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Score Learning the language
Leon Johnson - 2 Sep 2006 11:35 PM - 8 messages
I would like to know what book can I get on vb6 that will teach me how to master the language.  I know one book may not do the job, so expecting someone to list more than one book.  Also when it come to learning vb6 what ...
Score Detecting when application has got focus
PeteR - 2 Sep 2006 9:59 PM - 3 messages
I need to be able to detect when my app has focus. With my app it's possible to open the same file in two or more copies of the app. When the file is opened the first time it's marked so that if it's ...
Score Urgent VB question related to protecting elections - time sensitive
jmarch - 2 Sep 2006 9:39 PM - 23 messages
Folks, On Sept. 12th I will be an official elections monitor in a county that runs Diebold voting products.  The Diebold central tabulator is a box running Win2k and with a central database of votes in MS-Access I kid ...
Score How to limit the coloumns in a listview to the header text using API
farmer - 2 Sep 2006 7:19 PM - 3 messages
hello, I'm Trying to limit the columns in a listview to the header text. Is there an easy way of doing this. Perhaps using API ? Greetings, Farmer ...
Score Display image from Base64 string
Sane Eric - 2 Sep 2006 6:57 PM - 3 messages
I can get from my database a Base64 string representation of a PNG image.  I need to be able to unencode(?) this so that I can render it as an image via ASP.  Architecture is PostgreSQL -> VB6 -> ASP (none of ...
Score Active X DLL document.
Jawad Rehman - 2 Sep 2006 12:46 PM - 2 messages
Hi    I have Created Active X dll document in Visual Basic6.0 which consists of some interface elements.ie Button and Textbox etc. and then create actual Dll of the document.through Command file->create Project DLL.. ...
Score What is the attribute or property for WebBrowser Object HTML???
Number 11950 - GPEMC! Replace number with 11950 - 2 Sep 2006 11:52 AM - 3 messages
I can activate the MSHTML Editor using the instructions at: [link] What is the variable or property that refers to the raw HTML behind the WebBrowser object's display? ...
Score Help VBA
franco.fiorillo - 2 Sep 2006 11:48 AM - 5 messages
Can anyone convert the following snippet code to Pascal? Many Thanks _____________BEGIN CODE_____________ public static string Somme(string T) {       string text1 = "";       double num5 = Strings.Len(T) + 1;       int num3 = 7; ...
Score Non-stop Ascx Not Defined Error
Joseph Bittman MVP MCSD - 2 Sep 2006 7:24 AM - 3 messages
Sept. 1, 2006   I have a web site which I've created many user controls for... I keep getting ASP.[web user control name].ascx is not defined errors... no matter what I do, I cannot figure out what is causing them.... what's worse, is if ...
Score DirectX and visualk basic: posible?
Jack - 2 Sep 2006 4:25 AM - 2 messages
Hello,            I need to program small app displaying video received by PCI video capture card. Is it possible to do that in vbasic? Are there some help and sample files I can have look at? ...
Score VB DLL copied to & regd at another machine fails to CoCreate
Anand Hariharan - 1 Sep 2006 10:01 PM - 4 messages
At the outset, I apologise for the cross-post.  I have this baffling problem that has nearly driven me crazy (i.e., I have an insanity plea for my cross-posting (c: ), and I would appreciate if anyone could shed some light into this matter. ...
Score VB DLL copied to & regd at another machine fails to CoCreate
Anand Hariharan - 1 Sep 2006 10:01 PM - 5 messages
At the outset, I apologise for the cross-post.  I have this baffling problem that has nearly driven me crazy (i.e., I have an insanity plea for my cross-posting (c: ), and I would appreciate if anyone could shed some light into this matter. ...
Score Error 429
Dale - 1 Sep 2006 9:27 PM - 3 messages
I have a small toy I built that checks my email periodically and notifies me if there is anything new.  It can run for days with no problem, and then suddenly pop up with error 429, "ActiveX component can't create object."  ...
Score Develope 64bits applications from a x64 ws and execute on a I64 se
Martin - 1 Sep 2006 9:07 PM - 2 messages
I am very pleased to know that there is a mechanism in the development environment that allowing 32bits host (workstation) to build and troubleshoot 64 bits applications (remotely) using Visual Studio 2005 Remote Debugging methodology.  That is going to take care of our transition.  My question is, ...
Score Is there a "control validator"?
Howard Kaikow - 1 Sep 2006 9:04 PM - 5 messages
Is there a program that can inspect a Form and determine whether there are any corrupt controls? Today, I tried to modify the caption for a frame control, and I could not do so, either via the GUI, or programmatically. ...
Score ToolTips
James - 1 Sep 2006 8:55 PM - 8 messages
Is there a way to make the Font in the ToolTips bigger? ...
Score Set a time without using SetFileTime API??
Howard Kaikow - 1 Sep 2006 8:08 PM - 4 messages
Is it possible to  set a file time without opening the file to get a handle? Attributes can be set without a handle, what about the times? ...
Score Re: How to go Full Screen
Galen Somerville - 1 Sep 2006 3:50 PM - 3 messages
Here is my final soulution to the Full Screen problem. The "normal" maximized Window has the Title bar at the top and the Task (Start) bar at the bottom. The "Full screen" Window occupies entire desktop. This is the event that determines whether Full or Regular screen. ...
Score Open File
george - 1 Sep 2006 3:50 PM - 8 messages
Hi, I have a textbox in an application that holds a file for specified record. This file type could be .pdf, .doc, .dwg ...  Is there generic code to open the file based on the registered program for the file type? ...
Score Registration code for CopyProjectLite
igitur - 1 Sep 2006 3:46 PM - 3 messages
Hi, I know how wrong it is to ask for registration codes, but this project is supposed to be freeware from [link] However, the free registration process doesn't seem to be working.  I have emailed the webmaster numerous times over the past month, to no ...
Score Can I store Date and Time in long integer?
Thomas Malia - 1 Sep 2006 3:29 PM - 7 messages
I would like to store the date and time from the NOW() function in a single long integer and then be able to redisplay the contents of that long integer in date/time format later.  Is this possible? If so, what's the best way? ...
Score Dynamic input line
Ed Wyche - 1 Sep 2006 12:17 PM - 7 messages
I am importing from a CSV file and I was wondering if there is a way to create a dymanic input line. This is the line I am using. Input #1, strPeriod, strGrade, strTeacherLastName, strTeacherFirstName, strStudentLastName, strStudentFirstName, strStudentID The thing is if they create the CSV file with the columns in a different ...
Score ActiveX - UserControl - NewBie Queries
Sneha Menon - 1 Sep 2006 4:41 AM - 4 messages
Hi all Sneha Menon back with a bunch of queries, this time all ActiveX related(Working in VB 6) 1 a) If I am adding a backcolor property to the userControl, while using the control, in the property window how can I show the usual ...
Score runtime error : Overflow help me.............
dokter cinta - 1 Sep 2006 4:33 AM - 7 messages
hi all i have some database and i want to export it into ms excell if i export less than 35.000 the code is run like i want but if i export more than 35.000 the code is error ...
Score Scanning from a networked All-in-one device
Carl Imthurn - 31 Aug 2006 11:31 PM - 3 messages
Scenario: I have a HP 3200 All-in-one (printer, fax, copier, scanner) that I am connected to via a JetDirect box. I would like to scan a document from my computer. If the device were connected to my computer directly via the parallel cable, this would be a very simple task. ...
Score test
Taiyo31 - 31 Aug 2006 11:04 PM - 2 messages
Sorry, i'm testing my connection ...
Score What can I use instead of "picture box"?
Carlos Villaseñor M. - 31 Aug 2006 8:28 PM - 2 messages
Hi everyboy I'm new to VB. NET, and I need to know what instruction can use instead "pictre box" control, I need to regenerate the picture in a window after that another window was superimposed or activate another application, or if ...
Score Run application as local administrator
GCIMS - 31 Aug 2006 7:45 PM - 6 messages
Hi, I would like to create a VB6 application that allows a User (within the Users Group) to run an other application under an account from the Administrators Group. For this, I’m using an encrypted user/password from a SQL server DB. ...
Score test whether a value is in certain range
Peter - 31 Aug 2006 7:05 PM - 8 messages
Dear all Can anyone please help me how I can test whether the value of an integer is within a list of some ranges like dim i as integer i=51 if i has a value of 17-24 or 33-40 or 49-56 or 65-72 then ...
Score Cannot open file ........\msdn130.col
Nick T - 31 Aug 2006 4:27 PM - 2 messages
Just installed VS6 and MSDN Oct 2001 for some legacy application support. I am getting the following message when trying to access the help in VS6. Cannot open file ........\msdn130.col Iv'e uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of times but no joy. ...
Score Re: vb application locks file
davidwellan - 31 Aug 2006 3:57 PM - 5 messages
Thanks for all the responses. I have put some additional error trapping and discovered a short coming in my code that caused the 'input past end of file' error. I'm going to monitor it for a while and see if that was part of the ...
Score Filename wildcard characters and variables
Dale - 31 Aug 2006 2:56 PM - 6 messages
Hello all I currently select certain files in a directory to send to an email message as an attachment.  The file naming convention looks something like this. W30877proof.pdf I currently get the left half of the file name (W30877) from a textbox and ...
Score Binary data in Variant
Mike D - 31 Aug 2006 2:41 PM - 2 messages
I'm using the MSCOMM.Input property to get binary data from a system at 9600/n/8/1.  It's working well to get short bursts of data.  I can send it to a text box as a hex representation and it looks right. ...
Score VB6 output to Excel
Darktachyon - 31 Aug 2006 1:43 PM - 3 messages
Hi, My program searches through an Access database, and finds certain results. I am currently outputting them to notepab, but what objects and commands can I use to output to an excel spreadsheet. I have done this in C++ 2003.NET but ...
Score checkbox array
gonzosez - 31 Aug 2006 1:28 PM - 5 messages
I converted an app from vb6 to 2005. The check box array I had changed to a vb6.checkboxarray. How do I add items to this array? ...
Score Install ActiveX
mariuszklonowski@gmail.com - 31 Aug 2006 12:22 PM - 2 messages
I create user profile (without  Administrator rights) in Windows XP. This profile is require in my network domain. When I am using regsvr32 to install ActiveX control, this function return error code 0x80040200 and control not install. Can anybody help me? ...
Score access to const declared in a DLL
Marc - 31 Aug 2006 10:46 AM - 2 messages
Hi all, I have to modify a VB6 program and I want to access to a const declared in a DLL from the app. I've tried to declare it as public inside the library but the application reports an error cause it doesn't recognize ...
Score turn off the repaint of program
Thanh-Nhan Le - 31 Aug 2006 10:14 AM - 4 messages
Hi everybody, how can I turn off and turn on the actualizing of display on monitor (such as repaint)? My form need to initialize many controls and ..., it is not nice, when the users see these changes, resizing. In Access I can use: Echo 0 to turn off and Echo -1 to turn on. ...
Score ComboBox Click() not occurring
Irfan S. Fazli - 31 Aug 2006 7:06 AM - 2 messages
In an entry form, I am using a ComboBox control (Forms 2.0 Object Library) (Property: Style=fmStyleDropDownList) with 26 number-prefixed items in the list, with the first item in the list visible. The user HAS_TO_SELECT an item from the list. ...
Score Calling ATL/COM methods from a vb6.0 application.
Satya - 31 Aug 2006 4:43 AM - 2 messages
Hi All. How to call ATL\COM dll methods from a VB6.0 Client Application? Can anyone guide me on this implementation. Thanks in Advance. ...
Score Replace, in Word saved file, CHANGE variable containing ADODB binary stream (byte array)
gianmaria - 31 Aug 2006 2:22 AM - 3 messages
Hi to everyone from Bologna! After 1 day spent in Googling, i gift you this problem: Situation ========= 1) Word template (on Web Server) with some PlaceHolders like [$NAME$], [$ADDRESS$] ... - In my example, it contains only 2 words: CIAO BELLO (about 19Kb) ...
Score Problem with using FindWindow
Martin - 30 Aug 2006 11:56 PM - 2 messages
I'm using the code show below to show the 1st instance of a program if the user attempts to start-up a 2nd instance. The problem I'm having is that the Caption text in the running instance changes from time to time. And the FindWindow call thus ...
Score Replacing strings in text file
Al - 30 Aug 2006 10:09 PM - 8 messages
Thank you for your help replacing the If statement in the Loop.  You all were right, I removed the If structure and replaced it with ReDim SamArr(0 To rst.RecordCount - 1) ReDim OO1Arr(0 To rst.RecordCount - 1) ...
Score If statement inside loop
Al - 30 Aug 2006 8:57 PM - 9 messages
I am modifying a csv text file to match the import specs of a proprietary software package using VB6.  I am trying to change the value 001, which is in every record, to a unique sequencial number with exactly 3 digits. (There are ...
Score SendMessage
Habib - 30 Aug 2006 8:18 PM - 3 messages
Anyone Can Tell Me "ALL" Flags of "SendMessageA" ...
Score UpdateWindow
Habib - 30 Aug 2006 8:16 PM - 2 messages
Please Explain Me About Action of "UpdateWindow" ...
Score Every ListItem now followed by -ON or -OFF. How ?
roofrack - 30 Aug 2006 6:53 PM - 5 messages
Hi, By way of background, I'm a VB6 developer on XP SP2. This may be relevant, but it may not be! Read on.... Some time ago, and I REALLY don't know how, I must have downloaded something, upgraded my system, or tweaked an XP setting. Who knows... ...
Score Auto Executable File
Jose - 30 Aug 2006 5:03 PM - 6 messages
Hi all,    We are developing a program to compress our data files with an special compress algorithm devopeld by us because we usually use bigger files. Our boss wants to make this compressed files autoexecutables so if he copies one ...
Score C++ coversion
richard - 30 Aug 2006 4:35 PM - 2 messages
Is there someone who can help me with this function? im trying to convert a C++ function to VB6 C++ function: bool GscDBI_importcall DataPacket_FetchA(HGscDataPacket, HGscDataSet, HANDLE& AnswerEvent, const char* Statement, TSQLFetchMode,                                          const TGscFetchExtension*, unsigned ...
Score VB6 compatibility
Mike L - 30 Aug 2006 3:55 PM - 8 messages
I am about to sell my first VB6 program, and for some reason I'm under the impression that VB6 programs won't work on Windows 3.1, 2000, NT, and/or 64-bit computers, and I don't have any of them to test it on.  Is this ...
Score All menu items as a collection
Dan - 30 Aug 2006 3:55 PM - 11 messages
Is there a way to quickly make a change to all menu items? I want to temporarily change every menu item on my main form to invisible. I would like to be able to do it without having to list every menu item in my program. ...
Score Remove carriage returns at end of text file
Al - 30 Aug 2006 3:45 PM - 4 messages
I have a text file that I run through a VB6 program to modify the text data to match the importing requirements of an proprietary software application.  I keep getting an error message on the import feature that says the process ...
Score Displaying recordset as fast as an access datasheet
Steve - 30 Aug 2006 3:38 PM - 7 messages
I have a customer who is complaining that the reports (excel) my program (vb6) produces can't compete speedwise with a similar sql query directly to the database backend (access 2000). I provided him with a feature that stored his most commonly used queries which then were ...
Score "Rejecting" specific characters in a variable
insectrepellant - 30 Aug 2006 2:16 PM - 9 messages
Consider this statement: uName = Left$(strdata, 5) strdata contains 5 characters of <username>, 1 space, and another 10 characters of <password> The statement extracts the first 5 characters of strdata. What can I do to "reject" blank characters amongst these 5 characters? ...
Score print vb form during "runtime"
Claudia Fong - 30 Aug 2006 1:49 PM - 3 messages
I have a VB application where I would display information for the user according to their search criteria. I would like to know if the user want to print out the form, is that possible? The users won't have access to the vbp file and frm files. The ...
Score Extracting Icons from Microsoft Applications
Richard J - 30 Aug 2006 1:30 PM - 2 messages
Hello group, I have a question about using icons extracted from specific Microsoft applications such as Access and SQL Server. I'm sure most people who read this forum have used some type of extraction software to look under the covers and extract toolbar icons from one or more ...
Score line drawing with three points inside picture box keeping a ratio
hdhdhd123 - 30 Aug 2006 1:14 PM - 10 messages
hi there Problem statement ============= In a picture box in VB, a pic is loaded. After pressing 'look up' command button, the user marks three points on the image with mouse click and upon right click selects analyze the ratio. Now the program ...
Score Sort an array
Wagon - 30 Aug 2006 11:21 AM - 3 messages
I have an array with "FirstName LastName".  Is there a way to alphabatize it by LastName ...
Score How Microsoft does it?
JayvardhanPune - 30 Aug 2006 10:39 AM - 3 messages
Dear All, I am creating a Image Library and want to know what can the best and standard procedure to do this. Concept is to have all the images needed by all projects (dlls and exes) in the product at a central place (in a single DLL) making it ...
Score How to use file open?
Rio - 30 Aug 2006 3:50 AM - 2 messages
Hi, i am currently doing a client & server program using Visual C. I need to transfer a text file or a recorded audio to transfer from client to server over LAN but i dono how to. Can any kind ppl plz help me. Thanks. ...
Score Help with checking for Column Name
OdAwG - 29 Aug 2006 10:49 PM - 5 messages
Hello All, I'm back again with another issue that I need assistance with.  The problem that I am facing is that I need to be able to read a file and convert the data.  However, I have an issue with one of the columns names.  As it turns ...
Score Strange mousepointer effect
Kjell - 29 Aug 2006 8:43 PM - 5 messages
Hi I'm having a small problem with Me.MousePointer = VbHourGlass not taking effect. Total picture: MDI Project, One Childform with three buttons, a listbox some textboxes and two DTpicker. Each button contains an operation that takes around 20 sec each. ...
Score Overlaying text onto existing windows
FunkAndLove - 29 Aug 2006 7:39 PM - 2 messages
Im not looking for a complete answer, but if anyone can point me in the right direction (i.e. tell me exactly what things i should be looking for) i would appreciate it! I have an application that needs to overlay text over existing windows. ...
Score How can an .EXE be decoded?
NJ Mike - 29 Aug 2006 5:54 PM - 54 messages
I have a VB .exe that I created but lost the code when my computer crashed.  Is there any way, any way at all, using any tool, any third party vendor, that can decode the .exe and reproduce the code? ...
Score Serving a website based on internet source address ?
Skybuck - 29 Aug 2006 5:05 PM - 7 messages
Hello, Based on the source internet address a different version of the website should be presented/served to the user/browser. For example in pseudo code: if SourceAddress = '143.3.5.1' then begin   ShowBlueWebsite; // Load/Show BlueIndex.htm ...
Score how to assign specific values to an VB6 array?
Dogbert - 29 Aug 2006 2:46 PM - 12 messages
in dotnet , we can Dim num() As Integer = { 1, 13 ,17 ...........} how to do this in VB6 ? we need to code line by line ? eg. Dim num() As Integer num(0) = 1 num(1) = 13 num(2) = 17 ..... ..... THANKS ALL ...
Score Application Licensing Component....
John Morley - 29 Aug 2006 1:57 PM - 4 messages
Hi All, Can someone recommend a software licensing component that will allow me to deploy demo, and/or time-limited versions of my VB6 code? It doesn't have to be too fancy, just something basic. This has probably been covered already but my ISP does not maintain a ...
Score VB6 problem
Neelz - 29 Aug 2006 12:59 PM - 3 messages
HI everyone, I am new in the group. I am suppose to do a project in which when i run it, it should get some images or jpg and import it in the img boxes and i should make it in a way that if i choose the option box of remove, i ...
Score VB6 Crashes When Closed
Donald - 29 Aug 2006 12:26 PM - 10 messages
When closing VB6, even when nothing has changed, it crashes.  The error message comes up that simply says "VB has caused an error and needs to close".  Then there is the option to send the error information to MS or not. ...
Score Newbie: Reading CSV file
Jo - 29 Aug 2006 11:05 AM - 5 messages
I am trying  to read a CSV file into an array in VB6. The problem is that Excel doesn't always add trailing commas if the rest of the fields are empty, so some lines have 6 commas while others have less (if they were ...
Score I need to copy data from a datagrid on form2 to a datagrid on form
RayD - 29 Aug 2006 11:00 AM - 5 messages
I am new to VB I hav a datagrid on form 1 which calls a second datagrid on form 2 I need to be able to pass values from this grig back to form 1. Here is sample of my code ...
Score Are there path length limits for using output of the Package and DEployment Wizard?
Howard Kaikow - 29 Aug 2006 10:46 AM - 4 messages
Am I running into a path length limit? If so, how do I avoid this. When I download [link] into, say, "L:HK-Files-L\Downloads", I can unzip the file and the setup runs ...
Score SendKeys in Vista
Norm - 29 Aug 2006 9:41 AM - 6 messages
Has anyone found a way around using SendKeys in Windows Vista? If I try to use it in the IDE mode I get an out of error message, when I went around that line, I received a message that I did not have permission. ...
Score disable or lock checkbox
Claudia Fong - 29 Aug 2006 9:24 AM - 4 messages
Hello, Is there a way to disable or lock the checkbox so that users cant's click on it but it doesn't turn grey? I change the enable properties of the checkbox to true and the checkbox turns to grey, but I want it to not to change the color.. like when you ...
Score Passing BSTR* as return value from ATL/COM application to vb6.0 ap
Satya - 29 Aug 2006 8:48 AM - 2 messages
Hi All. How to pass BSTR* as the return value to Vb 6.0 client from the ATL\COM application and also variant data type as ret val to VB APP. Can anyone guide me on this implementation. Thanks in Advance. ...
Score Error 480 - can't create autoredraw image
mayayana - 28 Aug 2006 11:37 PM - 59 messages
I'm trying to do a simple crop by loading a JPG into a picturebox, then PaintPicture to a second box with size set to the crop region.   Very simple. It works fine but fails on certain images. The one picture ...
Score Reading a VB binary file from C
jimzat - 28 Aug 2006 8:49 PM - 5 messages
I have a binary file that was generated by a VB program and I am trying to read it from a C routine running on an embedded platform.  Looking at the file contents, I can see that strings in VB are not ...
Score CSV File
Ed Wyche - 28 Aug 2006 7:58 PM - 14 messages
I would like to create a valid CSV file from a text document.  I can get the files create using the write command but the application I am using is telling me that it is not a valid CSV file.  Can anyone tell me how to ...
Score Run-time error "91"
DORI - 28 Aug 2006 7:44 PM - 7 messages
Hi All, I have converted my VB6 SP6 project to an .exe file using VS6 Package & Deploy. My Op Sys is XP. The application runs on some computers without any problem. But, some of users (XP Professional) mention that it gives this error: ...
Score Error 429 cant create object!!!
JerryCic - 28 Aug 2006 6:47 PM - 8 messages
I created a .tlb in vb.net. The tlb calls some .net functions from the "system.manager" namespace. In particular, some wmi enums and statuses. I enter into vb6 and create an app that references the .tlb that i created ...
Score passing values from activeform...
Co - 28 Aug 2006 5:23 PM - 4 messages
Hi All, I have a form which displays some data from coming from a database form. More then one form can be opened at  the same time so the destination form needs to know which forms data is to be displayed. ...
Score VB sorting algorithm
eteague - 28 Aug 2006 4:59 PM - 6 messages
I am not quite sure what it is called, but I am looking for an algorithm that will do the following: I have an order for 1000 items.  I have 200 boxes that may have from 1 to 100 items in them.  I would like to ship the largest number of items ...
Score Default Font
James - 28 Aug 2006 4:36 PM - 6 messages
Is there any way to change the default font of controls on a form after the form has been created? ...
Score Change control type across an entire project
Anthony - 28 Aug 2006 3:40 PM - 3 messages
Back in 2001/2002, we created a usercontrol (an XP-style button). We used it across a very large application. Now, we want to swap out each instance of the user-control for the standard command button. We are talking about about 1,000 instances here, so I was hoping there was a ...
Score Fixed or Static data can't be larger than 64k
Anthony - 28 Aug 2006 3:37 PM - 3 messages
I have inherited a large code project. Quite often, when I compile+run the code, I get a popup message: "Fixed or Static data can't be larger than 64k" I understand the message, but, I suspect it is innacurate. The line of code ...
Score Is there a name for this?
cowznofsky - 28 Aug 2006 1:10 PM - 16 messages
We often a GUI feature that shows 2 list boxes and a series of buttons Is there a name that is commonly used for this set-up? ...
Score Delete files in use
sgr - 28 Aug 2006 11:40 AM - 3 messages
Hello. I'm trying to do a program that delete some files and registry entries, Is there any way to delete the files that "are in use". Thanks in advance. ...
Score Optimisation of serial communication's data capture in VB6
albertleng - 28 Aug 2006 8:08 AM - 5 messages
Dear friends, I've actually posted questions about my project in a previous thread. Since the thread is getting a bit long, i'll post in a new thread. My VB project will capture bytes from a fire alarm panel like ...
Score Class for key strike event
a - 28 Aug 2006 4:48 AM - 2 messages
Hi For VB .NET, which class is responsible for the key strike event? Thanks ...
Score Can Subclassing in VB6 detect when text is highlighted in different app?
briana - 27 Aug 2006 11:18 PM - 10 messages
I'm looking for a way to perform subclassing in a stand-alone VB6 program that can detect when text has been highlighted in another application, such as MS Word, IE, or virtually any other text window. What I'm NOT looking for is something to read the clipboard - please! ...
Score application stealth
a - 27 Aug 2006 9:16 PM - 2 messages
Hi How can I make my vb application stealth? for example, make it register as Service Process? Thanks ...
Score Xml Encryption and Decryption
Jeeva - 27 Aug 2006 8:43 PM - 2 messages
We need to encrypt our database Login info and store it in a secure server. 1. Encrypt an xml file that has lofin info. 2. Make sure our code picks this encrypted file, decrypts  it, reads the xml elements and then authorize users. ...
Score Avoiding non modal errors
nop90 - 27 Aug 2006 5:26 PM - 7 messages
Seems no matter what I do...my app will have these "Can't show non-modal form when modal form is displayed" errors. What is THE best way to prevent/ensure these errors dont come up? Very frustrating. TIA ...
Score Getting a Textbox Focus While an Input Box is Active
DACCS - 27 Aug 2006 5:11 PM - 5 messages
Need Help! Using VB6, I have a single form with a textbox (properties allow multi-line entry and includes a vertical scrollbar).  I have an “Input” box to accept a string input from the User.  The VB6 program accepts a User-entered “seed” ...
Score dotnet 2.0 ftp rename error 500
Marty - 27 Aug 2006 2:00 PM - 2 messages
I'm writing an app to upload/download via FTP using VS2005. Upload download works. but when trying to rename a file with GetResponse it errors with error 500 (Syntax error, command unrecognized). This only happens with unix FTP servers - windows ones work perfectly. ...
Score Move images and lines on a picturebox....
vonClausowitz - 27 Aug 2006 1:13 PM - 10 messages
Hi All, I have been trying to place images and lines on a picturebox and move them around. I place a picture2 and a Label1 on a form. Both indexes set to 0. I also use a ImageList1 with 7 images. Now I place an icon in the ...
Score Document Height
Ala Shiban - 27 Aug 2006 12:59 PM - 4 messages
Hello guys, Here's my problem: I'm trying to screen capture (using HTMLRender2 interface) an html document currently rendered in a webbrowser control. Now, its working fine, only problem is, I need to define the PictureBox height (I'm capturing to) - and the heights given in the ...
Score Type Mismatch error but Why?
Alastair MacFarlane - 27 Aug 2006 1:42 AM - 4 messages
Dear All I am trying to pass an ADO Recordset object back to a class for the class to undertake some work on the recordset. My original class property returns the Recordset: Public Property Get ADODBRechargeables() As ADODB.Recordset   Set ADODBRechargeables = mvarADODBRechargeables ...
Score How to change the font on the Toolbar
DORI - 27 Aug 2006 12:03 AM - 7 messages
Hi, I have a Toolbar in my application made with VB6 SP6. Some of the users complain that the font on the Toolbar is too small. I could not find the font property in the Properties of Toolbar. Any idea how to change the font? ...
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