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Score OT: Can cause VB6 an error of this kind?
Tim Pauly - 21 Mar 2009 11:06 PM - 8 messages
I would like to ask if you have ever experienced that VB6 was able to corrupt a file so that Windows gives the error "Access denied. In use by another person or program, etc" when you try to either copy, rename move ...
Score Beep Beep
Lorin - 21 Mar 2009 6:21 PM - 26 messages
What can I do to replace the BEEP Api? VB6 on Vista PC. Want the same kind of frequency control, etc. ...
Score Re: Vb 6.0 MSDN Setup file download.
Sukhendu Kumar - 21 Mar 2009 4:43 PM - 3 messages
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Score Run-time error '50003': Unexpected error
Jack - 21 Mar 2009 4:33 PM - 7 messages
Hello,           I have this error, which happens only in Vista. It happens just at the start of Form_Load routine. My program is using Excel automation, and I traced the problem is related to ...
Score RichTextBox Input
Bee - 20 Mar 2009 11:26 PM - 9 messages
I am trying to get limited rich text into a RichTextbox. i.e. I want to load only a few lines rather than the whole text. Let's say the richtext file is 100,000 lines but I only want to see the ...
Score Common Dialog Confusion
Bee - 20 Mar 2009 8:40 PM - 9 messages
Have an old VB6 project that uses ' as CommonDialog' I copied files over to a new project. It comiples fine but does not run. The call to the sub using the 'as CommonDialog' fails and says Type Mismatch So I changed it to as Object, it works, but now no intellisense. ...
Score DOS box
Claus Centrino - 20 Mar 2009 5:12 PM - 4 messages
I'm looking for a way to have a DOS box window as an own child window (not nescessarily a MDI child window) of my application, so that moving and resizing my application will move and resize the DOS box window also. ...
Score Detecting Control Array VB6
Rick - 20 Mar 2009 3:25 PM - 20 messages
How do I detect when an ActiveX control in a form is part of an Array of controls automátically? For example, in a form I can have one commando button an two textboxes: Command1 Text1(0) Text1(1) ...
Score Working with unicode string
Jack B. Pollack - 20 Mar 2009 1:48 PM - 9 messages
I have a unicode string that I am reading from a file eg "123" reads in as:  1  zero  2  zero  3  zero I want to use the replace function. There must be an easier way of dealing ...
Score VB skip ADO Connection.Execute statement
hon123456 - 20 Mar 2009 7:10 AM - 3 messages
Dear all,          My program is as follows:          dim Conn as new ADODB.connection          conn.conectionstring =''......"          conn.open ...
Score Serialization of array to string
Andrew - 20 Mar 2009 1:06 AM - 7 messages
Can anyone tell me if there is an equivalent VB.Net function to php serialize? I need to then encode the serialized string and then use a function similar to php base64_encode? ...
Score VB .Net General Help
Andy Jones - 20 Mar 2009 1:05 AM - 11 messages
I am new to VB .Net but have a solid understanding of it, however there are two things I am not up to speed on: 1) How to setup security(basic & advanced) on VB .Net Apps 2) How to make apps look & feel professional ...
Score Error 440 or 3021
Jim - 19 Mar 2009 10:42 PM - 12 messages
I wonder if someone could look at the following code and tell me what I'm doing wrong. At the line a = rs("ID") after the 19th iteration I get error 440 or 3021. 440 & 3021: Either BOF or EOF is true or the current record has been ...
Score OT looking for advice from programmer(s)
MP - 19 Mar 2009 3:07 PM - 5 messages
Hi, apologies for the non vb question I'm looking to "interview" a programmer(s). Economy downsized my job and I want to get into programming field as profession. I was told to do 'informational interviews' of people doing what I want to ...
Score Why am I getting Method or data member not found?
MM - 19 Mar 2009 12:59 PM - 4 messages
Here's the code that works: Load IC74xx259(IC74xx259.Ubound + 1) With IC74xx259(IC74xx259.Ubound)             .Visible = True             .CurrentX = 35 ...
Score VB 6 IDE on 64-bit Windows
Howard Kaikow - 18 Mar 2009 6:55 PM - 10 messages
[link] states: "The Visual Basic team is also committed to the Visual Basic 6.0 development environment running on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7." However, it also states: ...
Score ACCURACY of making templates on a printer
Randy Gardner - 18 Mar 2009 6:29 PM - 13 messages
Is it possible to create very accurately dimensioned templates by setting printer properties: height, width, zoom, drawwidth, etc. and printing from VB? I have found that there seem to be some force margin values that I have not been able to over ride in the past. ...
Score Rubberband Line with ScrollBar
David - 18 Mar 2009 12:43 AM - 27 messages
I have a rubberband line tool which works well as long as both datapoints are on the picturebox.    However if either datapoint is off the picturebox how do i keep the mouse active (holding the line endpoint) and at the ...
Score Active X and Vista
tourerukcom - 17 Mar 2009 11:17 PM - 12 messages
Hi I have a active x control which works fine on IE on XP but as soon as i run it under vista on IE  7 the active x control is not installing correctly. I get the Object doesnt support this property or method ...
Score Why there is a limit of 65,536 bytes when writing to file?
Kathy - 17 Mar 2009 8:42 PM - 51 messages
Hello,          I have noticed my log file stopped being updated after the log (text file) reached 65,536 bytes. I store data into log using this code: ============     FileNum = FreeFile ...
Score ShellExecute to html file in VB.net
Robert Styma - 17 Mar 2009 3:11 PM - 12 messages
I have used SHellExecute from C++ successfully on Visual Studio 6.  I am currently using Visual Studio 2008 coding in Visual Basic.  All the examples I have tracked down to use ShellExecute to open a file with the appropriate application ...
Score How to tell when form has fully loaded
Giles - 17 Mar 2009 10:54 AM - 7 messages
Is there an event that occurs when a VB form has fully loaded and displayed? (like the onload event in javascript) Thanks ...
Score Value > Long Data Type
David - 17 Mar 2009 2:40 AM - 20 messages
I'm erring because the whole number cumulative total is greater than the long data type. Any suggestions on how to handle in VB? ...
Score Pasting html into Word 2007
Randy - 16 Mar 2009 10:23 PM - 2 messages
Hi.  I need help.  I am having problems pasting an html string into Word 2007.  The code (below) for Word Versions prior to 2007 (12) works fine, but Word 2007 pastes the string as text with the ...
Score Knowing what launched an EXE that used CreateProcess()?
SupaFly - 16 Mar 2009 5:37 PM - 6 messages
It's hard to explain I guess, but maybe that's why it's been difficult for me to find. Basically, I want to try and find out which EXE (or Process ID?) launched my EXE when using CreateProcess(), or in other words, the "parent" process that ...
Score How to make this call from form to control
Faraz Azhar - 16 Mar 2009 2:12 PM - 15 messages
Hello I'm making a control project. This usercontrol connects to internet and downloads some infos. So it shows a plain form showing the progress of downloads. The form doesn't have any code inside. The progress bar on the form is ...
Score Differences between VB amd VBA and VBA Education
PSULionRP - 16 Mar 2009 1:13 PM - 39 messages
I am new to this job and will be doing some development in VBA through Access. What are the major differneces between VB and VBA??? Also, Does anyone know of any good VBA courses online through Computer Based Training so that I can get up to speed on the fundamentals of developing VBA ...
Score QtNetwork4.dll declares
Henning - 16 Mar 2009 1:30 AM - 5 messages
Anyone got the declares for Qt4.5 QtNetwork.dll? /Henning ...
Score Application.Quit but Word remains open in Task Manager
Simon Keeling - 15 Mar 2009 9:17 PM - 12 messages
Hello, I have writtwen the following routine, but depsite Word closing it remains open in the Task Manager, and so when AutoExec fires again it will not run befcuase Word is open elsewhere. Is there code that I can use which will truly quite and close Word? ...
Score NET Required ???
RealInfo - 15 Mar 2009 8:30 PM - 11 messages
Hi all Does every exe file generated by vb 2008 express edition need a NET enviroment instaled on the target computer that this exe runs on it ? The target computer is other then the computer that hosts the VB compiler . ...
Score List.Contains(searchValue)
John Crews - 15 Mar 2009 4:54 PM - 6 messages
I am trying to get teh List.Contains to work but I am having difficulty. I have a class object: public class exampleList() {     public int prop1 {get; set;}     public string prop2 {get;set:} } Now in a method in the exampleList class I am retrieving data of this class type and trying to check if the prop1 value exists in the list by using the List.Contains method. ...
Score Is it possible to remove 3rd party app icon from systray?
Kathy - 15 Mar 2009 4:35 AM - 8 messages
Hello,            I am facing this problem. My app starts the 3rd party app using runas,  starting several instances of it. Each instance at startup loads its own icon in the systray, which causes big ...
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