Visual Basic General Discussion

I had a problem while trying to access some methods of my VB6 DLL's in IIS6 using ASP. The errors were always something like "Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01fb' Exception: DoSomething". While looking for threads that solved the problem I only saw question, ...

Hey All,   We are currently upgrading a vb6 development to vs.net.  We use the sheridan datawidgets v3 ocx extensively throughout the program.  My question is, can you generally use older 3rd party ocx in an application, and has ...

I have a command in VBA which fails: Retval = Shell( "copy " & "c:\MyDir\aa.xls c:\MyDir\bb.xls" If i replace "copy" by "xcopy" it works, however the last command popup the annoying "specify if the destination is a File (F) ...

OS: Win2KPro SP3 running VisualStudio6 Enterprise + SP3  (  =NOT=  .NET) To get my output formatted just right I need to right-justify things in a fixed-width field. The thing passed could be a string, an integer or a decimal number. ...

VB6 SP6, MSDE SP3 Project References: ADO2.8, XML4.0 I have a form that refreshes every minute (Timer) which contains an array of 20 UserControls (specialty buttons).  After some time, usually 10 to 30 minutes, the form will pop up in the top left corner of the ...

Is it possible to connect to SQL Server 2005 using VB6? If it is possible would anyone share the code? Cheers, Max. ...

Hi All, I need a dongle to protect my vb application on several clients. The dongle will be installed on Windows 2000 server with SQL server. I will be happy if my application can read the information in it via SQL command. ...

Hello In order to improve the quality of VB6 software, one has to measure the complexity, testability with quick and reliable tools. We propose her both tools and methods for this. The final aim is to provide tools to detect potential errors causes, ...

Hello, I am using the timediff function in VB6.0 to show the number of days, months, quarters, and years between two dates.  I need to be able to show the number, plus a fractional part in tenths.  for example, I have been able to ...

Hello, I have a problem with the exception handling, if I execute a stored procedure (MS SQL) by using the command .ExecuteReader(). If I execute the same SP with the command .ExecuteNonQuery() the exception of the SP (realized with the command RAISERROR('error text', 16, 1) there) in the program is ...

I am trying to write a macro In Word 2003. My goal is to automate filling a word template called Document 2 with three pieces of data (access no., Narrative, Report no.) from Report Doc. I want to run my ...

I have a sharepoint services site.  I want to upload a file to the document library.  I am using the webclient.uploadfile method to upload the file.  When i execute the method the byte array that is returned it ...

Hello. Need to develop a utility in vb6 that does most or all of the following: - identify which of multiple network adapters has an active connection - get IP address, default gateway, DNS addresses - ping addresses and measure latency I have, at best, mid-level skill -- so anything you can do to point me to ...

I'm looking for a customizable Office-style menu control that will let me use bitmaps or icons for the top level menu, rather than just fonts. I bought Arcadia's PowerButton, and while it can look like I want it to, it ...