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Score Mysteriously Caught Exceptions
BrianB - 27 Mar 2009 3:34 AM - 2 messages
I'll start by admitting that I'm a VB.NET noobe.  That said, I have this chunk of code: Try     File.SetAttributes(strDest, FileAttributes.Normal)     Call LogStatus("I", "SUCCESS -- EXTRACT FILE", "SOURCE=" & strsource, ...
Score Early Date
Bee - 27 Mar 2009 12:33 AM - 4 messages
I am trying to present the user with a date range, From ... To I want to initially supply the earliest date and the latestest date. This I believe to be according to the Help files Dec 30, 1899 12:00:00 AM to Dec 31, 2099 12:00:00 AM ...
Score Code Runs During Compile
Bee - 26 Mar 2009 11:28 PM - 6 messages
I have a app that contains a usercontrol in the project. The usercontrol is on one form. When I compile it runs the usercontrol code during the writing phase of the compile. What causes this and is there a way to avoid it? ...
Score Replace one occurence of string within string at certain position
RB Smissaert - 26 Mar 2009 9:17 PM - 16 messages
Looking for a fast way to replace at a given position a string within another string and it looks the only way is with CopyMemory: Private Declare Sub CopyMemory _                      Lib "kernel32" _ ...
Score Draw Half and Ellipse
David - 26 Mar 2009 5:00 PM - 5 messages
Anyway to draw half and Ellipse using the API?  If not what's best way? ...
Score ABAP?
Paulo - 26 Mar 2009 2:56 PM - 5 messages
Should I try to be a ABAP programmer? I enrolled on a SAP course... I heard that the salary on this area is very good... Do you know anything? But I dont know what a ERP is, but I'll try. ...
Score Textbox won't scroll
the_tool_man - 26 Mar 2009 2:38 AM - 4 messages
Hi all: I have placed a TextBox control on a form, and would like to add text to its contents over time.  I would like to have the text scroll upward as new lines are added.  The following sub almost does it: ...
Score Using GetSaveFileName API with VB6
MM - 26 Mar 2009 12:13 AM - 19 messages
In the explanatory notes for GetSaveFileName it is stated: "sDefFileExt is a pointer to a buffer that contains the default extension. GetOpenFileName and GetSaveFileName append this extension to the file name if the user fails to type an extension." Observe that: "if the user fails to type an extension" proviso. ...
Score ordered list - sorta
greg - 25 Mar 2009 7:45 PM - 4 messages
Hello, I am looking for the best way to create an ordered list. However as I read in each piece of data, I would like to slide it into an ordered list.  By my own logic/rules. Is the simplest way to do this is to use an array and a temporary array? ...
Score IsVista
Bee - 25 Mar 2009 4:50 PM - 8 messages
I am using this routine to tell if the OS is Vista. But it fails, returning a 5 not 6 in the IDE. VB6 on Vista Ultimate PC. Is there a better way? What am I missing? Should it not be =6  rather than >=? ...
Score Shut Down
Shell - 25 Mar 2009 1:37 PM - 3 messages
In windows XP Pro and VB6.  I have a VB6 executable that automatically runs every day several hours after I leave work.  I want to add some code that will shut down the computer at the end of the process. ...
Score SQL Server Compact Edition with VB6
Frank Rizzo - 25 Mar 2009 6:14 AM - 7 messages
Has anyone actually used SQL Server Compact Edition with VB6?  I can't seem to find much useful information.  Does it work?  Does it support the full subset of OLE DB functionality?  I read somewhere that it ...
Score VB6 IDE Find doesn't
Bee - 24 Mar 2009 11:22 PM - 9 messages
Am I the only one who finds that find doesn't. e.g. if I search for .Filter it only finds some of the matches. If I use Use Pattern Matching and I do *.Filter it finds the others. In all cases something proceeds the .Filter  e.g. tType.Filter ...
Score Beep Again
Michael Williams - 24 Mar 2009 6:35 PM - 55 messages
Does anybody know if there is anything in the contents of a post that might trigger some sort of automatic rejection (other than my name of course!). The reason I ask is because I have tried five or more times over the past ...
Score The application failed to initialize properly
Peter B. Steiger - 24 Mar 2009 3:45 PM - 4 messages
The boss said to write a data conversion utility and do it in VB, so I learned VB (more or less) and cranked out a quick-and-dirty app that does the job.  It runs great on my machine, but when I sent the boss the .EXE, ...
Score Fax messages simulation
LondonLad - 24 Mar 2009 2:57 PM - 2 messages
Hi Is it possible to write a program with VB6 that can send a typed message to a phone number like a fax? Ron ...
Score Subscript out of range VB 6 on loading a form
david - 24 Mar 2009 1:07 PM - 6 messages
Below is the code that runs when I try to open a form. The message occurs as soon as a control is set on the form. ie if I rem out the line  frm.lblID.Caption = "" the error occurs on the line ...
Score Quick License Manager - (Interactive Studios)
chris - 24 Mar 2009 12:03 PM - 2 messages
Has anybody used Quick License Manager - (Interactive Studios) for protecting softwares from being copied ? Do you have any comments ? Thanks a lot in advance! ...
Score Missing Posts
Michael Williams - 24 Mar 2009 11:54 AM - 4 messages
.. . . erm . . . Hello. Knock, knock. Anybody there? ...
Score URLDownloadToFile API failing due to disclaimer page
Paul Martin - 23 Mar 2009 11:12 PM - 33 messages
[Cross-posted at microsoft.public.vb.winapi] I am using the URLDownloadToFile API to download files from <[link] This fails as there is an interim disclaimer page that appears first, ...
Score CopyFile question
Phil Hunt - 23 Mar 2009 2:23 PM - 2 messages
I have a bunch of  "client PC" that copy a file from the "Server" using CopyFile API. If I put the file in a "Compressed" folder on the server and clients, is CopyFile smart enough to Not decompress and compress to the ...
Score Name of a Callback function
Syed Zeeshan Haider - 22 Mar 2009 11:32 PM - 5 messages
Hello Everybody, I am working on WinXP SP2 with VB6 EE. Is it imperative to name a callback function as "WindowProc"? I was using an example from [link] to learn callback functions and API. It worked perfectly until I changed the name of the ...
Score Simple timer uses more and more memory
DrewEh - 22 Mar 2009 10:24 PM - 11 messages
Hi Everyone, I'm using Visual Basic 2008 Express to build a (hopefully) very simple form. Problem When timer runs, and interval set to anything above 0, memory useage of the app continues to increase. Scenario Form1 with a Label1, and a Timer1 control. ...
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