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Filling TreeView from directory

David - 18 Mar 2006 6:30 PM - 3 messages

Can anyone point me to an example of filling a TreeView control with files and subfolders from a designated directory? Thanks. David ...

Find most similar filename

Dogbert - 18 Mar 2006 5:21 PM - 9 messages

is there any function similar to SQL's [LIKE] function in order to find a filename? i want to find a file name with a fixed pattern eg. "somefilenameDDMMYYXXXXXX.txt" X may be random number i have to match the string "somefilenameDDMMYYYY" one by one from thousands of ...

Sending Email with VB

Arne Beruldsen - 18 Mar 2006 4:07 PM - 5 messages

How do i send an email within a VB 6 application. It doesn't have to be 100% reliable ...if it only works with Outlook or Outlook Express...that's fine. Thanks ...

DAO Control Find Method

The Merg - 18 Mar 2006 3:17 PM - 3 messages

I have a recordset bound to a DAO control on a form. I have enabled my user to enter in text to perform a search on the data, including searching on names in the data. My problem is when the person's name has an apostrophe in ...

Retval - Shell program run problem with parameters

The Prof. - 18 Mar 2006 1:32 PM - 3 messages

Hi All, I am really hoping someone can help me here with what is probaly an easy question.? I am trying to write a bit of code that will do the same thing as the user going to \start\programs\doctors apps\thisapp\uninstall.lnk ...

VB6 keeps asking for VisualStudio 2005 DVD

Marcus Smaby - 18 Mar 2006 1:13 PM - 4 messages

I recently installed the 90 day trial copy of Visual Studio .NET DVD. Liking what I saw, I ordered the real deal (upgrade). I found I did not have to install it but the upgrade allowed me to use the Product Key to activate the ...

Create a taskbar toolbar in VB

alex.silcock - 18 Mar 2006 10:27 AM - 2 messages

Hi All What I would like to do is create a program or a DLL in VB6 than can run in the Windows taskbar. I've already searched Google but I can't find anything except putting the contents of folders on the taskbar. I ...

VB making a CSV from a filename

Jchick - 17 Mar 2006 10:31 PM - 2 messages

Can anyone give me a clue on how to make a VB.NET program to take a file name that looks like this: $_1234_99999999_7777777777_00000000_$_A.tif And make it into a CSV file to look like this: 1234,99999999,7777777777,00000000,A,c:\scans\$_1234_99999999_7777777777_00000000_$_A.tif ...

Combo Box Problem

Ole Weigelt - 17 Mar 2006 10:07 PM - 3 messages

Hi everybody, I have a form that changes depending on the value (ListIndex) of a combo box. This means that I need an event any time then combo box changes. The Box has Style #2, no text entry, fixed items only. Thus the change event is not ...

HiEdit Pro

Mark1110 - 17 Mar 2006 9:18 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I inheritied a VB6 application that uses an add-in called HiEdit Pro which prints documents like it was created in Microsoft Word. The company who created the HiEdit Pro was Heiler Software who were located in Germany. Unfortunately Heiler Software has been out of business for almost 8 years. ...

Why it did not work for an internet URL?

Andrew - 17 Mar 2006 7:23 PM - 2 messages

Hello, friends, In VB6.0, I tested the following code to download binary image files: Dim objInet As New InetCtlsObjects.Inet Dim byteData() As Byte ' Data variable On Error Resume Next ...

Adding MS Access type record navigation buttons to a form

weegee - 17 Mar 2006 3:41 PM - 7 messages

I have a VB6 application which uses MS Access as its backend. Im familiar with Access and therefore how to place the record navigation buttons for: First Record Next Record Previous Record Last Record How would i code this in VB 6? ...

Microsoft SAPI 5.0 - Is there something better out there?

KAB - 17 Mar 2006 3:35 PM - 9 messages

Hi Everybody; I'm working on programs to help aid blind and handicap people (which I hope to distribute as FREEWARE). To make my software work, I have to use the Microsoft SAPI to take care of the Text To Speech portions my VB program. ...

Realtime communications between programs

L M Kahn - 17 Mar 2006 4:36 AM - 2 messages

I want to read/write a SQL Server database from a DOS based programming language. ODBC is not an option. I'm considering having a VB program running in the background with the SQL Server file open, and having the DOS ...

Zip files using VB6

y2kbug - 17 Mar 2006 1:49 AM - 17 messages

I would like to zip files (all sub-folders and files inside a folder, but not including that folder). I have read several articles on the Internet, teaching me using .dll like Info-zip, Zlib, C..., PKZip, etc. However, I always meet run-time error! ...

Arrays and Scope

Bookreader - 16 Mar 2006 11:42 PM - 4 messages

I declare an array at the beginning at my function as: Private Sub SplitOn_tr(rtbHTML.Text) On Error GoTo ErrorHandler Dim strTables() As String Dim x As Integer Dim numTables As Integer ...

VB6 User Interface - Scroll Code Window using mouse wheel

BobK - 16 Mar 2006 11:27 PM - 2 messages

I am using the VB6 that comes embedded in Access 2002 & Excel 2002. Using my mouse wheel to scroll a window up and down has become second nature over the years, but it is very frustrating to me that it will not scroll code ...

how to speed up this process

ergun - 16 Mar 2006 10:26 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I am working on a face detection project and i need matrix operations. For this reason i wrote that code for matrix multiplications. Function matriscarp(m1() As Double, m2() As Double, m3() As Double) Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long, m As Long, g As Long, t As Long ...

Exposing references to controls on a UserControl

Dan - 16 Mar 2006 9:08 PM - 10 messages

Working in VB6, I am dynamically adding intrinsic controls to a control based on a UserControl. I'd like to be able to provide references to those intrinsic controls to a class, something like this: Public Function AddTextBox(sTextBoxName as string) as VB.TextBox ...

Listbox vs. message box focus

RC Bob - 16 Mar 2006 8:31 PM - 5 messages

I am trying to import data into a listbox from a collection and then have the operator review it and decide whether to print it using a message box. Problem is, the data scrolls off and the scrollbar on the listbox is not ...

Listbox and message box focus issue

RC Bob - 16 Mar 2006 7:37 PM - 3 messages

I want to import data from a collection and display it in a listbox. I then want to provide a message box to give the operator a chance to review the collected data before deciding whether to print it or repeat the test. I can ...

unable to kill powerpoint

vonClausowitz - 16 Mar 2006 7:26 PM - 2 messages

Hi All, I have a small code to close powerpoint from within my BVA program. The problem is that it ain't working. I cannot close a powerpoint instance when the slideshow has not been saved. Option Compare Database Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" _ ...

Using Multiple form in VB.NET

Diederick Kruger - 16 Mar 2006 5:32 PM - 3 messages

I want to know how can I call another form that I have created? Ex: My 1ste form is my log in form. Now after you have logged in, I want to call the main form. How do I do this? ...

External Application Printing

Lorin - 16 Mar 2006 5:27 PM - 3 messages

I want my VB6 App to: 1) look at the file extension 2) determine the associated applicaion 3) start the associated application 4) and cause it to silently print the file. A) I need help on item 4. ...

Kiosk Implementation

msdnbuddy - 16 Mar 2006 5:21 PM - 14 messages

Please let me know if this has been posted in the wrong discussion group. Here is what we are trying to do: We have about 2000 employees across the country and all of them have NT logins. We plan to put up computers (KIOSKS) ...

Collection as sub-set of collection

Kyudos - 16 Mar 2006 4:53 PM - 3 messages

This is about VB6, hope this is the right forum! Say I have two collections: Cars and Manufacturers e.g., Cars = Focus, Escort, Puma, Cougar, 626, 323, Clio, Espace, 106, 206, 307 Manufacturers = Ford, Mazda, Renault, Peugeot I have a couple of questions about inter-referencing between them: ...

Get the Length of text String

Mark - 16 Mar 2006 4:00 PM - 4 messages

Is there a way to get the length of a string to see if it will fit into the text box. I need to adjust the width of the text box so the user can see all of the text. ...

Silent Install/iss file

chris - 16 Mar 2006 3:31 PM - 4 messages

Hello: I NEED to do a silent install if my application. Does anyone know anything about this? How is it done with the PDW? Do I need another tool to do it? Thank you ...

Uninstall VS 6

Sandy - 16 Mar 2006 3:14 PM - 3 messages

Hello - I need to uninstall VS 6 and re-install it. It is not in my Add/Remove Programs, which I found rather strange. I ran through SetUp expecting to see an option to Uninstall and all I can find is Install, with an option to ...

Embeding Excel

Rick - 16 Mar 2006 3:14 PM - 2 messages

I'm working in VB6. Is there an article about how to embed an MS EXCEL sheet into a VB6 form and manipulate it? I know the is an OLE problem... ...

regsvr32 vb application with dll

elie chucrallah - 16 Mar 2006 1:48 PM - 14 messages

Dear Sirs, My standard exe vb5 application uses many DLLs. On application start up , it uses regsvr32 -u then regsvr32 to register all the applciation dlls. if the client is a local administartor the applciation runs just fine. One company does not allow the clients to run as local administrator. ...

Application to ActiveX dll

Anis Khalife - 16 Mar 2006 1:22 PM - 2 messages

hi... i'm new to ATL programming.. actually i have a application build in VC++ SDK and can i convert that application into ActiveX dll... plz help ...

navigating dataset in webpage

vbkoder - 16 Mar 2006 12:46 PM - 3 messages

I have been trying to cobble together code for navigating through a dataset in an ASP.Net web project. I was successful in doing Next, Previous, etc. My latest requirement is to be able to go to a record based on a criteria. For ...

VB Text Box - Insert To - Table In Excel !

lovely_angel_for_you - 16 Mar 2006 11:13 AM - 3 messages

Hi Hope you doing great. I was trying to insert a text box variable item in the excel sheet. This is very basic code. I will be checking the advanced code about the same later. However this is one thing that I need most immediately. ...

Display message window, whilst running query in background?

Lisa - 16 Mar 2006 10:11 AM - 3 messages

How can I accomplish displaying a window (dialog) with a message, for the user, whilst a query is executing in the background? Thanks. ...

Machine Serial Number

David Angelovich - 16 Mar 2006 10:03 AM - 2 messages

Hi I support a lot of Acer machines at work and I'm looking for a way to obtain the machine's serial number from within a VB app. The number seems to be stored in the hardware - it displays in the BIOS. I've seen ...

DLL library not opening!

nah - 16 Mar 2006 2:54 AM - 11 messages

Hello. I am calling a C++ .dll library that I wrote from my VB6 program, using the following command: Declare Function MyFunction Lib "MyDLL.dll" () As Integer It works just fine when I run the compiled .exe program, BUT it gives me an ...

Where can I find MS-Word controls in VB6?

Javad - 16 Mar 2006 2:01 AM - 3 messages

Hello I want to use the facilities of MS-Word in my VB6 program. How can I activate MS-Word controls? Where are them? I couldn't find them in project's components list. Thank you ...

Good movie players other then MediaPlayer

Javad - 16 Mar 2006 1:58 AM - 3 messages

Do we have any good movie players other than MediaPlayer in VB6? Thank you ...

Show a form when MediaPlayer in fullscreen mode

Javad - 16 Mar 2006 1:56 AM - 2 messages

Hello How can I show a form in front of MediaPlayer without letting it quit fullscreen mode? Is there any solution? Thanks a lot ...

test printer code

Mike Williams - 15 Mar 2006 7:42 PM - 14 messages

Hi All I would really appreciate it if any of you would do me a favour and kindly test the following printer code for me. It should enable you to print (using the API instead of the VB printer object) to any printer you select, and it ...

Problem with invalid reference

RichardF - 15 Mar 2006 6:58 PM - 7 messages

I have a problem with Visual Basic 6. In my Project references there is an entry for "Active Toolbar" that points to "C\Windows\System32\ActBar.ocx. This file does not exist. I don't know where it came from either, and ...

Having an issue using Print statement

Stepp - 15 Mar 2006 5:07 PM - 3 messages

Good afternoon techies, I am new to this forum; greetings. I am 40 years old today. Yuk And so why am I working? My issue is that i have a string that is coming from a field. the string contains line feeds. ...

Maniplulate word document from VB

Moose - 15 Mar 2006 4:17 PM - 4 messages

Hi, Have got a program that opens up a text file in word, program is used to get a readable printout from an output file from a really old database system. uses the following - --------------------------------------------------- Dim Myw As Word.Application Dim Myd As Word.Document ...

[OT] File association for an email attachment

jamie - 15 Mar 2006 2:19 PM - 2 messages

hello, I'm trying to open an email attachment (in a VB6 app) when the user double-clicks it. I have the file association registry entries setup and they are working when the user clicks the file from within windows explorer. ...

Remove folders

Harold Druss - 15 Mar 2006 10:22 AM - 10 messages

Hi All I'm using the API example to remove the files and then the folder: ******************************* DeleteFile "C:\KPD-Team\test.kpd" With SHDirOp .wFunc = FO_DELETE .pFrom = "C:\KPD-Team" ...

How to retrieve data from Type?

Jack - 15 Mar 2006 6:29 AM - 12 messages

Hello, Type VARSTRING dwTotalSize As Long dwNeededSize As Long dwUsedSize As Long dwStringFormat As Long dwStringSize As Long dwStringOffset As Long End Type ...

Include User defined License Agreement dialog in InstallShield 10.0

ansar - 15 Mar 2006 5:49 AM - 3 messages

Hai, Thanx in advance those who help me, I have a problem in creating and including the License agreement dialog in Installshield 10.0 i searched in these google groups but every body suggested to go for Installdialogue to create a user defined license agreement that forces the user to ...

Program unresponsiveness problem

Velvet - 15 Mar 2006 5:42 AM - 4 messages

I'm having a problem with a windows program that I've written. When looping through a recordest and sending email to our email list, I have a CANCEL button that is supposed to change a variable and after the email that is ...

currency without symbol

Prashwee - 15 Mar 2006 5:17 AM - 14 messages

hello all Is it is possible to get the currency formatted by regional settings without the currency symbol. Please help Thanks in advance /Prash ...

Notification Window without a .NET

Amir - 15 Mar 2006 4:42 AM - 5 messages

Hi, Is there any way I can use a notification window like the one in Outlook2003 for my Access2002 project only by using VB/VBA without a .NET involved? I've seen this Microsoft page about the VB Power Pack: ...

reading multiple text files into one text file

jonefer - 15 Mar 2006 2:36 AM - 2 messages

Has someone written a reliable routine to read multiple textfiles from a named folder and write each into one text file? It would be nice to have a routine in VB that does this. === this is a sample of code from one of my co-workers ...

Registering DLL

E. F. - 15 Mar 2006 12:02 AM - 4 messages

Can someone please point me to on-line source(s) that explain what Regsvr32 actually does and what is achieved by registering DLLs? TIA, Eugene ...

DAO

Rick - 14 Mar 2006 10:03 PM - 4 messages

I have an application thart uses DAO 3.6 in VB6. On the test machine, on which I used a standard setup, I get the error The activeX Cmoponent can't be created. Why? ...

Listview Column prolem

Abby - 14 Mar 2006 9:55 PM - 5 messages

HI all, how can i change the background color of a column in a listview. thanks ...

Communicating between Applications

Doug - 14 Mar 2006 9:55 PM - 31 messages

I have two VB apps I have written. App A is a graphical interface (forms, etc.) and APP B is more of a batch process. App B is started via a Shell command from App A. Can someone kind of step me through how I would write ...

Can't view a watermark in a document

OldManEd - 14 Mar 2006 8:28 PM - 3 messages

I have tried all of Word's options to make a watermark visible while editing. What would be the VBA code to turn on the watermark such that I can edit around it? Ed ...

setting file security permissions using VB

Erik Andreassen - 14 Mar 2006 7:53 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I am developing a simple file copying program using VB 6.0, and need to include some basic file managment features. The jist of the program is to allow a user to select a number of files (in this case, Excel files) from a ...

File Type Question

will - 14 Mar 2006 7:47 PM - 6 messages

Hi, I have to launch different office documents (excel, word...) and want to figure out the file type based on the file name. I know how to use string handling functions to strip of the file type. However, is there a better ...

loop through string and remove unwanted characters?

vonClausowitz - 14 Mar 2006 6:05 PM - 8 messages

Hi All, I'm getting mad here trying to think of a way to remove strange characters from a date string. This is the code I use, but it will only remove one of the two strange characters at the end. ...

how to override the URL for a SOAP service

Andy Fish - 14 Mar 2006 1:23 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I am using the SOAP toolkit version 3.0. From what I can see, the SoapClient30 class reads the URL of the server to connect to from the WSDL file. Is there any way of overriding this at runtime, or do I have to build a WSDL ...

internet access

hirostroud - 14 Mar 2006 12:21 PM - 3 messages

hey,its me again i need help with possibly the last thing im trying to open internet explorer from visual basic 6,using a command button when they click the button, it opens iexplore, but also takes the user to a web address specified in a textbox ...

convert text file with tags to Word doc format

FotoArt - 14 Mar 2006 11:44 AM - 3 messages

hello i'm quite new to vb. What Im trying to achieve is to create a tiny application that would convert some plain text documents with lots of tags to Ms word format. Is this possible. Any help in the right direction would be appreciated. ...

text alignment in Listbox

Bod - 14 Mar 2006 11:13 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I have a 'browse' button on a field that pops up a listbox containing permissible codes and descriptions for the field. The codes can be 1-10 chars long. I populate the listbox in a loop using Listbox.AddItem MyCode & vbTab & MyDesc ...

MsComm Control Lockup After Parity Error

Kenny Wong - 14 Mar 2006 10:58 AM - 11 messages

Hi folks! I'm developing a serial app with VB and the MSComm control, and found a rather annoying issue: in doing stress tests on my app I generate several communication errors to see how my app will handle. Right now, when I ...

How can I create a large text file is an efficient way?

Oscar - 14 Mar 2006 9:07 AM - 3 messages

I 've coded a subroutine to create a text file (in this case a xml file) which sometimes holds a size of 500 - 900 KB. While the subroutine works efficiently for small file size (up to 50 KB) I noted a worse efficiency in ...

what should i use?

VB Newbie - 14 Mar 2006 8:00 AM - 2 messages

good day pros, i would like to make a sample program that will act as a report service... if someone sends a request via email the system will receive the mail and sends back a respond with an attached pdf report file from a report server ...

"Common" Variable/Constant Declaration

AK - 14 Mar 2006 2:45 AM - 11 messages

I have 2 forms. I want to declare a variable (or constant) so that it is available to the procedures on both forms. Do I have to declare the variable (or constant) in each forms general section, or form load - or is there ...

Random Click Events

jeremy.moseley - 14 Mar 2006 1:56 AM - 10 messages

I have a array of Picture objects with a click event applied. The event works fine, but triggering it is a problem. It tends to take a random number of clicks (less than 15) to get the event to activate. Anybody ...

Intel Motherboard and Hard drive

Newbie - 14 Mar 2006 12:09 AM - 2 messages

Is there a way in VB6 to read the temperature of the CPU (Intel), Motherboard (Intel) and hard drives? ...

Richtextbox control array dragdrop failure

Ken Mattern - 13 Mar 2006 9:58 PM - 5 messages

I have a tabbed form that holds an array of richtextboxes, each within its own tab. Each one is an independant editor. If I try to drag and drop existing text in any of the richtextboxes the dragdrop fails. This is not ...

VB User Control problem

Rick - 13 Mar 2006 9:40 PM - 6 messages

I have an application in VB6, and I get the following message: Failed to activate control 'VB UserControl.' This control may be incompatible with your application. Make sure you are using the version of the control that wass provided with your application. ...

Runtime Error 53 : File not found

Jay Cee - 13 Mar 2006 7:15 PM - 5 messages

Hi All, A small problem..... I have a App that has pictures stored in app.path/pictures. Based on a user query the app searches for a picture in this folder and if it does not find it I would like to display a default picture ...

dynamicaly set color on text

Big D - 13 Mar 2006 6:33 PM - 8 messages

I wrote a function where you pass the IP address and returns a boolean value. There is a label on the main form that lets you know the status of a device. What I want to accomplish is based on the boolean value display "Online" as ...

Full Computer Name

Trent Argante - 13 Mar 2006 5:51 PM - 8 messages

How do I get VB6 (WinXP) to return the computer's name that is stored in Control Pannel | System | Computer Name | Full computer name? Thanks, Trent Argante [DC.J(452)!(401)] ...

Reading in an ASP page with VB?

ToMo - 13 Mar 2006 4:50 PM - 6 messages

I just did a search and didn't really see anybody talking about this. I am familiar with FSO, but would it be possible to read in an ASP file (as text) from a webserver via Visual Basic as long as the application ...

Add dynamic existing forms to a new VBproject

Miguel - 13 Mar 2006 4:21 PM - 4 messages

Hi, all, I want to add existing VBForms to a new VBProject. Is it possible to add existing forms (from another project) to a vbproject in the code of VB. So I don't want to use "Project/add - Forms". But I want to start from A ...

Nested collections not iterating

CJ Claeys - 13 Mar 2006 4:02 PM - 3 messages

I have a parent class with 3 collections all pointing to collection classes, they are private to the parent and accessed via parent.col (Orders, orderlines type of relations). Anyways, they build fine, look great in the locals but every item has the same data even though each item in the locals ...

Crap .NET lol

Abhishek - 13 Mar 2006 3:31 PM - 17 messages

add a picturebox to the form and set the sizemode to autosize and u becomes hadicap, the handle to resize the control goes away. lol this is funny, is this some kind of a new AI ? i am not buying you pea.NUTS, and will push/use VB6 to the most ...

Resolve date from string

vonClausowitz - 13 Mar 2006 1:17 PM - 19 messages

Hi All, I'm having a problem trying to resolve a string into a date using the DateSerial function. What I have is two things: sDateFormat As String sMyDate As String sDateFormat = "dd mm yy" sMyDate = "01 03 06" Now I want to change the sMyDate into a date format using the ...

Crystal report XI support files for creating VB-6 Setup.

Subbaiah - 13 Mar 2006 1:08 PM - 2 messages

Hi, For creating VB-6 setup, I am using third party tool. In my VB-6 application i am using Crystal Report XI. Can any one help me, what are support files to be included in the setup file ...

Find full stop in string

Chris - 13 Mar 2006 12:35 PM - 3 messages

Hey all, I have a string coming from a db, how can i find the length of it up until the first full stop (there are a souple of sentences).. is there some argument that len function takes perhaps ? regards ...

VB-6 form automatically deleted .

Subbaiah - 13 Mar 2006 7:27 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I am working with VB-6 application. When i was run the application one form automatically deleted from my physical location. Now the form is nowhere in my system. How can i retrieve the deleted form? Can any one help me..... ...

BOOT STRAP PROGRAM

anil kumar - 13 Mar 2006 5:46 AM - 2 messages

I want to delvelop boot strap program. How to develop boot strap program by using V.B. Anil Kumar ...

Error 52 Bad file name or number on file read

simon - 13 Mar 2006 4:55 AM - 14 messages

When walking a Windows share drive to extract the first 255 bytes from files more than 255 bytes in size using the VB6 code Type Record Magic(255) As Byte End Type FileNumber = FreeFile ...

TimeSetEvent - Decimal Interval?

FrankAm - 13 Mar 2006 4:35 AM - 3 messages

Hello all, I am writing a DrumMachine Program and as you can figure out, the timer needs to be EXTREMELY accurate... I am using the TimeSetEvent function of Winmm.dll. This is my dilemma... This is the decalaration... Public Declare Function timeSetEvent Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal uDelay As ...

Print# Questions

AK - 13 Mar 2006 1:14 AM - 14 messages

I have a dropdown combo box (cboName), with three items in the dropdown list. I select one item and then amd saving the ListIndex (number) to a text file. When I open the file with my text editor (notepad) , the correct ...

Converting string to int

me - 13 Mar 2006 1:02 AM - 5 messages

I'm trying to convert a string to an integer.. but it's not working.. I've tried Val() and Cint(). Val("040") returns "0" Cint('040") returns 1 I'd like to return 40. (similarly "008" to return 8). ...

Multiple selection ListBox

Claudia Fong - 12 Mar 2006 8:31 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a multiple selection ListBox When the user select the items, I would like to display the selected item in a textbox....is that possible? For example, I heve 10 items in the listbox, if the user select 2 of the ...

HOWTO: Reload VB6 Form

Dan Johnson - 12 Mar 2006 6:19 PM - 5 messages

We would like to let our users easily switch back and forth between using their production and demo databases. The easiest way to do this would be to let the user elect to "switch" via the program menu, then have the main ...

Newsgroups - VB

Lorin - 12 Mar 2006 5:06 PM - 9 messages

Coming in through [link] How do I get here from Outlook Express 6 - Newsgroup? What is the "NNTP server" name. ...

Automation Error

gablai86 - 12 Mar 2006 4:57 PM - 2 messages

Hello All, Please advice me as I'm new in VB. I have an error access to a module if I'm logging in under Users level account. However, I don't have any problem running the module under Administrator level account. ...

Subclass a form to capture events?

Anthony - 12 Mar 2006 3:00 PM - 11 messages

Been wrestling with this for a while now. I am trying to capture all events on a form, including events raised from controls on the form. I was trying to do something like this (vbScript way) Set MyButton.OnClick = GetRef("MyButtonOnClickEventHandler") ...

dynamic form based on parameters in VB6

deekaye - 12 Mar 2006 2:19 PM - 4 messages

I have an app where I want the user to be able to create an entry in a textbox in a form that will call up a pop up form based on parameters he creates. So in my app the user would for example in a text box type ...

cover colour outside frame control

RB Smissaert - 12 Mar 2006 11:07 AM - 24 messages

When you have an ordinary frame control with Appearance 3-D and BorderStyle Fixed Single and no caption there will be the frame backcolor above the upper lining of the frame. What is the best way to avoid this? Have been fiddling with a label to cover this but it depends on the screen ...

Getting text from a web page

Bookreader - 12 Mar 2006 11:04 AM - 9 messages

I'd like to get all the text from a web page. When I do this manually, I would right-click, select all, right-click, copy, and then paste it somewhere. When I paste it, it essentially looks like the formatted web page. ...

Building a visual basic add-in

Bookreader - 12 Mar 2006 3:39 AM - 7 messages

I would like to try my hand at writing a visual basic add-in. Please point out any good articles or tutorials on this subject. Is there any particular fairly advanced topic I would have to know to be able to do this? ...