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Score Another date format problem
vonclausowitz - 11 Mar 2006 6:18 PM - 12 messages
Hi All, I have another date problem trying to convert a string to a date. The string i'm using is: 060301 (representing 2006, March, 01) When I run the string in my code: CDate(myDateStr) I get 03-Feb-2065 instead of 01-Mar-2006. ...
Score File Extension
wagon - 11 Mar 2006 5:39 PM - 5 messages
Is there a funciton to get a file extension.  I tried using instr rev looking for a period under file name but it was not reliable because sometimes the extension is less then three characters long and sometime a folder has periods in it ...
Score Using the .exe.local file to force local components
Anthony - 11 Mar 2006 1:27 PM - 3 messages
Can anyone refer me to a link that tells all about the ins and outs of using the .exe.local file to force applications to use the local folder for components? (or anyone have anything good or bad to say about it). ...
Score How to open a chm file nicely ?
John S - 11 Mar 2006 12:56 PM - 3 messages
Hi All, When I open a chm file from an MDI form using the command like in sample-1 below, the fle always appears on top of the form. Is there any other way so that when I switch to ...
Score Testing for "Access Denied" without trying to change the file
Giles - 11 Mar 2006 9:34 AM - 6 messages
When a file is being used (e.g. by another program) it is sometimes not possible to overwrite it, delete it etc. Is there a gentle way to test if it is "Access Denied" without actually trying to overwrite (it and trapping the ...
Score Cross-posting - How To?
Lorin - 11 Mar 2006 1:54 AM - 4 messages
Coming in through [link] Is there a better way? How do I do corss-posting? ...
Score VB6 App needs to eMail with multiple attachments
Lorin - 11 Mar 2006 1:52 AM - 2 messages
Steer me to a place where I can learn how to do this. POP vs SMTP vs MailTo Does the person need an eMail account on the PC? Is it OK to use any Server Name and what does a Proxy do? ...
Score Text box scrolling
Dan - 10 Mar 2006 11:43 PM - 3 messages
I have a text box with multiple lines and a vertical scroll bar. Is there a way to always display the last lines rather than the first ones? Dan ...
Score Using the replace command, please help
Chris - 10 Mar 2006 11:13 PM - 5 messages
In the following script I use the replace command to change R to 1 in a string variable so that replacing Rdgpc-test = 1dgpc-test,  and this works fine Dim strcomputer, strcomputer1 Strcomputer = "rdgpc-test" Strcomputer1 = (Replace(strcomputer,"R", "1")) ...
Score stored procedure or activex for adodb connection
Sue - 10 Mar 2006 9:43 PM - 2 messages
which is better practise - stored procedure or activex to create a adodb connection for visual basic applications that can be called from multiple applications? thank you very much. ...
Score re-use code for multiple applications
Sue - 10 Mar 2006 9:30 PM - 3 messages
Hi, I have a sql server database enterprise database, v. 8. I have multiple visual basic applications connecting to this database -- the apps have to be individual they cannot be all combined into one. I would like to re-use some of the code for all the applications including the code for ...
Score New : test yourself my new VB6 syntax analyzer !!
qualitychecker - 10 Mar 2006 9:07 PM - 2 messages
New : test yourself my new VB6 syntax analyzer. Summary : quality and robustness of a software is strongly dependant of the design of it's elementary algorithms. We present in this document who to deal with good quality, as well as ...
Score Why ?? (Path/File access error (Error 75)
Robertico - 10 Mar 2006 7:53 PM - 9 messages
Why causes next code a Path/File access error (Error 75)  ??     Private Sub Command1_Click()         MyFile = Dir("c:\temp\1\*.JPG")         MsgBox MyFile ...
Score NTFS File Access in VB6
playwin - 10 Mar 2006 5:51 PM - 5 messages
If user X tries to open foo.txt(path), which he does not have access, with the following routine:     Open path For Binary Access Read As 1     Text1.Text = StrConv(InputB$(LOF(1), 1), vbUnicode) ...
Score Sub or Function is not defined
Chris - 10 Mar 2006 5:36 PM - 6 messages
I am working on a db and I have a form and on this form I have a button that would perform a Run a SQL script in this SQL script i have a “where” clause When I click on the button it takes me back to the code and the “where” is ...
Score VB.NET or C++.NET or C#
Rick - 10 Mar 2006 5:01 PM - 12 messages
Hi, all. I'm a verteran in VB6, The company where I work for, will soon switch to Visual Studio.NET...(latest version)... Besides language style, structure and syntax, which of the three stooges, VB.NET or C++.NET or C# you think will do more for any company, ...
Score Control similar to MS Access List Box
Sandy - 10 Mar 2006 4:37 PM - 5 messages
Hello - I'm upgrading an app from MS Access to VB 6.  I have used a List Box in Access that has columns and column widths. Is there some equivalent control in VB 6?  I've tried various Listboxes I ...
Score write to disk and permissions
Dan Reber - 10 Mar 2006 2:41 PM - 5 messages
My application frequently writes to disk, I currently write to the application path and delete the files when done.  The majority of my clients are in the medical industry and they lock down the PCs and don't like or ...
Score VB 2005
Mike - 10 Mar 2006 12:08 PM - 4 messages
Quick question - is anyone using VB2005 and if so is it an augmented procedural like VB6 or object based like VB.Net? Cheers Mick ...
Score Password Change
hirostroud - 10 Mar 2006 10:19 AM - 6 messages
hey im pretty new to the whole coding aspect of vb im in a bit of a prob im creating a simple database program,listing inventions of the victorian era-but thats niot important my biggest 2 problems are that when ive filled a text box,i cant get a ...
Score ListBox
lost it - 10 Mar 2006 9:05 AM - 4 messages
I'm using a list with numbers for the user to select then it changes a variable to be use in a formula but I can't get it to change the variable without clicking the number in the list box, I want it to ...
Score Picturebox fit newbe question
Kc - 10 Mar 2006 8:35 AM - 3 messages
I created a picturebox. I want to show different images in it. Problem is that they all have differentt sizes. (Most of them are .jpg) The bitmaps must fit in the picturebox. Problem1: When inputting a .jpg in the picturebox, it doesn't fit. ...
Score TransparentBlt and Autoredraw issues (refresh isnt solving it)
jroozee@gmail.com - 10 Mar 2006 3:02 AM - 5 messages
I am having a very strang issue. I have a picture box with Autoredraw set to true. I am clearing the picture box and re-writing data to it about 5 times a second (a real time graph) . I .Cls it, then I draw some data to it using .Print  and .Line  and ...
Score Code for stored procedures
Sandy - 10 Mar 2006 2:53 AM - 3 messages
Hello - I have been trying to find sample code for inserting into Sql Server 2000.  I haven't been very successful.  One thing I don't understand from the few snippets I've seen is how to connect the value in the textbox to the ...
Score Call a DLL in C from VB
bokiteam - 10 Mar 2006 2:33 AM - 3 messages
Hi All, I have the code as below: ( this is vb version ) Public Declare Function Retrivexxxx Lib "A.dll" (ByRef str As Byte) As Integer Public Declare Function SendDatatoxxx Lib "A.dll" (ByRef buf As Byte, ByVal nbufSize As Integer, ByRef strRet As Byte) As Boolean ...
Score how to convert string to date?
vonclausowitz - 9 Mar 2006 10:30 PM - 5 messages
Hi All, This seemed a simple project but I'm at the edge almost. I can't seem to convert a string to a date. The string looks like this: "01 MAR 06" and I want to convert it to a date like: 01-03-06 ...
Score Chinese characters
lyudmilal - 9 Mar 2006 10:08 PM - 2 messages
I have a list of last names that can be in different languages: chinese, english, russian, german, etc.  Different format need to be applied only for last names in chinese.  For this purpose, I need to check if last name contains chinese characters.  Any ideas how to do it ...
Score Text to Speech
Doug van Vianen - 9 Mar 2006 8:20 PM - 4 messages
Hi, Some time ago a messge was posted showing some simple code that one can use to convert text to speech using VB6.  There was no question posted with the code so being curious I decided to try it. It worked fine. Now I have a couple of ...
Score need to find date in text string
vonclausowitz - 9 Mar 2006 6:51 PM - 2 messages
Hi All, I have a text string from which I want to retrieve a date. My string looks like: "01 MAR 06 THIS IS MY FILE.doc" Now I want to search with something like: 99 AAA 99 (for 13 MAR 06) ...
Score Using VB to screen scrape a 3270 mainframe
Beall49 - 9 Mar 2006 6:11 PM - 3 messages
I am hoping someone can let me know the easiest way to take text from the mainframe using either excel or access vba...all I need to know is how to get it to copy off the screen and then paste it probably in a ...
Score VB6 writing to text files requires Close to commit
Bill Baker - 9 Mar 2006 5:41 PM - 4 messages
I am using the Open method for logging in my VB6 app. This works fine, however the Print results are not written to the text file until the Close method is used. For example: Open {file} for Append As #1 ...
Score Error to create a package in VB6
damini.dd - 9 Mar 2006 4:53 PM - 2 messages
Hi Everybody, My friend has developed an application in VB6,Access2000 and Crystal Report. Now when he tried to create a package it was giving  following error : Unexpected Error Number 80010108 has occured:Automation Error The project object involved has disconnected from its clients. ...
Score Close a form
Roy - 9 Mar 2006 1:00 PM - 4 messages
Hi all, How to close(unload) a Windows form on load event or any other event and not let to be displayed? Thanks in advance, Roy ...
Score problem formatting excel in vb
inquirer - 9 Mar 2006 3:47 AM - 5 messages
I am having a problem formatting a worksheet via vb. I have Dim XL As Excel.Application Dim XLWBk As Excel.Workbook Dim XLWS As Excel.Worksheet      XLWS.Range("A1").Resize(nrec + 1, nsel).Value = newarray ...
Score delete tmp files
¢Ù¢×¢Ü¢Õ¢Ò¢Ý¢Û - 9 Mar 2006 3:37 AM - 5 messages
i have use data reports in my program for each reports, it will generate a .tmp files how can i delete it when i exit the program? i have use Kill App.Path & "\*.tmp" but it say "permission denied" ...
Score object variable or with block variable not set error
Big D - 9 Mar 2006 2:17 AM - 4 messages
I am receiving the following runtime error(91): object variable or with block variable not set I do  not think its relatged to to the sping.dll I am using but how I am instantiating object but looking for help. ...
Score Collection of Radio buttons Function
Elmo Watson - 9 Mar 2006 1:39 AM - 3 messages
I have a collection of 4 radio buttons - - I'm trying to write a function to retrieve (and later use) the caption of the actual radio button select, but I am having the hardest time. I've tried several different contstructs and none have worked ...
Score VB6 File Handling Without FSO
Leomarth - 8 Mar 2006 10:36 PM - 7 messages
I read that you can save text files, and open them without using FSO. Can someone point me to the MSDN area that talks about that? Or a spot on the web. I've hunted around, but can't find a good detailed guide on it. ...
Score Removing HTML tags from a text selection
Bill - 8 Mar 2006 8:20 PM - 3 messages
I have an html file open on an rtftextbox in my project. Can you  point me to some code that would show and easy way to remove the HTML tags? Thanks. ...
Score Find the Topmost window?
software.helpdesk - 8 Mar 2006 7:26 PM - 4 messages
Well I've spent an hour looking through the posts in the group and I can't seem to find an answer. Can anyone give me a pointer on how to find the topmost window (hwnd or title), for example the window that has been highlighted using ALT-TAB? ...
Score vb 6 and odbc
Martha Hoffmann - 8 Mar 2006 6:50 PM - 3 messages
Is it possible to configure an odbc link from vb 6 code? Thanks, Martha Hoffmann ...
Score hi, get values from different components
YANG HONG - 8 Mar 2006 6:20 PM - 2 messages
hi: i am doing a project in VS.Studio.2005, but it is not database system. It is a Data Acquistion System. In one UI, there are many components on that, I would like to find a way to collect the value of setting up for each ...
Score Rolling the dice on vb6
Anthony - 8 Mar 2006 6:17 PM - 43 messages
I have been reading some of the "vb6 or vb.net" topics on this forum with great interest. I am not sure if this is something that should be posted here, or in .net forum, but lets give it a shot - ...
Score using vb6 as a web services (soap) client
Andy Fish - 8 Mar 2006 4:58 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I have a web service implemented in ASP.NET that I wish to consume using vb6, and I'm just tring to figure out the best way to do this. I have downloaded the SOAP toolkit version 3. As I understand it, puts some ...
Score SQL Question
Pinto1uk - 8 Mar 2006 4:25 PM - 15 messages
Hi, i posted a question a few weeks ago, regarding a report i wanted to create that should show the products sold within the current month only. i am using data reports within VB6, and using the recordset object to create the ...
Score ping
Big D - 8 Mar 2006 3:47 PM - 2 messages
Before I use a activeX object for pinging an ipaddress is there a easy way to ping within VB w/o having to shell out? I am looking for some builtin object that would return some value of the state meaning did the address return a reply. ...
Score Shell Question
Alastair MacFarlane - 8 Mar 2006 3:40 PM - 3 messages
Dear All, If I have 2 vb executables ExeA and ExeB. ExeA opens ExeB using the the shell command. How can I ensure that ExeB is opened modally to exeA so the user cannot select ExeA? Thanks again. Alastair MacFarlane ...
Score One of those VB mysteries!
Ivan Debono - 8 Mar 2006 3:26 PM - 2 messages
Hi all, I implemented the Tracer utiltity from vbaccelerator into my client/server app. My app is based on: a) client (standard.exe) b) server (activex exe) c) data services (activex dll) The trace has been implemented in all 3 projects. I test on my dev machine ...
Score Sendkeys in hiden window
Henrich - 8 Mar 2006 1:00 PM - 9 messages
Hi, I just want to know how to send keys into hiden window - here is the code: Private Sub command1_click()     Dim PauseTime, Start, Finish, TotalTime     Dim p As Variant     cmd_line = Shell("c:\windows\system32\CMD.EXE", 0) ...
Score VB and LINUX ?
Emanuele - 8 Mar 2006 11:01 AM - 6 messages
'morning i've selled a suite composed by a fortran and a VB6 program. Now an buyer has got a linux platform. For fortran may i have to rebuilt and re-compile  with linux compiler .... maybe .... but with VB ??????? how can i ...
Score Tab question
Alastair MacFarlane - 8 Mar 2006 10:11 AM - 3 messages
Dear All, I have a datagrid with a DateTime Picker control and a combo control on it. The problem I am having is moving around the grid after pressing Return or Tab. Controls: DbGrid1, DTPicker1, Combo1 Column1 = DTPicker1; Column2 = Normal Column; ...
Score Change VB form Color
Sugan - 8 Mar 2006 10:07 AM - 2 messages
Hi all, i would like to change the color of a form in VB 6.0. Is there any WIN API function which gets the form handle and changes the color of the form. I do not want to change the system color. I just want the give ...
Score Large Fonts
Stefan Poehn - 8 Mar 2006 9:55 AM - 4 messages
Hi Visual Basic changes the display according to the fonts in system control ("small fonts/large fonts"). The best to deal with this problem I have found until now is go through all controls on the gui and change their positions ...
Score File System Object
Roger Stenson - 8 Mar 2006 6:57 AM - 2 messages
Sorry to raise the following but I have been fidling with the File System object for some time, varying the approach to the file and I still can not get to delete a file. I would be really grateful if someone would point out ...
Score Form_Load and SetFocus
Dan - 8 Mar 2006 2:16 AM - 13 messages
On my form, I have two list boxes. At the end of Form_Load, I fill List1. If it turns out that there's only one item in the list box, I want the program to automatically select that item and then move on to fill List2, which is ...
Score need help with how to format a cell in Excel with VB6
~@%.com - 8 Mar 2006 1:55 AM - 3 messages
I have a Excel spreadsheet  where a cell is formatted as general. How do you change it to date or any other format  for that matter Thnaks in advance for the help ...
Score Center text with PRINT
JCP - 8 Mar 2006 12:45 AM - 9 messages
Hi I create a POS application with VB6. All works fine but there is something that I wa not be able to do. For print receips (tickets) I use the PRINT method, for products line there are no problems with aligment but in header ...
Score Visual BASIC has encountered a problem ...
Lorin - 7 Mar 2006 11:07 PM - 7 messages
Every time I close VB6 SP6 with Common Controls update, VB6 "crashes" with this error message.  This occurs on several PCs.  Running on WIN XP SP2. I always click "Send Error Report" but never get a response (sometimes I do ...
Score textbox scroll bar
Sid - 7 Mar 2006 10:40 PM - 2 messages
Here is what I would like to do, I have a large textbox with a horizontal scroll bar and lots of text. I would like to memorize the value of the scroll bar so that I can go back to certain text.  I ...
Score ADODC control - form settings
Sandy - 7 Mar 2006 9:47 PM - 5 messages
Hello - Can an application that will be supporting 225 concurrent users use the mechanical settings using the ADODC control as opposed to writing code? It seems to me that with a number of tables, one may run into a problem of ...
Score Scroll wheel question
BobbyS - 7 Mar 2006 9:28 PM - 2 messages
I have a VB6 project and I would like to enable use of the mouse scroll wheel in my forms. It is an MDI application. The parent form contains the scroll bar controls. When the child form is visible in the parent form but not ...
Score windows form
YANG HONG - 7 Mar 2006 7:55 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I am using VS basic.net  2005. I want to use hide,or close to change form from form1 to form2. I use showdialog to open form. Actually, I have several forms. I hope to use created method to check, it seems it doesn't work very ...
Score What line does the error start on?
Alastair MacFarlane - 7 Mar 2006 6:22 PM - 11 messages
Dear All If I have 2 subs, which for convenience I will call SubA and SubB: {} Both Subs use line numbers. {} SubA calls SubB 3 times with different values. {} An error is raised in SubB and error trapping using Erl gives me the line ...
Score My screen stays on background
Fab - 7 Mar 2006 6:00 PM - 2 messages
Hello, I have a VB6 application running on windows XP SP1 (CPU : 900Mhz, RAM : 500 Mo). For one of the screens (let's call it "screen A"), when I click on a button to have access to the following screen B, it sometimes stays on screen A but ...
Score GetSystemTime or GetLocalTime
Chris - 7 Mar 2006 5:50 PM - 2 messages
I'm synchronising times amongst a number of clients via a TCP connection. (I'm in the UK).  The correct time will be read from GetSystemTime or GetLocalTime.  The structure is sent to the remote client via TCP and the ...
Score Center Graphic Question
will - 7 Mar 2006 5:43 PM - 3 messages
Hi, I have a graphic that I want to center on a mdi form.  I want it to be centered for every different resolution.  How can I do this? Thanks ...
Score Setting background in vscrollbar to gray
Dan - 7 Mar 2006 5:42 PM - 11 messages
I'm working in VB6 and would like to set the background of the VScrollbar control to gray (it defaults to white).  There is backcolor property for this control; is there any way to do what I want. Thanks... ...
Score DTPicker to show 'none selected'
Dan Hoskin - 7 Mar 2006 5:17 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I am using several DTpickers in an app that writes to a Jet DB. My problem is that when I allow users the checkbox option in the DTPicker to write a null value to the DB, how do I get the DTPicker to show something like "No ...
Score How many ActiveX processes can I have?
Martin - 7 Mar 2006 2:16 PM - 6 messages
How many ActiveX processes can I have tied in to a single "master" process? I have several installations running where the application consists of a "master" process and a single ActiveX process. The reason I do it this way is to take advantage of the benefits of multi-threading in ...
Score user list
hui - 7 Mar 2006 2:09 PM - 2 messages
How can I get User list from Windows and what can they do? such as I login win2000 pro with administrator, I can find all user by computer manager: Administrator, all user1, only read user2, only read and write ...... userN, only read ...
Score Help with trim!
Damon - 7 Mar 2006 1:55 PM - 8 messages
Hi, I have an address that comes though which may be 69-79 RUBY STREET or 129-179 RUBY STREET etc.  I want to be able to do a sum on these addresses i.e. 79-69 or 179-129 so I can tell how many houses are within that specific ...
Score to open the xcel sheet
Karthik External - 7 Mar 2006 12:53 PM - 3 messages
sir i am karhik, from madurai, india i am not able to open the xcel file using vb coding in Open office, how to open the xcel file using vb in OpenOffice please help me sir karthik ...
Score Searching a string
Ron - 7 Mar 2006 12:17 PM - 12 messages
Hi I want to search a string for the first showing of a minus sign eg asc(45) place all the text to the left of the sign in a textbox1 and all the rest in textbox2. can you indicate the best way to do this please ...
Score FrontPage
dena320 - 7 Mar 2006 9:01 AM - 3 messages
I have Front page 2000 and am having trouble sizeing pictures.  I have set the width and height to 100 percent but when I view the page in Mozilla Firefox, the image comes up smaller than the original.  When I tried to use a ...
Score Form.Printform
Gaurav - http://www.gauravcreations.com - 7 Mar 2006 8:56 AM - 5 messages
Is it possible to set page margins before using the form.printform option I would like to print information on pre-printed tictkets. I was trying to position the data on the form and then print.. but it leaves margins when ...
Score WHERE clause in ADO query of Excel data
cush - 7 Mar 2006 1:14 AM - 2 messages
Private Sub btnOK_Click() On Error GoTo ErrorHandler   ' Enable error-handling routine.     Dim objRsExcel As Object     Set objRsExcel = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")     Dim sConn As String     Dim RecCount As Long ...
Score MS, Enough is Enough!
Tamo - 6 Mar 2006 11:29 PM - 60 messages
hiya, I think MS have gone too far with the VB6 issue. .NET is nothing more a platform for lazy developers trying to quickly make software. I tried 2002, 2003 and now 2005, nothing have changed except few Framework changes and cool looking IDE. The only good thing in .NET is ...
Score Creating an ActiveX control
DanS - 6 Mar 2006 11:04 PM - 4 messages
Hello there, Back to the Shell project..... To refresh, the shell has a system tray (API Listview) , task swapper (VB Listview), full owner-draw icon start menu (OCX), and on the interface form is a label for the clock and 3 command buttons. ...
Score call a control that is on another form using an array.
Mark - 6 Mar 2006 10:52 PM - 2 messages
I have 2 forms on form1 I have a button that is suppose to fire a command button on the 2nd form. The control it is suppose to call  is stored in an array. I have to do this because I have alot of  buttons that might have to ...
Score Microsoft code did not work?
Andrew - 6 Mar 2006 9:19 PM - 2 messages
Hi, guys, I have the following source code copied from MSDN, ([link]) where Micrsoft XML 4.0 was referenced: Dim obj As MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP Set obj = New MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP ...
Score Launch VB App with Arguments via Hyperlink
Dave Y in Knoxville - 6 Mar 2006 9:02 PM - 4 messages
I have a VB application that has command-line arguments that I would like to launch via a hyperlink that is emailed to the user. If I use the syntax of "\\server\path\app.exe arg1,arg2" the link breaks ...
Score Programmatically set reference to ActiveX dll
RB Smissaert - 6 Mar 2006 8:57 PM - 3 messages
How do I in VB6 (in a simple .exe or ActiveX dll) set a reference programmatically to another ActiveX dll? In VBA this is simple with AddFromFile, but sofar I haven't managed this yet in VB6. Or should it be enough to compile the app with the reference set to the ...
Score Can someone please check my code? No Intellisense for items
Sandy - 6 Mar 2006 3:50 PM - 12 messages
Hello - I have the following code, so far.  I am trying to merely fill  cboState and cboDeclarationNo.  I am getting no Intellisense for EOF, AddItem or MoveNext. Set cnn = New ADODB.Connection     With cnn ...
Score Convert Variant String to Double
remo0033 - 6 Mar 2006 3:31 PM - 6 messages
Hello, What am I missing here? (Code pasted below) 1) Set objInstaller = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer") 2) Version = objInstaller.Version 3) Wscript.Echo typename(Version) 4) WScript.Echo IsNumeric(Version) 5) Version = Cdbl(Version) 6) Wscript.Echo typename(Version) I'm writing a script to check if Windows Installer 3.1(or above) is ...
Score Lock Word window?
Ken K - 6 Mar 2006 3:19 PM - 3 messages
Is there any way to prevent users from switching between documents in Word when a VB form is showing? I’ve got a COM add-in that opens a form modally, but that doesn’t prevent users from switching to different documents (using the Windows task bar for ...
Score Windows
Oscar - 6 Mar 2006 2:19 PM - 2 messages
Is there a way to set the size and postion of the windows of external apps? ...
Score need help on vb.net
aruncg82 - 6 Mar 2006 1:42 PM - 2 messages
Hi, Can any one give me a simple way of understanding the use of IADs interface in vb.net? I don't know the .net equivalent of the following code.     Set objIADsContainer = GetObject("WinNT://servername") ...
Score About The Hard Disk Serial Number
Hüseyin Turan YANIK - 6 Mar 2006 11:30 AM - 15 messages
please help me, I am looking for the api call code to get the hard disk serial number which is not the phisical one. i am looking for the serial of the producer which is unique and cannot be changed. ...
Score Empty subreport with Activereports 2.0 and VB 6
Med-Teo - 6 Mar 2006 11:07 AM - 2 messages
I need to print a report made up of two pages of header and two pages of technical attachments. The attachments are included in the main report's detail and each technical attachment calls back 3 sub reports. When there are only few technical attachments everything ...
Score Code for finding more than one form open in a application
Subbaiah - 6 Mar 2006 8:36 AM - 2 messages
Hello, From one form ,not an mdi form,, From a child form, code to check wthether some other child forms are open. Please send the code. With Regards, Subbaiah ...
Score Crazy VB
kunal.kishan - 6 Mar 2006 6:33 AM - 5 messages
Hi I am trying to run the regsvr32.exe to register a Home made dll. Every time it throws the following error: The Specifed module cannot be found. I have set the PATH variable as  PATH=whatever;C:\C2p3\;. ...
Score Acces Denied when calling FaxDocument Submit
Neil - 6 Mar 2006 5:27 AM - 4 messages
Hello all: I have a Windows 2003 SBS server.  My client is Windows XP. I wrote this VB code in Access to send faxes using the FAXCOMEX library:     Dim FS As New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxServer     Dim FD As New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxDocument ...
Score VB and Excel
will - 6 Mar 2006 4:56 AM - 6 messages
Hi, I have a VB app that needs to export data via ADO to a pre-defined Excel 2003 spreadsheet (has captions/headers to describe the data). The spreadsheet has pre-defined cells for where the data goes. I also need it to ...
Score What considerations must be taken for app to run as a service?
Jack - 5 Mar 2006 9:37 PM - 4 messages
Hello,             On startup my program needs and reads some customized registration data from Windows registry. Some users are running my app as a service on their machines, usually Windows Server 2003. ...
Score Welcome To The Text To Speech
Meftah Tayeb - 5 Mar 2006 8:56 PM - 2 messages
'please Refrance (Microsoft Speech Object Library 5.1 Private SP As SpVoice Public Sub ReadText(TXT As String) If TXT = "" Then Exit Sub SP.Speak TXT End Sub Private Sub CMDRead_Click() ReadText TXTString.Text End Sub Private Sub Form_Load() TXTString.Text = "Welcome !My Name: Meftah Tayeb" ...
Score Choosing an Installer
Anthony - 5 Mar 2006 5:45 PM - 14 messages
We have been using the (VB6) Package and Deployment Wizard for years to distribute our software. We have made numerous modifications to it to meet our requierments, such as adding controls, revising the look and feel, suppressing alerts, adding activation/registration screens, etc. We like it ...
Score File/Folder browse dialog?
Martin - 5 Mar 2006 5:30 PM - 3 messages
I'm developing a program in which I want to provide the user with a way to easily select various files and/or folders for further processing. Ideally, I would like to use a selection dialog like the one that's in the Windows XP Pro Backup Utility (where each ...
Score Calculate the Number of Subsets
Paul Black - 5 Mar 2006 3:47 PM - 7 messages
Hi Everyone, This is Lotto Based. There is a System in Lotto called "Wheels". A Lotto Wheeling System is a Special Pattern to Arrange Numbers into Combinations. This System can be Used Over and Over again with Different Numbers. A Lotto Wheel is Constructed in such a way that if the Winning ...
Score Add an Item to a ListBox
Alastair MacFarlane - 5 Mar 2006 1:17 PM - 10 messages
Dear All, Is it possible to add an item to a list box so the last entered item would be the first on the list or at a position of my choice, for example: List1.AddItem "1" List1.AddItem "2" ...
Score SQL DATE
Pinto1uk - 5 Mar 2006 10:46 AM - 2 messages
Hi, i am using a SQL statement in order to generate a report of the products that have sold. I can do this with no problem. But how do i amend the SQL statement to show the products that have been sold in the day, week or month. ...
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