Code Newsgroups: Visual Basic General Discussion

How to increase number of textboxes in run time?

Jack - 10 Dec 2005 10:14 PM - 3 messages

Hello, My form has 1 textbox. Depending on situation I would like to add more textboxes in run time which will inherit all properties (size, font, etc) as the initial text box. ...

Access to VB 6 and Oracle

Sandy - 10 Dec 2005 4:38 PM - 9 messages

Hello - I have an Access 2000 application that people want "upgraded" to VB 6, preferably using an Oracle back end. Questions: Do I have to recreate all of the forms or is there a way to import them in? ...

Not able to access Project->Reference

Yashpal K. Verma - 10 Dec 2005 8:34 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I am not able to see Project->References. The error is - Error accessing the system registry. I am able to do every other thing (adding components, creating apps etc.) Is there any way to repair the problem? Any suggestion is welcome. ...

Change control box

Davood Teymoori - 10 Dec 2005 4:22 AM - 6 messages

Hi . I cant change control box .How i insert item to control box. ...

activating option group

hotaemin - 9 Dec 2005 10:19 PM - 9 messages

i have a form with a subform in datasheet view. each line, when double-clicked, opens another form with 3 groups. depends on the line, one or two or all three groups are to be activated. each line has a field that holds combination of number 1 or 2 or 3 in ...

INI Files

Donald - 9 Dec 2005 10:17 PM - 2 messages

I have VB 6 And I am making a program that is to read an INI file and get values from it... Please tell me how to read from an INI file ...

text files

Donald - 9 Dec 2005 10:07 PM - 6 messages

I am trying to write to a text file but i do not know how to. I woluld like the code for writing to a text file. My Problem is that I can't get the program to save to the file. ...

On or off network

David - 9 Dec 2005 8:41 PM - 9 messages

In my VB6 application I want to be able to recognize when my laptop is connected to the network and when it is running stand alone. When connected to the network, I have an F drive mapped that is obviously not available ...

ADO Problem - Field type adVarNumeric

Georg Scholz - 9 Dec 2005 8:31 PM - 2 messages

Hello, a VB6 program accesses an Oracle Database via ADO and Oracle OLEDB. Now when accessing a NUMBER field, ADO delivers the Field Type "adVarNumeric" instead of adDouble. However, this Field Type cannot be converted by VB 6 properly. As a ...

CopyFile truncates files

phurst - 9 Dec 2005 8:04 PM - 9 messages

We have a Windows application that copies files from an XP workstation to a Windows Server 2003 server. The app is written in VB6 and uses the CopyFile method of the FileSystemObject. The code line is: fso.CopyFile sourceFiles, destination ...

Create a shortcut in SendTo menu

arno - 9 Dec 2005 7:56 PM - 16 messages

Hi, I have been looking around on the web and have found several references on how to create shortcuts. However, some rely on on the Recent folder (that apparently does not apply in XP), some on the WSH (that I am trying to avoid due to ...

Issue with EnumJobs and number of printed copies in Word

denkouz - 9 Dec 2005 7:44 PM - 3 messages

Sorry for cross-posting this question, but I received no replies in microsoft.public.vb.winapi, and it is critical to our business to find a solution to this problem... I'm using the EnumJobs WinAPI function to get the total number of pages ...

class

jack - 9 Dec 2005 6:37 PM - 6 messages

hi all i just wanted to use class to save my bookmarked records i dont know how to do it i have made a search on net but the examples are difficult to understand please help ...

OE6

RJ - 9 Dec 2005 6:22 PM - 3 messages

I'm using OE6 on Win 2000 and for some reason, unknown to me, OE6 chose to no longer be my default email program. I've tried Google and the rest to find the fault, ended up with naught. Maybe I cant see the wood for the trees! ...

Snowfall screensaver

Galen Somerville - 9 Dec 2005 5:59 PM - 14 messages

I can't believe that nobody has asked about a falling snow screensaver this year. If anyone is interested I have one, including source code, based on Larry Serflaton's Snowfall. Go to [link] under link to Private. ...

Radial text help from Mike Williams or

2D Rick - 9 Dec 2005 5:25 PM - 3 messages

In the Mike Williams and Henry "Radial Text" supplied code that I've been tweaking, the following code allows me to place multiple lines of radial text on the screen spaced .75" vertically from each other. I first load a list box with the serial numbers and the read ...

Sharing memory between processes in .NET

mkillian@osmose.com.nospam - 9 Dec 2005 4:49 PM - 2 messages

I am having an issue to where I need to share memory between an ASP solution and a VB.Net solution. I have several large arrays and collections that are updated every half second. The data is only about 30k, but saving to a file ...

"Repeat function"

naungsai - 9 Dec 2005 4:40 PM - 3 messages

I am using Microsoft Access for entering data. Most of the data are repeated data. For example, the data in Town field are almost repeating. Here, I want the Town field automatically enter when I enter the Name field. Can somebody help me write a VB programme for auto repeating? ...

Want to encode all special characters as HTML entities using VB

hardieca - 9 Dec 2005 4:14 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I'm working on a VB function that will fire after Frontpage saves a page. I want it to parse the page and replace all special characters with their associated entity code (e.g. ">" would be replaced by ...

Visual Basic 6 - Run a shortcut

Tatakau - 9 Dec 2005 4:01 PM - 18 messages

Is there a way to run a shortcut that you know the path to? eg., Run("c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\accessories\notepad") Nick ...

Inconsistent Number of Records

Emma - 9 Dec 2005 3:24 PM - 7 messages

In my VB application, when I issue the following command to retrieve records from a database, it returns only one record in the record count. When I run the same command in Query Analyzer, I get two records. Why is this, and how ...

Compiling VB 6.0 in VS 2003

Don Juan - 9 Dec 2005 2:39 PM - 2 messages

Hello, My company recently aquired a product written in VB6.0 which neads maintnance. We have licences for VS 2003 and I am in the process if migrating the code to .net but in the meantime I need to patch and compile the current VB 6.0 ...

Passing an array t a function

Peter Newman - 9 Dec 2005 2:35 PM - 4 messages

dim MyArray() as string MyArray = Slipt (MyString, ";" ) Could i pass the MyArray to a function.. If so how ? ...

richtx32.ocx version 6.00.84.18

Rama Raju - 9 Dec 2005 2:01 PM - 3 messages

The textRTF method of rich text box gives different text in XP and different in 98 I am using richtx32.ocx version 6.00.84.18. What could be reason behind this? ...

difference in rich text box controls

Rama Raju - 9 Dec 2005 1:59 PM - 4 messages

What is the difference between richtx32.ocx version 6.00.8418 and richtx32.ocx 6.00.88.04. ...

Vb6 tools

pb - 9 Dec 2005 12:59 PM - 2 messages

I'm looking for a tool for debugging. I came across it a while ago. It numbers all the lines in Vb6. On the error handler it jumps to the line number or tells you which line number has the error on a compiled ...

Error 7 - Out of Memory Error

BertUK - 9 Dec 2005 12:28 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I hope somebody can help. I'll do my best to explain the problem/situation without waffling too much, I have a client/server appplication which is "laid out" as follows:- The "Client" machine runs an EXE which is, for the most part, just a ...

_dialog

Wilfredo Rivera - 9 Dec 2005 12:21 PM - 4 messages

Hello: In VB.net 2003. When running this application the document to be printed looks the way it's supposed to but when printed is not how it looked. For example; the program it's supposed to run a calculation 10 times based on the data entered and ...

Public Enum versus Public Type

tk_chuah - 9 Dec 2005 4:10 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I wanted to declare my own data type in the VB Class Module and my brief research in the internet shows that when declaring user defined data type, there are 2 ways public enum xxxx 'code here end enum ...

Visual Basic 6.0 program crashes with error code 0xc0000005

Ryan - 9 Dec 2005 12:02 AM - 9 messages

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to be posting this in. If it's not, could someone please direct me to the correct forum. Thanks. I'm developing an application in Visual Basic 6.0. When I perform a ...

Loading a form with code

Sean Campbell - 8 Dec 2005 9:27 PM - 8 messages

Hello everyone, I am working with VBA right now and have an interesting question. Can I have a general function that will accept the name of a form as an argument and then show it? Here is my code: Public Function LoadForm(FormName As String) ...

webbrowser bytes downloaded/uploaded, relation to Progress?

mscir - 8 Dec 2005 9:12 PM - 3 messages

Is there a way to monitor the number of bytes uploaded or downloaded in a VB6 webbrowser control, maybe using the Progress and ProgressMax? TIA, Mike ...

locale list-separator

Pcam - 8 Dec 2005 9:09 PM - 2 messages

how can i (with code) find out what is the list-separator on the user's computer ...

Error 429 when trying to create a adodb recordset

George Hendrickson - 8 Dec 2005 8:09 PM - 2 messages

I get the error 429, ActiveX component can't create object when ever I try to create a ADO recordset. I am reference ADO 2.8 in my project references but I noticed that all the other previous versions of ADO are missing from the ...

Run-time Max & Min Buttons?

Arpan - 8 Dec 2005 7:30 PM - 18 messages

I want the Max & the Min buttons of a Form to disappear when a menu item is clicked. If the menu item is clicked again, the Max & the Min buttons should re-appear. I tried this: Private Sub mnuNoMaxMin_Click() ...

Location Dialog Box in VB6

Gol Yass - 8 Dec 2005 5:01 PM - 8 messages

Dear All In .net the Location dialog box finds the folder containing the required files and brings back the path . How can I implement the same in VB 6 ? Thank you in advance Gol Yass ...

Setup

abs81 - 8 Dec 2005 4:36 PM - 4 messages

Hi Guys, I use the P&D wizard for making up my setup. But when i install it on the target computer i get lots of mesages like "you are trying to copy a file which is not newer than the one currently on you system". ...

Make library in Visual Basic

MadeleineP - 8 Dec 2005 3:16 PM - 10 messages

Hi All, I have some function in Visual Basic and I want to call them from Visual C. My question is: What do I have to do? Do I have to create a library (if yes, can you show me how to create it and call from Visual C). ...

Package and Deployment destination

Dave Cullen - 8 Dec 2005 2:54 PM - 3 messages

Using the package & deployment wizard for a VB6 application always places the installed files in Program Files\Project1 directory. How do I change that? I don't see it in any of the Wizard screens. Thanks ...

Newbie - Designing Forms in VB - Your thoughts? ??

Lisa Forde - 8 Dec 2005 2:12 PM - 18 messages

Hi, I hope this question isn't too muddled . I have been wondering whether or not it is good design to just drop components, such as buttons,checkboxes etc, directly onto a form. Does anyone use picture boxes as containers? ...

DDE between two user session - Windows XP

systems.b - 8 Dec 2005 1:07 PM - 2 messages

How to create a shared DDE beween two active sesions in windows XP on the same machine ? (or is it possible ?) ...

Selecting printer to print to through code

Jim - 8 Dec 2005 12:56 PM - 2 messages

Is there a way in VB6 to print to different printers? eg. printer1 on LPT1, printer2 on LPT2 Thanks ...

Internation Currency & Number formats

Antony - 8 Dec 2005 11:01 AM - 2 messages

We are building a german version of our english product in VB6 using ado connecting to a sql2000 database. Most of the sql queries are built on the fly in VB and executed using ADO connection.execute method. The problem I have come across is that by default setting the country to ...

How can VB exe return value?

David L. - 8 Dec 2005 10:57 AM - 7 messages

Hi All I need to create a VB exe file which can result a value to the caller. Is it possible? For example result = convert.exe Please help. Best regards David ...

Difference Between Reference and Component

tk_chuah - 8 Dec 2005 8:35 AM - 4 messages

Hello There ! I am new in VB. When working in the vbp file, I can see that we have the option to include reference and component. I am not sure what is the difference between "reference" and "component". Can someone help me out ? ...

Data Report and Pictures

The Merg - 8 Dec 2005 7:53 AM - 3 messages

I have an app in VB6-SP6 connected to an Access 2000 database. I am creating a report using the VB Data Report component. (I would love to use something else, but that is all that is available to me.) I have photo of a subject ...

Problem with RegDeleteValue()

Jack - 8 Dec 2005 5:25 AM - 5 messages

I do not have this problem, when closing application normally. However, when I use TaskManager to close it, the following line of code generates error: rtn = RegDeleteValue(phkResult, "hKey") Error is: Run-time error '5': ...

The United States of India

Ted - 8 Dec 2005 5:24 AM - 40 messages

Between Cisco, Intel, and now Microsoft, India will get injected with at least $3.8 billion. [link] ...

Problem with MSaccess default values

Pcam - 8 Dec 2005 4:44 AM - 4 messages

i am using vb6 sp5 to access an MSaccess 2003 database with DAO in this access database (tables) there are text fields in de access tables i give a text field a default value (with MSaccess) say i give the default value = "General" (in MSaccess) ...

How to hide executable?

Jack - 8 Dec 2005 2:45 AM - 10 messages

Hi, In conjunction with my software I developed small exe file, being called sometimes by my main application. That file is distributed together with all installation files and copied to program's folder. I do not want user to execute that file directly. It should run only when my ...

SHAppBarMessage API

P James - 8 Dec 2005 12:07 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I would like to write a program in VB6 that will toggle the autohide option for the taskbar so my taskbar autohides during the day (when I remote in to my desktop from work), but not in the evening when I'm at home. I'm tired ...

For...Next Step problem

Mick - 7 Dec 2005 9:04 PM - 6 messages

Hi Trying to read from a .txt into a text box using the step command. Have been trying Open "*****" for input as #1 ****************** basic loop to read in each line using line input ****************** when I try to use step to bring in only every third line or whatever by ...

Print file name

Dan - 7 Dec 2005 9:02 PM - 16 messages

At times I want to print from a VB program to a printer (such as Adobe PDF) that prints to a file. How do I set the default file name? It always comes up with my program name and ".pdf" as the file name. ...

For..Next Step

Mick - 7 Dec 2005 8:21 PM - 2 messages

Hi Am accessing a .txt file and want to use step to access say every third line. Am using a For..Next Step as the loop but the step is ignored. Have tried to read in all file first and process from there but no joy. ...

Can we view a picture from its memory data?

Andrew - 7 Dec 2005 8:19 PM - 2 messages

Hello, friends, In our VB6 app, we loaded .jpg files into memory. After certain processing, we save all data into a .jpg file and use an Image control to view the processed pictures. Is there a way that we can pass those memory .jpg data into Image control, ...

Please help with using an activeX control

Dave - 7 Dec 2005 8:11 PM - 3 messages

Hi all, I have developed an activeX control in ATL and VC++. I am trying to test this control in VB.net and refine it. In other words, if a method I have doesn't work well with VB I will change the method in ATL and ...

syntax in mail

Leif Rasmussen - 7 Dec 2005 7:28 PM - 2 messages

How to code for sending mails to severel persons. The following do NOT function: Dim olApp As Outlook.Application Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Dim olMail As Outlook.MailItem Set olMail = olApp.CreateItem(olMailItem) olMail.To = "agert***@postqq.tele.dk" & ";" & "L***@millabxx.dk"& ";" ...

Auto Select specific node in Treeview

Elmo Watson - 7 Dec 2005 6:30 PM - 2 messages

I'm trying to create a drag and drop from another control to a Treeview - - However, when the cursor gets over the Treeview - there's no way to tell what Node is actually going to be selected - the Drag & Drop pointer does ...

OT (and probably stupid) Date Format Question

Phill W. - 7 Dec 2005 4:34 PM - 7 messages

For years, I've been using this date format ... YYYY-MM-DD .... in my code and calling it "Swedish Date Format". Today, one of my colleagues asked if that was it's "proper" title and, for the life of me, I can't actually /remember/ seeing any "official" ...

arabic text in listbox

Gol Yass - 7 Dec 2005 4:05 PM - 6 messages

Dear All I am using win xp home + VB 6. I have developed a form , and inside it I have a text box and a list box - both using arabic font. When I load data into the text file , the arabic words are shown without ...

Where's the list of still-to-be-written software?

MM - 7 Dec 2005 3:53 PM - 55 messages

Software for the general public seemed to have its heyday some two to three years ago. Now the general public seem interested only in mobile phones, playing computer games on dedicated hardware, or watching DVDs. Do people actually use their PCs at home for anything other than ...

File version for .mde files

molemoore - 7 Dec 2005 3:01 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I'm trying to save/retrieve a version for .mde files. I've noticed that, unlike .exe files, they don't have a version number associated with them. I was hoping to use another file attribute to track the version, such as the ...

VB6 calling stored procdure problem

Grant - 7 Dec 2005 2:45 PM - 3 messages

Can any one help me with this? It keeps saying Incorrect Syntax near '@dbname' using ADO in vb6 and conn is the connection command. str = " @dbname = N'dbdata', " str = str & " @filename1 = N'c:\data_Data.MDF', " ...

Converting data-types into bytes

Rudi Haller - 7 Dec 2005 11:37 AM - 6 messages

Hello together, i write an application which receives data from an tcp-channel in binary-format. With the use of "memcpy" (from C-Language) i convert the bytes into any data-type, e.g. integer, long and so on, and re-calculate the values. This ...

Timezone API

Ivan Debono - 7 Dec 2005 9:06 AM - 5 messages

Hi all, Is there an API that returns the timezone the system is in? (example +0100, -0600, etc) Thanks, Ivan ...

LOOKING for a good array ..

angelito tan - 7 Dec 2005 6:34 AM - 14 messages

I'm looking for a good program sample of redim array .... can anyone please show me some redim array program with a CODE and EXPLANATION OR even a tough redim array program with explanation were i can learn a ...

Embedding CR LF in varchar

JeanH - 7 Dec 2005 6:13 AM - 5 messages

How can we embed a <CR> <LF> inside of a string? We are able to do this in a SQL query and get the desired results (an address that appears on 3 lines). We are not able to get the same results inside a VB 6.0 program. We get a ...

Byte array as string?

mayayana - 7 Dec 2005 6:07 AM - 16 messages

Is there a way to treat a byte array as string? Without converting it? I'm parsing ascii text in binary files. If I have the file as a byte array and use StrConv then VB could alter the bytes (for instance on a DBCS system). ...

Need help understanding VB 2005 error message

EdPoint - 7 Dec 2005 3:58 AM - 3 messages

As I work to convert a working VB 2003 app that has no error messages to VB 2005, I have been presented with more than 100 instances of the following warning message: "Access of shared member, constant member, enum member or nested type ...

Problem connecting a Win98SE to a WinXP-Pro/SP2 using TCP/IP

Richard Lionheart - 7 Dec 2005 2:02 AM - 6 messages

Hi All, I'm trying to connect a Win98SE (with no service packs) to a WinXP-Pro/SP2 (with SPs). Neither sees the other and I wonder if the following info sparks an idea in anyone as to what I'm missing. Below are the ...

Payroll Calculations

wendy - 7 Dec 2005 1:34 AM - 5 messages

Mike, Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I am pretty new at MS-Access. I've used sql before but not quite sure how to do the SELECT...IF THEN ELSE...in MS-Access. Here is what I am trying to do. ...

Multiple timers

Robert Berman - 7 Dec 2005 1:27 AM - 8 messages

A waiting room can hold from one to 40 patients. As each patient signs into the waiting room a 20 minute timer starts for that patient. At the end of that 20 minutes, a message screen should pop on one of the nursing screens ...

Format$ woes

RonW - 7 Dec 2005 12:31 AM - 9 messages

mydate = dateserial(2005,12,6) VB6 SP5 Win95 and Win XP SP1 Obviously I don't understand everything I think I know here! I thought I had seen this issue discussed before but for the life of me I cannot ...

Search nttp via vb6?

MP - 6 Dec 2005 9:52 PM - 5 messages

Hi all, I searched this group via google on the search term "nttp" and got only one hit (unrelated) what I was looking for is a way to write a small vb6 app that could search newsgroups "semi-unattended" eg ...

Problem with adding new text to TEXTBOX: it saturates after 65535 characters!!!!

Jack - 6 Dec 2005 9:45 PM - 11 messages

Hello, There is somewhere a limit preventing my code to add more text to the textbox. The boundary seems to be 65535 characters and there is not any error notification. ...

Test Treeview for selected item

Elmo Watson - 6 Dec 2005 9:43 PM - 5 messages

How can you check to see if an item is selected in a treeview? (like - if nothing is selected - exit sub....etc) ...

OpenFile Diag @ VB.NET

William Cruz - 6 Dec 2005 9:22 PM - 2 messages

I am working with the openfile dialogue on VB.NET express. I want the filename to appear on a label that I have on the main form when I click on a file on the openfile dialogue. How can this be accomplished? ...

Open/Closing CD/DVD Drives

kenj372 - 6 Dec 2005 9:12 PM - 3 messages

Help a Noob programer here please... I am attempting to write a small .exe that I can call with another program to open and close the CD/DVD drive on a PC. I have the following code from dev fusion but I get an error message: ...

common dialog problem

Dave Cullen - 6 Dec 2005 8:57 PM - 2 messages

I created an application that uses the file open common dialog control. It works fine on everything but one of our Win98 machines. I get an error that says COMDLG32.OCX or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered or something is missing. Anybody have an idea where to look ...

Problems Exporting from Treeview to XML

Elmo Watson - 6 Dec 2005 7:12 PM - 9 messages

I'm trying to adapt some code used elsewhere and it's not working. Here's my code: (start xml code here) Call TreeviewRecurse(MyTV.Nodes) finish xml code here Sub TreeViewRecurse(Nodes As Nodes) For Each MyNode In Nodes ...

using MSGraph.Chart.8 in vb

Marvinq - 6 Dec 2005 6:31 PM - 2 messages

very urgent, I need to be able to update msgraph.chart.8, also called Microsoft Graph 2000 in visual basic. All of my efforts have failed. I've searched the internet and found some references to using the datasheet.range properties, but VB just gives me errors. ...

Problems with Hiding parts of userform

Andibevan - 6 Dec 2005 6:00 PM - 3 messages

Hi All, Userform1 in my program is displayed when the user clicks a button on Userform2. I have this working fine - Userform1 has 2 uses so I want to load the userform and then hide the information that is not relevent. How ...

Displaying web address

orion41253 - 6 Dec 2005 5:51 PM - 5 messages

I'm putting together a specialized web browser app, but can't get the right code to populate the pertinent textbox with the web address of the currently displayed page. For example, if I click on [link], the browser ...

Create a dll file to generate formatted .HTMl files

amitavabardhan - 6 Dec 2005 5:29 PM - 5 messages

How can I create a .dll file that would be used to generate formatted .html files after querying a database. Thanks for your help ...

Unload Form and set Nothing

Peter Plumber - 6 Dec 2005 4:22 PM - 2 messages

Question From another Thread: for my test I used: Form 1 with Command1 and Text1 and Module with Sub Main: Option Explicit Sub Main() On Error GoTo Proc_Error Dim frm As Form1 ...

C++ forum

Meya-awe - 6 Dec 2005 3:54 PM - 4 messages

What is a good C++ forum, I see that [link] offers mostly .NET stuff? thanks, BRAMOIN *** Sent via Developersdex [link] *** ...

help!! (VB Macro in Excel)

Duncan - 6 Dec 2005 2:53 PM - 4 messages

Hello anyone-that-can-help-me. I am fairly new to macros within excel and have tried various differant ways to get what i want to happen. I have some formulas which work perfectly but i want to create a tracking spreadsheet with 5 tabs ...

Sourcesafe and Visual Basic

Ivan Debono - 6 Dec 2005 8:22 AM - 6 messages

Hi all, I use my development machine to develop my application and build setups. I use Sourcesafe to manage my sources. Imagine a scenario where I finish version 1 and release it. I start working on version 2. In the meantime I need to do some fixes to version 1 and ...

Selecting a listview Item

dey.indranil - 6 Dec 2005 8:02 AM - 2 messages

When I perform lvAssign_ItemClick lvItem lvPackage.SelectedItem.Index is not incrementing. In short, The item is not getting selected. How do I solve the problem? Indranil. ...

Copy Cookies To A Folder?

Arpan - 6 Dec 2005 7:16 AM - 7 messages

I am using the WebBrowser control & would like to copy all the cookies existing in the Temporary Internet Files folder to a folder of my choice. Any ideas how do I do it? I tried this but it doesn't work out: ...

Error Trapping

jack - 6 Dec 2005 5:35 AM - 5 messages

I have been programming from a while and faced a problem every time i am in the middle of poroject . The problem is trapping the error which we never know where it ...

Search Files Using Wildcard Characters?

Arpan - 6 Dec 2005 3:18 AM - 3 messages

I had a look at different posts in this newsgroup before posting this query but couldn't find a good short example. Basically what I want to do is search for files in a folder whose names start with "d" (with the file extension being anything). This is what I ...

Payroll Calculations

wendy - 6 Dec 2005 2:55 AM - 2 messages

Thank you very much for your help. Actually I am not much of a Visual Basic person. I did try to calculate in MS-Access but I am having problems with this code: pre: IIf([day_of_wk]="1",([time]-[reg_time])/60,IIf([time]<0,([time]-[reg_time])/60+24,IIf([day_of_wk]="2",([time])/60,IIf([time]<0,([time])/60+24)))) ...

Embedded Files In Web Pages?

Arpan - 5 Dec 2005 11:00 PM - 3 messages

Often many web pages use embedded files like CSS, SWF (Flash) etc. in the main document. Using the WebBrowser control, how do I find out what external files are being used by a web page? Thanks, Arpan ...

Thumbnails control

js - 5 Dec 2005 10:53 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I want to dsplay pictures in win Explore like thumbnail view control in my VB 6.0 form. is it a sample avaiable or control for this? Thanks. ...

Parsing a mostly fixed width text file

News Reader - 5 Dec 2005 10:49 PM - 7 messages

Hello, I need to take a mostly fixed width text file and either separate it out immediately or bring it into an access database for later use. I am working with a trace log from a 3rd part Group Policy tool. I want to separate out ...

Jpeg compression

abs81 - 5 Dec 2005 9:19 PM - 2 messages

hi guys, i need to compress jpeg file as i have to save them on the disk. i have a code in VB.Net which uses ImageInfoCodec and EncoderParameter classes from the System.Drawing. How can use these classes in visual basic 6.0 ...

Sending a click programmatically

Frank Rizzo - 5 Dec 2005 8:35 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I have a dialog box. On startup I need to send it a mouse click in a certain spot (there are reasons, really). I've tried doing SendMessage(me.Hwnd, wm_lbuttondown, 0,0) and then SendMessage(me.Hwnd, ...

Start Manual Drag with a ListView

Dave - 5 Dec 2005 8:00 PM - 13 messages

I am interested in improving the initiation of my start drag logic from a ListView item. My problem is that with the logic I have attached to this email I can get a manual drag opperation started, but if they user pulls the ...

Ever had to judge a new to-be-hired in interview?

Richard Jalbert - 5 Dec 2005 6:47 PM - 145 messages

Well, we had. The place where I worked routinely received hundreds of resume whenever we actively looked for VB programmers, not counting the unsollicited ones we received in job lot.(That was about 5 years ago) After wading through that morass and selecting the few hopefulls, we ...

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