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Score Hash algorithms in VB
hurricane_number_one - 15 Apr 2006 10:20 PM - 15 messages
I have a library of hash routines that I am using to implement copy protection in my program.  My application would generate a product ID and a username that the user enters, then they would provide that info to us and we would give them a serial number. ...
Score "out of memory" error
sreejith - 15 Apr 2006 7:52 PM - 3 messages
Hi,    I have a problem for the software package we developed in Padmam technologies at Cochin. We developed the application in VB and is using an mdb file to store some data. There are a problems we see in the ...
Score opening a file in visual basic 6.0
Sme - 15 Apr 2006 4:39 PM - 10 messages
What is the general format for opening a file in visual basic 6.0 FileOpen doesn't seem to work. Do I need to use an API or something? Thanks John S ...
Score Mouse pointer position
Javad - 15 Apr 2006 2:41 PM - 5 messages
Hello 1- How can I find the position of my mouse pointer in VB6? (I mean the cursor's position in (x,y)) 2- How can I hide or unhide the mouse pointer? Thank you ...
Score Controlling powerpoint viewer from VB
Chris - 15 Apr 2006 2:31 PM - 3 messages
I'm wanting to use visual studio 2005 (VB) to start and track progress of the powerpoint viewer 2003. The aim is to start  the pptviewer from a VS application and when it completes my VS application will be able to start another, thus I need to be ...
Score Slowing down Simulated Effects
Bill Hall - 15 Apr 2006 8:21 AM - 10 messages
I'm writing a program which simulates Data Handling experiments for Maths students in secondary school.  A number of coins are spun and their outcomes are recorded.  The frequencies are displayed on the screen. If the experiment is repeated 100 times, VB very quickly calculates this, ...
Score VB4.0 - Trouble with MDB, Visdata, Datman
zarkorgon - 15 Apr 2006 4:58 AM - 2 messages
VB4.0 - Trouble with MDB, Visdata, Datman Need to be able to; Convert data files from text, dBASE 3, .XLS (4.0, 5.0)   to   MDB file Using JetEngine version (2.5, 3.0) compatible with VB 4.0 Professional Version ...
Score Delphi/Lazarus/Free Pascal
felipemonteiro.carvalho - 15 Apr 2006 3:20 AM - 6 messages
Hello guys, First off, let me make it clear I'm just a developer like you guys are. I'm not looking for flames, just creative feedback. Let me ask some questions... What do you think about Linux? Are you planning on developing for Linux anytime soon? ...
Score validate individual email addresses, possible?
Mike Scirocco - 15 Apr 2006 1:27 AM - 14 messages
I'm using the vbSendMail.dll to send emails from VB6. I haven't been able to find a way to detect whether an email address is valid (exists on a server somewhere) or not using the dll, so if an email address is ...
Score How to extract EXIF data from image file
J Y - 15 Apr 2006 12:56 AM - 2 messages
How do you use vb.net to extract image file extended summary which stores camera information such as Equipment Make, Camera Model, Shutter Speed, etc? Thanks JY ...
Score Multi Select, List Box, Modal Forms.
amechaly - 14 Apr 2006 11:26 PM - 5 messages
I am Working on a database application. Sort of a contact Management system for potential workers to be matched with employers requests. Some fields in the database are multi select. I.E. a worker can have many skills. Speak many languages, etc...I ...
Score ActiveX control interface
Lou - 14 Apr 2006 7:54 PM - 8 messages
I have a control project. I have a Bas module(basMain) ********************** Option Explicit Public Config As cRSSConfig Public Sub Main()             Set Config = New cRSSConfig End Sub ********************* I then have another class(Multi Use) that implements a interface. ...
Score Fso.getFile & fso.Copy VS FileCopy ??
Sally McInnis - 14 Apr 2006 7:24 PM - 3 messages
I need to know the difference in the following sequence - advantages?  With the 2 step process (get then copy) - every once in a while get a runtime error 70 about read only text.    Also - very rarely and with larger ...
Score Visual Basic executable file
Pinto1uk - 14 Apr 2006 7:12 PM - 15 messages
Hi, i have created a vb6 application. 2 questions: 1) why is that when i run it off the cd on someone else's computer, no colours on the application appear. ie just gray. 2) how do i change the path name to connect to the database. at this moment, ...
Score SysInfo1 not defined
nikbaer - 14 Apr 2006 5:35 PM - 3 messages
In order to use SysInfo1 is there somewhere that I have to include the SysInfoLib? I have copied a bit of code to find the OS version from another VB 6 project to the MDIForm_Load( ) Sub of a MDI form. The compiler does not ...
Score visual basic 2005 -> visual basic 6.0
Sme - 14 Apr 2006 3:30 PM - 5 messages
Anyone know what the visual basic 6.0 equivalent of the 2005 line: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Text1.Text) is? The line is supposed to open the value Text1.Text in what the default application for Text1.Text is. Cheers ...
Score text-Box-BackColor
Peter Plumber - 14 Apr 2006 12:50 PM - 2 messages
Hi, is there a way to have different backcolors in a vb6-TextBox e.g. some letter with red backgroud thx Peter ...
Score io.fileInfo and combo box control
R. Harris - 14 Apr 2006 12:12 PM - 2 messages
Here is what I'm trying to accomplish: When my form loads it looks at a specific directory for a list of its files and populates a combo box.     Dim a As New IO.DirectoryInfo("c:\dir") ...
Score Crash VB.net application
Alessandro Costa - 14 Apr 2006 12:03 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I have a problem with an application VB.net, it export a call-back function with a structure oarameter that is called in loop from a C language dynamic library. For 6 time all it's ok, at the seventh time the application CRASH. ...
Score Import VBA forms into VB6
Seasider - 14 Apr 2006 11:45 AM - 5 messages
When I import from from a VBA application that I want to convert to VB the forms get imported to a 'Designers' folder in VBE rather than the 'Forms' folder. Can anyone help ? Seasider ...
Score login to https using vb webbrowser
vonClausowitz - 14 Apr 2006 10:26 AM - 3 messages
Hi, Still no solution to my problem so I'm trying again. I want to login to a https website using the webbrowser in VB. When I normally login using IE I have to type a userid and password and ...
Score Want to find installation location
Sriraman CS - 14 Apr 2006 7:28 AM - 2 messages
Hi all, I've installed Adobe acrobat in my system. my application will launch Acrobat using Shell command. visual basic code:shell "C:\program files\Adobe\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" I created a package of my application and installed on another system. In ...
Score Automating Excel
Desi - 14 Apr 2006 12:21 AM - 3 messages
Dim ExcelApp as Excel.Application Set ExcelApp = New Excel.Application - this doesn't work. What's the trick I'm missing here? Also, I saw in this group a while back something about quiting an automated excel application without closing the actual Excel application the user may ...
Score Setting Container of a Text Box
Kaisies - 13 Apr 2006 10:04 PM - 8 messages
I have a very simple form that has a frame, and inside the frame is a text box.  Both the frame and Text box have an index of 0 (control array loaded at runtime). At runtime i have the following code: ...
Score Using TypeOf in Select Case?
Anthony - 13 Apr 2006 7:25 PM - 14 messages
Is this possible (if so, how do I use it properly - I can't figure it out): *************************** I can do this no problem:     If TypeOf tmpComponent Is CommandButton Then     '    do Some Stuff ...
Score Faster: Class or Type
shinjagunjin - 13 Apr 2006 7:17 PM - 4 messages
I currently have a class, Room: Room      sExit as String      iType as Integer In my main form, I have an array of Rooms to make a variable called House Dim House() as Room ...
Score VisualStudio 2005 Web ReportViewer Control
Andrew Teece - 13 Apr 2006 2:36 PM - 6 messages
Just a little question.... From my understanding, the report viewer control sends the client machine an iFrame that connects directly to the SQL Reporting server (at least when using reports in SQL rather than local ones). So this means that we must have SQL Server 2005 licensed and installed on ...
Score CCRP Up/Down control - made in Australia?
jameshamilton777 - 13 Apr 2006 10:34 AM - 7 messages
I'd like to use the CCRP Up/Down control in my app. However the up/down arrows seem to be the opposite of what I expect. The up arrow decreases the value and vice versa. I could solve this by ...
Score How to extract a character from string
hon123456 - 13 Apr 2006 10:12 AM - 2 messages
Dear all,            I have a field with String type. The format is like that e.g 12345a  23456b or 12345 . The last english character of the field is optional. Now I need to determine whether the last english character ...
Score How to extract a character from string
hon123456 - 13 Apr 2006 10:12 AM - 6 messages
Dear all,            I have a field with String type. The format is like that e.g 12345a  23456b or 12345 . The last english character of the field is optional. Now I need to determine whether the last english character ...
Score commandline parameters
Peter - 13 Apr 2006 8:49 AM - 3 messages
Dear All Does anybody know a good VB6 sample code that shows how to parse various commandline parameters? I know they are available via Command$ but is there some existing routine that does all the parsing so I don't need to reenvent the wheel? ...
Score Find Launching Icon
Phill W. - 13 Apr 2006 8:29 AM - 6 messages
I know that a program cannot determine the icon from which is was run, so is it possible to detect whether or not there happens to be an icon /under/ the mouse pointer, on the [sizeable] assumption that the user ...
Score Icon pictures for toolbar buttons
Kjell - 13 Apr 2006 7:40 AM - 2 messages
Hi Does anyone know where to find a bunch of icon picture suitable for toollbar buttons? I need icons like "Add new" "Edit" "Refresh" "Delete" "Activate" "Deactivate" "Set Filter"... pretty much standard stuff  :-) Rgds  Kjell ...
Score Is this control available in VB?
Dennis - 13 Apr 2006 6:10 AM - 19 messages
thx [attached file: control.bmp] ...
Score creating a thumbnail view
Peter - 13 Apr 2006 5:33 AM - 4 messages
Dear all I have a folder with several mpeg2 video files. I like to write a selection tool in VB6 and need a way to display the first video-frame(starting picture) of every mpeg2 file on a form? Does anybody know how I can do this with mpeg2 video files? ...
Score image breaks up while scrolling picturebox
nikhilmpai - 13 Apr 2006 3:54 AM - 10 messages
Hi, I have an Activex control which has a picture box and scrollbars on it. The picture box is used to draw a tree structure at runtime. Since the tree can be very large we have scrollbars to scroll the ...
Score Newbie - purpose of empty parentheses
Donna - 12 Apr 2006 11:57 PM - 4 messages
In the following Hello World program, what is the purpose of the empty pair of parentheses after the word 'Main' ? If they are not filled with something, why have them? I see them everywhere, and I can't find out ...
Score How to debug an OCX?
Richard Lewis Haggard - 12 Apr 2006 11:51 PM - 6 messages
I have an existing OCX whose execution I'd like to trace through using VB6. I can't quite figure out how to do this would greatly appreciate it if someone would explain to a C++ programmer how this might be accomplished. ...
Score Cascade changed data in open forms
Bryan - 12 Apr 2006 10:58 PM - 2 messages
What are some of the methods you guys have used to update data in forms that has been changed by another open form?  In MS Access I used to handle this by looping through all open forms, then looping through all ...
Score Paste picture to VB6 Image control?
Paul - 12 Apr 2006 8:26 PM - 6 messages
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to place an image from the Clipboard directly into an Image control in VB6? If it is possible, can you point me to a tutorial or post some sample code? Thanks. Paul ...
Score Dubug VB6 Active X
blizzardiced - 12 Apr 2006 6:41 PM - 4 messages
Please forgive me I think I have a simple problem. (Hey search is broken ;) ) I need to plug a tool I created into an older program. The SDK came with it uses VB6 I have not touched vb6 in years and when I ...
Score i need timer interval more than 1 Minute.
Tark Siala - 12 Apr 2006 6:38 PM - 24 messages
hi i am using timer control, its good but if my event doing less than one time in 1 Minute. i want make event every 5 minute, how i can do that? i am using VB6, VB.NET ...
Score vb6 window resizing error (runtime error 6 - overflow)
dennis - 12 Apr 2006 5:04 PM - 11 messages
i have some users (about 30% of them) that get a runtime error 6 - (overflow) when they attempt to maximize a particular form. I cannot duplicate this error. i am running the app on windows xp and the users that get this error also ...
Score Region settings and Keyboard
jhall@datalyzer.com - 12 Apr 2006 4:51 PM - 3 messages
I have a problem with a sub that uses SendKeys to put numeric characters into the keyboard buffer that appear in textboxes or cells in a spreadsheet.  This works fine in every case I have encountered so far except with the Region Settings set to Belgium and the Caps Lock is ...
Score Plugin architecture questions
Craig Buchanan - 12 Apr 2006 4:47 PM - 2 messages
I am building an application to help researcher record the outcomes of their studies.  These outcomes are document across a number of paper forms.  The information documented on these forms varies widely. My current approach is to use a Document class with a collection of Question ...
Score Vb6 large text file read / arrays performance issues
BrianM - 12 Apr 2006 3:28 PM - 15 messages
I have 2 types of large text file; (1) Single word of 8 chars on each line, typical no. of lines = 5,000,000 (2) CSV;Single word of 8 chars  plus 72 chars text  , typical no. of ...
Score Text-To-Speech problem
Jack - 12 Apr 2006 3:15 PM - 2 messages
TTS badly hangs Windows when encounters character &HB7. Is that known problem? Is that up to the developer to allow only readable characters? Your thoughts please, Jack ...
Score Printing problems
Doctor M$ - 12 Apr 2006 3:10 PM - 2 messages
Hi at all, I've to print an access report by a vb application. I use this code: [CODE] Application.OpenCurrentDatabase dbCPath, False   With Application    .DoCmd.SetWarnings False    .DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, strReptName, "snapshot Format", App.Path & "\print.snp", True ...
Score VB Treeview custom labeledit with textbox
Marvin van Dongen - 12 Apr 2006 2:06 PM - 3 messages
Hello, A while ago I found some code posted in the newsgroups by what I believe was a MVPS, wich showed how you can position a textbox over a Treeview node to make a custom labeledit. I've spent quite some time trying to find it but ...
Score Help with muliplication by time!
Damon - 12 Apr 2006 2:02 PM - 26 messages
Hi, I need to be able to multiply an hourly rate by the time inserted into a maskedbox i.e. 10:00 * 8.2. However this comes back with an error. Any ideas are greatly appreciated Damon ...
Score Query Inner join in different database with password
atjbat - 12 Apr 2006 12:10 PM - 3 messages
Good morning Buongiorno I have a problem in this query with 2 db (access97 + vb6) i have the second db with password        rsLingua.Open "SELECT A.Id,A.Descrizione" & _       " FROM " & "testi.mdb." & "testi" & " A" & _ ...
Score move part of a string
vonClausowitz - 12 Apr 2006 11:12 AM - 12 messages
Hi All, I have a rather complicated problem. I need to move part of a string containing a date to the right of a filename. I have a directory containing some files which have different names and want to run these through VB and move the date part to the right. ...
Score Waiting for internet explorer /webbrowser control to finish downloading
jonathanthio - 12 Apr 2006 8:51 AM - 4 messages
Say you want to do this web is a webbrowser control web.navigate2("[link]") 'wait till  web finish downloading What code will you put to wait web till it finish downloading? ...
Score the following code doesn't work setting internet explorer object to an iwebbrowser2 interface.
jonathanthio - 12 Apr 2006 8:48 AM - 3 messages
Dim w As IWebBrowser2     Dim ie As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer     Set ie = New SHDocVw.InternetExplorer     Set w = ie Why? Also iwebbrowser2 is not available from smart text. I have to type iwebbrowser2 and cannot just press ctrl enter like usual. ...
Score Regarding an error with VB 6.0
glavanya.rao - 12 Apr 2006 5:49 AM - 2 messages
Hi, The Project that I'm working on is based on Visual Basic 6.0. There are two issues that have come up: Issue-1 :- GUI gives an error "393: left property cannot be read at run time", on some PC's, when a screen is run. ...
Score Opening external Program using VB
Woodies_46 - 12 Apr 2006 5:14 AM - 7 messages
Hi all, I have made this database with a form that has a picture on it and when u click the picture it opens the windows defult veiwer, now i was wondering how to control what program it used to veiw the image say a ...
Score Which one is correct?
jonathanthio - 12 Apr 2006 4:18 AM - 4 messages
shdocvw.oca shdocvw.dll Both is available. Am I the one still using vb6 here? It seems that it'll be pretty cumbersome to migrate all of my codes there. ...
Score passing arguments to an OCX
Greg - 12 Apr 2006 3:33 AM - 3 messages
If I launch an .OCX file from a web page using the <OBJECT> tag, how can I code the .OCX to retrieve any parameters listed in the <OBJECT> tag? Thanks for any help you can provide. ...
Score Need help with connection string
BCS - 12 Apr 2006 1:36 AM - 6 messages
I'm a novice Visual Basic programmer and I need to connect to an application's database that uses SQL Adaptive Server driver. Below is an example of code I use to connect to a MS SQLExpress database: *********************** Sub Open_SQL_Connection() ...
Score Forms
Ivar - 11 Apr 2006 11:24 PM - 4 messages
Hi all. I hope I can explain the question OK :-) On a Form is a Command Button. The Code is: Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim Form2 As New Form1 Form2.Caption = "Hello" Form2.Show End Sub Click the button and a new Form (Form2) appears No Probs, that's good ...
Score Datagridview Cell Formatting based on cell content
kb - 11 Apr 2006 10:06 PM - 2 messages
I am using a DGV control, filled with a Dataset (loaded on Form1_Load event. I want to evalaute each of the values in the "ManfDate" column to see if the date value is within the past 30 days.  If not, then I want to ...
Score Function
Rick - 11 Apr 2006 10:00 PM - 5 messages
VB6 SP6 I have public function with some variables it receives is there a way to make one or more of the variables optional? Public Function syssettings(paction As String, pera As String, pvalue As String) As String     Thanks for any help!!! ...
Score Err.Raise in COM+ Component loses Err.Source and Err.Description
Rich M - 11 Apr 2006 9:03 PM - 6 messages
In a COM+ comopnent, we have code which does the following: Public Sub Delete(ByVal PrimaryKey as Long, ByVal ConnectionString as String)     Dim cnDBMS As Connection     Set cnDBMS = New Connection     cnDBMS.Open ConnectionString ...
Score MDI Form 'X' causes child form to unload
nikbaer - 11 Apr 2006 7:32 PM - 8 messages
When I press the 'X' to unload my parent MDI form and terminate the entire application, a child form gets unloaded and nothing happens to the parent. I have tested this by placing a breakpoint into the child's unload event and sure enough it gets called instead of the parent ...
Score Dynamic Menu Items
Lee - 11 Apr 2006 6:54 PM - 11 messages
How can I add menu items to the main menu in VB6 ...
Score DES-56 encrypt/decrypt dll
John Morley - 11 Apr 2006 5:25 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I've been using the DES-56.dll DLL to perform string encryption and decryption for a number of years. Recently a customer found that this DLL is not working correctly on a Chinese version of Windows 2000. Ugh! ...
Score Architecture to separate Business Logic and GUI
ElderUberGeek - 11 Apr 2006 4:54 PM - 8 messages
I am designing an application that has (surprise surprise) two parts: Business Logic (BL) and GUI. It is actually a control application (connected to some embedded equipment) so I would like the BL to load and run as a system service. The GUI on the other hand can be opened ...
Score Finding a specific line in a rich text box
Julian - 11 Apr 2006 4:22 PM - 6 messages
Hi, I have a rich text box that can consist of several lines of text. I need to write each line of text in sequencial order back to a database. Is there an easy way to determine the line number of each line of text? ...
Score Screen Saver - Changing the time wait setting in reg
The Doc. - 11 Apr 2006 4:13 PM - 4 messages
Hi All, I am having trouble working around changing the ScreenSaveTimeOut setting the registry to work immediately. I am looking for an API call or something like that to simulate the "Apply" button being clicked which kicks in the new time settinig when my program ...
Score Setting Support for non-unicode programs
Oliver - 11 Apr 2006 4:02 PM - 8 messages
does anyone know if it's possible to change the support for non-unicode programs to another language programmatically? I know that it will require a reboot, but anyway. ...
Score Unable to handle DataArrival event of a socket when processing DoEvents
Valli - 11 Apr 2006 3:01 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I am connecting a client appln to a server appln for the first time and its working fine at this stage.When I am closing the socket without closing the Client appln, and reconnecting it once, the socket gets reconnected. Now I ...
Score Keydown problem in Mplayer
Javad - 11 Apr 2006 2:45 PM - 4 messages
Hello Pressing arrowkeys, doesn't activate the keydown event in MediaPlayer. What should I do? Thank you ...
Score show status/progress
Dogbert - 11 Apr 2006 1:35 PM - 2 messages
i write an db application to insert many records into database. While inserting records, i want to show some text of status on a form. But when inserting records, most of CPU resources contribute to the database I/O. The form is holded (even the whole PC) until all database I/O jobs completed. ...
Score how to update dll file
pb - 11 Apr 2006 12:22 PM - 9 messages
is it possible to update a COM add dll file in that is already installed on a user's system? Add-in was built in VB6 for OL2002 ...
Score Searching for a Graph Control for VB6
its_faiz - 11 Apr 2006 11:55 AM - 2 messages
We are working in VB6. We are looking for a graph control that can be used within our application. We need to draw and maintain multiple line graph curves. Each curve can then have a separate comparison curve. Comparison curve is displayed using SYMBOLS to differentiate between ...
Score Swap algorithm
Ivan Debono - 11 Apr 2006 11:09 AM - 5 messages
Hi all, This should have been an easy algorithm but it sort of doesn't want to materialize!! I have CSV files that I need to import. The actual import components requires that the CSV files have the columns in the correct order. So I ...
Score How to get the correct classID and Version of an ActiveX Exe
zvicarmon@hotmail.com - 11 Apr 2006 9:44 AM - 2 messages
Hello folks, My project developed and running on VB6 (SP3) Win2k SP3 and uses ActiveX Dll's. The deploy program uses the "GetControlInfo" Method from Occache.dll(Ver 6.0.2800.1106) in order to get the ClassID & Version of each component on the client side and ...
Score Strange Problem..... Decreasing The Speed
hoveisi - 11 Apr 2006 7:04 AM - 5 messages
Hi *.*   I've a strange problem, I'm using VB6 SP6 to create MDI Application called Nemesys, and I've experienced some strange problem during the period of creating this app.   One of my most problems is that when I complied my app and run the ...
Score How to write a diff in VB6 for comparing two xml files?
Emily - 11 Apr 2006 2:37 AM - 38 messages
Hi, I've created two separate xml files with the following method:      MyRecordset.Save "FileName.xml", adPersistXML They are "recordset1.xml" and "recordset2.xml". Can anyone advise me on how to write a small program in VB6 to see if ...
Score Get the procedure name from the SQL statement??
seafly0122 - 11 Apr 2006 2:18 AM - 5 messages
Hi :      i 'm a begginner of VB6, i have a problem now.      i want to get the stored procedure name from the "CREATE PROCEDURE"  SQL statement which had exist, how could i do it??? ...
Score visual basic 5.0
Gerald Piotrowski - 11 Apr 2006 1:07 AM - 15 messages
I have a copy of VB 5.0 and would like to get it upgraded to at least the ..net platform. Can anyone tell me if this is possible, and what would I need to get this older verison upgraded. ...
Score File Open CommonDialog flags
KarenP - 10 Apr 2006 10:26 PM - 3 messages
VB6 - SP5 Using code "borrowed" from Randy Birch's site to show a file open dialog. Is there a flag -- or combination of flags -- to force the dialog to default to the "Details" view instead of just the "List" view (filenames only, no dates or ...
Score Remove SourceSafe integration from VB6 project.
Marty - 10 Apr 2006 7:57 PM - 10 messages
Hi, I have  VB6 project from which I want to remove the Visual Source Safe integration. I deleted the file MSSCCPRJ.SCC, but project's files are still locked (readonly) when I get back to the project. There may be something hidden that keep the files linked to VSS. ...
Score input32
Mike Williams - 10 Apr 2006 7:47 PM - 5 messages
Anyone know where I can download the freeware Input32.dll? Mike ...
Score save in a specific directory
surena - 10 Apr 2006 4:40 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I wrote a macro such that I can save a file with a particular name (name and surname of a person.doc). Sub savename() Dim filename As String filename = ActiveDocument.FormFields("surname").Result + " " + ActiveDocument.FormFields("name").Result ActiveDocument.SaveAs filename:=filename ...
Score Adding Rows To Update A Formula
msg - 10 Apr 2006 3:36 PM - 2 messages
Whoever can help How do you update a cell sum to include a row you have just added to either the top of your stack or the bottom. For example if I have the numbers 5,5,5 in cells A3,A4,A5 respectively and ...
Score controlling Frontpage via visual basic
zoneal - 10 Apr 2006 3:25 PM - 2 messages
I have a program that I have been working on over the last couple of weeks. Basicly this program is to be used at schools so they can mass create subwebs/sharepoint webs and then mass set the permissions at the ...
Score Wrapping a vb 6 dll in another vb 6 dll
Scot P - 10 Apr 2006 3:24 PM - 14 messages
Hi, I have a 3rd party vb 6.0 dll (for faxing purposes) that I need to use in a ..NET application.  I get an error when I try to reference it in my C# app and I have determined the reason for the error is because the 3rd party vb 6 dll ...
Score ADO/SQL help
JP Bless - 10 Apr 2006 3:06 PM - 24 messages
The code below was working very well in DAO for years (in Access)... Due to the fact the db is being migrated to MSDE/SQL server I changed to connection method (from) DAO to ADO. I am still testing the ADO migration in Access (the original table) hence I ...
Score Access Date/Times
Simon Woods - 10 Apr 2006 1:23 PM - 4 messages
Hi I've read on various threads that even when, for Access, a date time field is specified that midnight is assumed for the time element when no time is specified. I've generated DAO and ADO datasets to try and get hold of this ...
Score Reading a file from VB
R. Harris - 10 Apr 2006 12:50 PM - 3 messages
I have written a script that will query a text file for a user ID and populate a combo box with those IDs. From there I can choose the user ID which then calls another function to query an FTP log and pull only the lines that have the user ID in it.  This ...
Score Software Licensing components for VB
Ivan Debono - 10 Apr 2006 7:12 AM - 6 messages
Hi all, I'm looking for a software licensing component to integrate into my vb6 app. The component should not be based on hardware id's. I should be able to generate, for example, 50 software keys / unlock codes and each one of these ...
Score Search a database using user entered search string - How?
PROskid TechInfo - 10 Apr 2006 7:08 AM - 3 messages
Hi There. VB 6.0 I am connecting to a database via ODBC. I have a form which displays the fields I want to see and I am able to navigate through the records one by one. What I want to do is have the user enter a search string into a text box on ...
Score reading large binary files
softie - 10 Apr 2006 3:22 AM - 8 messages
I'm trying to read a large binary file(> 750mb). When I try to read the entire file into a byte array, the read fails "out of memory"   dim myba() as byte   open filename for Binary access read as #1 ...
Score Adding strings to a Collection
Kreegor - 10 Apr 2006 12:11 AM - 4 messages
Hey all. I need to add times as a string value to a collection. The user has to select times from a group of check boxes (e.g. from 00:00 to 23:00) which, when a checkbox is ticked will save the string as ...
Score Dropdown Folder Treeview Control
Signet - 9 Apr 2006 11:01 PM - 11 messages
I'm trying to make my own Open dialog box with document preview. The problem I'm having is trying to duplicate WinXP/Win2000's Dropdown Folder Treeview control. I have the CCRP Foldertreeview control, and it works great, but ...
Score Capture image from webcam
Greg Casper - 9 Apr 2006 8:56 PM - 3 messages
Is it possible for me to capture an image from a webcam attached to my system and save that captured image as a jpg (or whatever image format) for later use in my project? If so, how do I code something like that? ...
Score BorderStyle doesn't change at RunTime
Javad - 9 Apr 2006 8:40 PM - 9 messages
Hello (in VB6:) I have set the BorderStyle of my "form2" into "Fixed Sizable", but I want it to change into "None" when the form gets DblClicked, but it doesn't. The borderstyle changes into "0", but its appearance doesn't change. (I still ...
Score Mplayer: click event has a conflict with DblClick
Javad - 9 Apr 2006 8:34 PM - 3 messages
Hello I have a MediaPlayer object in my program. I want that mediaPlayer not to stop when we click on it, so I turned off its "ClickToPlay" property. Then I defined a click event for it in order to show 'Form1' in front of it, when ...
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J French - 9 Apr 2006 3:14 PM - 13 messages
In a Delphi NG we were talking about including DLLs in an Exe This does it, also includes local data files, OCXes ( I've not sussed the mechanism for those) - but it definitely includes MSVBVM50.DLL and the other ones (Delphi) ...
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