier which ...

easier to decompile vb6 or vbnet? obfuscators?

Sue - 25 Nov 2005 5:55 PM - 10 messages

I have an application that I wrote in java. This is an university environment but I soon found out that there are people with no background in programming who would go to any lengths to decompile the application get the code, then change the methods and variable names ...

An ActiveX control might be unsafe to interact with other parts of the page. Do you want to allow th

fniles - 25 Nov 2005 5:45 PM - 5 messages

I have an ActiveX control in my web page that I tried to access using intranet. I have implemented IObjectSafety in the ActiveX control, and when I created the CAB file using VB Pakage and Deployment Wizard, under "Safety Settings" ...

Toolbar With Tooltips Unload Problem

Scott Johnson - 25 Nov 2005 5:36 PM - 3 messages

I'm running VB6 with SP6, on both Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP2. I have created a simple MDI application consisting of a single MDI child form. The child form has only one control on it - a toolbar (from the Microsoft ...

Highlightng Text from anywhere

David Bland - 25 Nov 2005 4:57 PM - 3 messages

Hi What I want to do is to be able to pass a text box name from anywhere and highlight the text. I thought this would work, but it does not. HighlightText txtTextBox.Name Private Sub HighlightText(txtBoxIn As TextBox) ...

UserControls

OLAP novice - 25 Nov 2005 3:35 PM - 2 messages

I have a main ASPX page with controls that I add to a PlaceHolder. One of the functions coded into the control is to save some fields to a SQL table. I have the code built onto the control and not the main page, but when I ...

SetWindowPos()-Unable to Move the Control

austin - 25 Nov 2005 3:18 PM - 2 messages

Hi all, I am facing a problem in using SetWindowPos() . I am handling a localization project. For this i need to resize and reposition the dialog controls. I am calling GetWindowRect () to get the control dimensions and after changing them i am trying to call SetWindowPos() ...

SQL Express 2005 for VB6?

Rick - 25 Nov 2005 2:44 PM - 3 messages

Hi, all. I have some questions: Is it possible to use SQL Express 2005 for an application in Visual Basic 6.0? Since, the objective is not to installthe whole SQL Express system in the end-user machine, what should be installed, for the VB 6 Application? ...

WordBasic - LifeCycle:

iwrp - 25 Nov 2005 1:39 PM - 3 messages

Can anyone tell me when support for WordBasic ran out? I think it was this year, but not 100% sure, thanks ...

IP from message

pacosueca - 25 Nov 2005 12:31 PM - 2 messages

Hello does somebody know how can I obtain the IP address from a mail message using Outlook XP? (by code, of course) Thank you very much ...

How to find default Installation Folder of an application?

Amit Mohod - 25 Nov 2005 12:01 PM - 10 messages

Hello, How can I find in which folder the apllication is installed? It is generally installed in X:\Program File\folder_name. (X: is system drive) I am trying to trap this folder for a follwing reason: I developed a VB6 application and installed it on near about 50 machines. ...

Code to change button style?

Lisa Forde - 25 Nov 2005 11:34 AM - 4 messages

Good day. I want to be able to change my button from just having text to having an image at runtime and I'm wondering if anyone has come across code to do this. It would be much appreciated. Thanks ...

changing lable backcolor

jack - 25 Nov 2005 11:01 AM - 14 messages

I wanted to change the back color of the label which im using instead of button what i want is to change the back color of the label whenever mouse is over it i know to api's which can be come how used with this control but dont ...

How to determine a default field value during runtime

pol_c - 25 Nov 2005 10:40 AM - 6 messages

Hi, i am using the function below (visual basic 6) to determine several properties of each field in a recordset (SQL server) and all is working well. My problem is that I dont know how to find the default value of a field from the table. Does ...

Detect Parallel port

mathewparet - 25 Nov 2005 7:37 AM - 5 messages

Hi, I need to detect the parallel port address of a machine, using VB. Please help. Thanks in advance. ...

Text Box SelStart and SelLength usage

Sharp - 25 Nov 2005 3:56 AM - 3 messages

Can anyone explain what Text1.SelStart and Text1.SelLength are supposed to do? Peferably with an example and explanation??? ...

ListView control: Multiline selected

Jack - 25 Nov 2005 2:36 AM - 3 messages

ListView set in lvReport view. When the Multiline option is selected it is possible to select multiple rows. My question is: How to find out programmatically which rows are selected? Jack ...

Is it possible to detect installed browsers?

Lisa Forde - 25 Nov 2005 1:37 AM - 4 messages

Hi. I'm wondering if it's possible to detect, find out, what browsers are installed on your system. Thanks ...

Add transparent .gif files to VB.net

kmercer46 - 24 Nov 2005 10:54 PM - 2 messages

I'm workin on a game, and i have faced a small problem, which is: I want to put a gif animation in my game but i want this animation to be with a transparent background, and keep animating I used this ...

Any ex-Delphi users?

Robin - 24 Nov 2005 10:37 PM - 4 messages

Hi everyone, I was just wondering, how many (if any) users here moved to VB from Delphi. I am a Delphi user (hobbiest only, not a professional) and love it. However I would like to see how the other half live so to speak :-) ...

Read / Write Binary Files ?

Jürgen Heyn - 24 Nov 2005 8:27 PM - 7 messages

Good evening, I need to read and write a binary file: The file description reads as follows: .... "Height files have the extension .HGT and are signed two byte integers. The bytes are in Motorola "big-endian" order with the most significant byte ...

.txt input

Mick - 24 Nov 2005 8:21 PM - 6 messages

Hi All writing back into a text object in VB6 my code strings all entries together (they had been separated on output by using Append) Does VB6 have some kind of eol function to delineate? Code is: Dim TextLine As String ...

Passing an argument to a form

big t - 24 Nov 2005 4:51 PM - 5 messages

Hi everyone, It's my first time in this area so be gentle!!! I've just started using VB6 again having last used it (or rather, its predecessor) on a 2 week course back in 1997...what version of VB would that have been??!? ...

Passing string variable: what is a proper way?

Jack - 24 Nov 2005 4:28 PM - 4 messages

Hello, When passing variable to another subroutine, what is the proper way of doing it: 1. Public Sub OpenExtPhoneList(FileNameToOpen) 2. Public Sub OpenExtPhoneList(FileNameToOpen$) 3. Public Sub OpenExtPhoneList(FileNameToOpen as String) 4. Public Sub OpenExtPhoneList(ByVal FileNameToOpen as String) ...

Access

Rick - 24 Nov 2005 4:01 PM - 6 messages

With VB6, it came Access 3.51 engine. I think it's too old. I want to use the latest Access engine, without having Office installed. What do you recommentd? ...

ErrHandling: FunctionTemplate

Peter Plumber - 24 Nov 2005 3:22 PM - 5 messages

Hi, our company is trying to establsh a coding standard for VB6 although it might be a little late :-( as a result the following FunctionTemplate is possible any comments? any good arguments against, and ideas how I could come with sth. better ...

Make object move in circle

zoneal - 24 Nov 2005 2:41 PM - 4 messages

how do i make a object to move in a curve or a circle..........so far my object can move up down , left right etc diagonal but not in a circle or a curve how do i make it do a circle? thanks ...

Divide by 0 error

DanS - 24 Nov 2005 1:52 PM - 7 messages

Hey there, The shell REPLACEMENT app I have been working on is going well. There was a discussion here about Globals Hooks several months back if you may recall. I ended up using PowerBasic to create a 'real' DLL to ...

Using MFC DLL in Visual Basic

Demon - 24 Nov 2005 8:31 AM - 3 messages

I have a DLL created with Visual C++ 6.0 using MFC. I want to use this DLL within a Visual Basic project. Integration / linking of the LIB file belonging to the DLL fails. Has somebody an idea what to do or what I need to have? ...

Show/Hide tab page in TabStrip control

its_faiz - 24 Nov 2005 7:30 AM - 4 messages

We are developing an application in VB6. We have used TabStrip control to display multiple tab pages with different information. We need to either enable/disable or show/hide a tab page for certain conditions, which appears to be impossible with TabStrip control. ...

Show/Hide tab page in TabStrip control

its_faiz - 24 Nov 2005 7:29 AM - 3 messages

We are developing an application in VB6. We have used TabStrip control to display multiple tab pages with different information. We need to either enable/disable or show/hide a tab page for certain conditions, which appears to be impossible with TabStrip control. ...

Interface designing

jack - 24 Nov 2005 6:23 AM - 4 messages

Can any one help me out by providing me some good site throught which i can learn how to good interface Design.. For example which control should be placed and what should be given as option As i think this is impotrant for creating all the applications ...

creating a window

jack - 24 Nov 2005 5:54 AM - 4 messages

I have created an window with this function CreateWindowEx Dim h As Long h = CreateWindowEx(1, "#32770", "My New Window", _ 10, 150, 150, 300, 350, Me.hwnd, 0, 100, 100) ...

Nester Collection, Collection within collection

Ng Chwan Keng - 24 Nov 2005 5:10 AM - 5 messages

Hi, Is it possible to create a collection within another collection. Here is the abstract of my object: * Class 1 (consists of) - Attr 1a - Attr 1b - Col 1 (collection of class 2) * Class 2 (consists of) ...

Popup a System Menu

Kevin Provance - 24 Nov 2005 4:14 AM - 24 messages

I translated this from some Delphi code I saw on the net ([link]). I am trying to make a windows system menu popup on demand. The Delphi doc ...

Help with MSFlexGrid

Luiz Horacio - 24 Nov 2005 2:44 AM - 3 messages

Hi, Probably a stuoid question, but... I have a form (Form1) with a MSFlexGrid on it (MSFlexGrid1), and its Selectionmode is set to 1. When I click on this grid, another form is loaded (Form2). Depending on actions taken on Form2, I will change an image in Form1.MSFlexGrid1, like ...

Bad DLL Nam

psi - 24 Nov 2005 1:18 AM - 2 messages

I'm trying to write a fairly simple program that will map and unmap (disconnect) network drives. When running the program it gives an Err 42 Bad DLL calling convention. I know the program is "calling a routine in a DLL that's being passed the wrong type of arguments", but fail to so how or where. ...

Displaying a PDF with out running Adobe reader

Brandon Teachman - 24 Nov 2005 12:53 AM - 2 messages

Guys, I am looking for a way to view PDF files inside a Visual Basic 6 application with out purchasing any software. I currently have some applications that do this by opening adobe reader when the program opens, ...

Can't Find "Help" in VB6 IDE

Lenny Abbey - 24 Nov 2005 12:17 AM - 5 messages

I have had to install a new motherboard on my multi-boot system. The OS I normally use is Win 2000 on drive Q: (no jokes please!). Naturally I had to reload the OS and reinstall all programs that I use. ...

Shell command to execute FTP from vb6

nsajus - 23 Nov 2005 11:19 PM - 5 messages

Hi, Is there a way to call the Shell or ShellExecute command to call the DOS FTP functionality from vb6. I want to use the FTP dos functionality because of the extensive return codes and information it gives in the ...

"Cannot load control; license not found"

Tom Glasser - 23 Nov 2005 8:56 PM - 5 messages

Hi Folks, I am being asked to take "ownership" of another developer's VB6 app. When I try to open up the project and look at certain forms, I get an "Errors during load" message which refers me to a log file. In the log ...

Menu Images Not Rendering Properly?

Arpan - 23 Nov 2005 8:18 PM - 4 messages

I am using colored icons (gif) for different menu items but find that the icons are not getting rendered in their original color i.e. the icons look somewhat black-&-white (though not exactly b/w). This is the ...

scroll bar

David McDivitt - 23 Nov 2005 8:06 PM - 4 messages

I made a control a few years ago, and have since used it in many VB applications, as well as MS Access. There are two versions. One uses it's own recordset, and the other is unbound, requesting info through events from ...

Creating an Add-In for multiple versions

Suzette - 23 Nov 2005 6:47 PM - 4 messages

I finally got my sample add in to work with my Word 2003. I'm working with the sample on MSDN. [link] ...

Table sync

Frank Rizzo - 23 Nov 2005 5:22 PM - 2 messages

I am looking for vb code (or worse case scenario some other language) that syncs up the structure (don't care about the data) of 2 tables. Anything like that out there? Thanks. ...

HELP: compile error message

KevinGPO - 23 Nov 2005 4:47 PM - 3 messages

This is referring to the Office Excel VB. Excel VB claims it is just like VB. I am wondering where on the internet how I can find out whether a function existed for a particular version of Office Excel VB? ...

convert string value into a date value?

Chris - 23 Nov 2005 4:05 PM - 11 messages

Hi, I have a string with a value : Dec Is there a function that can determine that this is the 12th month. and return the integer value? I have to compare 3 character month strings and determine which one is greater ...

Windows Global Variable

The Merg - 23 Nov 2005 2:33 PM - 8 messages

Okay, I know it's simple, but I'm having a brain fart. I'm using VB6 on XP-SP2. I want to set the Windows Global Variable of %MYDOCDIR% to a string variable in my app, yet I cannot seem to remember how to refer to the Global Variable in my code. Thanks in advance. ...

Microsoft still selling VB6 Licenses?

Martin - 23 Nov 2005 1:25 PM - 3 messages

Hi! We have all our software written in VB6 and at least for a year we won't be able to transfer to .Net Now we need two extra developer sites, and this makes me wonder... can one still buy VB6 licenses? ...

Ldap Authentification

Xavier Boneu - 23 Nov 2005 11:15 AM - 2 messages

Hello. I am developing an application in VB6 that needs to consume a web service located in another-company's server through the Internet. The application should auto-authentify itself against the Ldap so the proxy allows me to reach the Internet. ...

connection error on Access2003 file

Anver - 23 Nov 2005 10:47 AM - 5 messages

Dear, I am a new vb user (VB6), I like to know, when I connect an Access 2003 database through a VB data project - it says connection failed - but when I make this database in a previous version of access (access 97) it connects ...

VB6 crashes when running in the IDE during debugging

pvictor - 23 Nov 2005 9:56 AM - 3 messages

Recently, my VB6 (SP5) has become VERY unstable -- it displays the "Send Report for Microsoft" dialog box every time I quit the IDE. When stepping through a program in the IDE, VB will crash after a few minutes with the same ...

Vertical Scrollbar

Ivan Debono - 23 Nov 2005 9:42 AM - 5 messages

Hi all, Jeez... all these years and I never used the vb scrollbars in any of my apps!! But it finally happened!! I need to use the vertical scrollbar and I don't really how to get it to work. ...

vb6 Add Component "permission denied"

Luca Giannoni - 23 Nov 2005 8:46 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I am a techie in a school. We have just moved over to Windows XP. On those PC we have installed Visual Basic 6. We are having a problem that only occurs to our studentsthier accounts are locked down more than others). ...

Runtime Error 424 Object Required

Krishna - 23 Nov 2005 6:35 AM - 2 messages

Hi: I have a com+ component installed using a application proxy on a remote computer. The problem occurs when you try to initiate the remote component. That is the "Rum-Time Error 424 Object Required" error occurs when following statement is executed: ...

visual basic excel application

WilliamMomo - 23 Nov 2005 5:36 AM - 5 messages

How can I auto resize a column to fit the length of a cell's content using the Excel Application object ...

Run time error 3021

Amit Mohod - 23 Nov 2005 4:53 AM - 6 messages

Hello Group, I build a project which uses ADO for connecting to a FoxPro database through system DSN. These DSN uses Microsoft Visual Foxpro Driver (Version 6.01.8629.01; vfpodbc.dll) I installed it on some machines. few of them r running fine but on ...

Shell out to Word, and execute a macro

Margaret Bartley - 23 Nov 2005 4:41 AM - 5 messages

I want to open a Word document from code, and execute macro1 in that document. This works: strCommand = "winword.exe C:\test.doc /mTest" varMyDoc = Shell(strCommand, vbMaximizedFocus) It opens test.doc and executes the macro "Test" I'm modifiying someone else's code, and I don't want to change the ...

Thread programming example

jack - 23 Nov 2005 4:34 AM - 8 messages

Hi all i need and example of a thread programming. i have never it .. and have no idea of how this should be done , creating multiple thread in programming is just a theory for me, till now .. ...

FTPing from VB6

nsajus - 23 Nov 2005 4:10 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I want to FTP from a VB application with extensive logging. For eg: - I want to log the number of bytes send from source to destination etc. Can some one please shed some light on how I can go about doing that? ...

Re: Dll not found

AeroDude - 22 Nov 2005 11:45 PM - 4 messages

One more suggestion: I had a similar problem, with a Visual Basic code calling a Fortran DLL. I tried all the suggestion listed here, with no success, then realized the problem was not that the Visual Basic code couldn't find the Fortran DLL, as stated in the error description, but rather that the Fortran DLL was calling another Fortran DLL, and that one was missing. ...

Minimum time to show a label then hide it

IWP506 - 22 Nov 2005 11:33 PM - 34 messages

Hey I'm writing a program to do subliminal messenging. I have a high-performance timer object that enables a label, waits about 25ms, then disables it. It's still visible to the human eye though, which means it's still above 100ms. I tried putting form.refresh in there, ...

How can I abort a lengthy compile?

Brad Ashforth - 22 Nov 2005 10:41 PM - 12 messages

We have a project that can take upwards of 10 minutes to compile (yes, a LOT of large modules). Is there a way to abort the compile once it has started? I've tried CTRL-Break and CTRL-C with no success. ...

Query eDirectory with a logon script

hrbutler - 22 Nov 2005 8:30 PM - 3 messages

I am trying to create a vbsript that needs to check the membership of a group in eDirectory. I have run across some information that says it should be possible, but no examples or instructions. The reason I would like to do this is because there are a couple 2003 ...

MS Access

Rick - 22 Nov 2005 6:46 PM - 3 messages

how can I use MS Access XP drivers in VB6? Here, I mean licensed-wise for distribution... ...

access to customer forum

jack self - 22 Nov 2005 5:27 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I own licenses but cannot access the customer forum. My name is Jack Self so you can check that i am a customer. Please email my login codes to jack.s***@videotron.ca. Thanks, Jack ...

AppName: vb6.exe AppVer: 6.0.97.82 ModName: vb6.exe

abcd - 22 Nov 2005 5:14 PM - 2 messages

suddenly I started getting this error. I am using Visual Basic 6 with SP6 and Windows XP SP2. I can not open my forms and I get the following error AppName: vb6.exe AppVer: 6.0.97.82 ModName: vb6.exe ...

DATABASE

Rick - 22 Nov 2005 4:45 PM - 13 messages

Can you recommend a fast, portable database for VB6? It has to be fastger than MS Access. I can't use MSDE since the client may have SQL Server 2000 and these two get in conflict with each other. ...

Setting default printer

Ricardo Furtado - 22 Nov 2005 1:03 PM - 9 messages

how can i predefine a certain printer in all versions? I'm trying the following in windows xp pro but it doesn't work. Can you please help? My thanks in advanced dim X as printer strPtrn = "My default printer" ...

ImageList With ListView?

Arpan - 22 Nov 2005 11:37 AM - 4 messages

I am trying to load the data existing in a text file in a ListView. The reason I am using a ListView instead of a ListBox is because I want an image to be placed just before each & every item in the ListView. The ...

Access History?

Arpan - 22 Nov 2005 6:54 AM - 2 messages

I am using the WebBrowser control in my VB6 application. In order to display the list of URLs that a user has visited in a given time, I tried the following but it doesn't work. Can someone please point out ...

Dll doubt

jack - 22 Nov 2005 5:13 AM - 3 messages

Hi All I wonder by looking at the msgbox function.. when we type this code MsgBox " hellow world ", and as soon as we give a comma there popes a listbox giving us the ...

Want to be a developer

kim - 22 Nov 2005 4:57 AM - 6 messages

Hi, My name is Kim. I'm currently an Accounting Technical Support for my company. In order to do my job I have to have a basic knowledge of how the software works. Our company used VB.Net for our software and I ...

Problem adding new item to ListView

Jack - 22 Nov 2005 3:51 AM - 4 messages

Hello, When I do: lvOutLog.ListItems.Add (1), , "mak" the item "mak" is not added as the first item to the existing list, but it is added as the last one!!!! What should be changed ? ...

Debugging an Office add-in written in VB6

Suzette - 22 Nov 2005 1:20 AM - 13 messages

I am working with the document from the MSDN library trying to understand development of an add in for Word. [link] According to the Debug and Deploy paragraph I should be able to launch the ...

VB6: Using a control in a class?

William E. Rubin - 21 Nov 2005 9:50 PM - 5 messages

I made a class, and included several private member variable controls. For example, a timer: Private WithEvents m_Foo as Timer This compiled perfectly well, with option explicit on. When I went to use it, however: m_Foo.Interval = 1000 ...

Implicit Conversion Warning

tsprks - 21 Nov 2005 9:35 PM - 3 messages

I have a function that I use assign values to Crystal Reports. Here is my procedure signature: Public Sub AddParameter(ByRef crReport As _ CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument, _ ...

Can we play MacroMedia's .swf file in VB app?

Andrew - 21 Nov 2005 6:17 PM - 2 messages

Hi, everyone, Can we play Macromedia's .swf file in a VB app? If yes, how? Any reference papers or sample source code? Thank you... ...

display dates

kevin.raway@lifefitness.com - 21 Nov 2005 5:50 PM - 13 messages

I am trying to write a simple application to determine dates. I want ot determine the date 2 weeks from the current date. I never want the returned date to be a weekend or a holiday. Anybody have any thoughts? ...

How can I Determine Memory Requirements?

Joseph Geretz - 21 Nov 2005 5:45 PM - 2 messages

Task Manager shows memory consumption to be roughly 50 megabytes. OK, but what does that tell me about memory requirements for deployment to a Citrix Server? Presumably all users will be working off the same code segment, with each user having their own data segement. So how can I break this down? ...

How to add field properties to MDB with ADOX using VB???

Hexman - 21 Nov 2005 5:08 PM - 4 messages

I'm creating a new Access table using ADOX. I can add columns and indexes, but I'm baffled on how to change field properties. Can someone give me a hand? Want to change properties such as: Description (Column property?), ...

Compile Problem

ted - 21 Nov 2005 5:00 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I am getting License info not found for this component error when comiling. How do I find out which component is giving this error with out having to manually test each component? Thanks ...

Reading data from Excel into Visual Basic 6.0

S. Staviski - 21 Nov 2005 4:17 PM - 6 messages

I need to read an Excel file and add the records to a table in Access using VB 6.0. I tried using the following code to see if I could get the Excel data to go into a textbox in VB, but I eventually want to put the Excel data into an ...

Cyrillic Input in VB3

Tony Spratt - 21 Nov 2005 3:50 PM - 5 messages

All, We have an old VB3 application (I know, I know) which has just been installed in Russia. It seems to be experiencing difficulties with cyrillic input - it's basically translating all the characters to garbage. Does anyone know of a resource I can read that describes how to add support for ...

Why back groud image becomes smaller?

Andrew - 21 Nov 2005 3:42 PM - 3 messages

Hello, friends, I designed a form with Picture property assigned with a .jpeg file. I did it in my desktop and adjusted form size so that this back ground picture was full of the form. However, when I later developed it in my laptop, which has higher display ...

return a file extension as a string

Ian Davies - 21 Nov 2005 3:24 PM - 9 messages

Hello How can I return the file extension from a file name of varying lengths eg bvdfbgghdfg.jpeg returns jpeg myfile.jpg returns jpg ...

10/2001 MSDN links messed up

Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB] - 21 Nov 2005 2:48 PM - 2 messages

I'll go into the background of what I think happened if you want, but basically I have lost all my links in the October 2001 MSDN. In other words, I don't have See Also, Examples, Properties, Methods, etc. under any topic. ...

Use MSCom to send/receive binary data

Wyne - 21 Nov 2005 2:16 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I want to send/receive binary data (i.e. byte stream) using MSCOM component. But its "Output" and "Input" preporties are only String type. Can you tell me how to do? Or, there is any PAI to perform the equivelent ...

interface based callback

PC - 21 Nov 2005 1:39 PM - 6 messages

there is this person thats saying: you'l understand object orientation in vb6 if you can code an interface based callback my question is: what is an interface based callback, and how is it coded ? ...

How to send email with attachment

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redim sample ..

Convert MS Office file to Text file

MS sued over VB

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Block If without End If

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