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Score Pasting text to browser
duke - 17 Jul 2010 5:09 PM - 7 messages
Hi Here is the scenario: I have a browser open (Internet Explorer , FireFox or whatever), I then load my program written in VB6. The program has a textbox or label with say a URL loaded in the text / caption. I want to be able to click on the textbox / label, and drag and drop ...
Score Receiving strings in a Standard DLL
Leo - 17 Jul 2010 3:51 PM - 21 messages
I have some code I am thinking of sticking in a standard dll which needs to have strings passed to it. What is the best way to do this with me seeing the chance that non VB code could be calling this code. ...
Score New form on Main thread.
tc - 17 Jul 2010 12:17 PM - 3 messages
Hi all. I have an application that requires input from a 3rd party application.  The 3rd party software sends data to any control on the running application on the main thread. I can start my application through a startup module which forces the main ...
Score Windows 7 and VB6 Runtime
Marc Sances - 17 Jul 2010 11:33 AM - 13 messages
Does Windows 7 have VB6 Runtime? Or I have to include it with my apps? I think I listened somewhere Windows 7 doesn't have it. Thanks, Marc. [link] ...
Score Need Help!! With the final module of a program I'm working on.
NeatBoxx via VBMonster.com - 16 Jul 2010 7:41 PM - 33 messages
Hi, Fellow Coders of Visual Basic 6    I have been working on a program now for a year and almost complete except for the last module.  It is the most all around lottery program I have ever ...
Score Why don't my questions appear in this forum?
Dan Crossett - 16 Jul 2010 3:54 PM - 3 messages
I've posted the same question two days in a row but when i return to look for my posts they are not there. ...
Score zero
Viper900 - 16 Jul 2010 5:44 AM - 5 messages
How do i get vb to show a 0 in a variable, I want the program to read and write values like 01 and 09, but the only thing that shows in the variable is 1 or the 9. The values are being entered into text boxes and i  declare variables like so ...
Score ActiveX EXE Clues
BeeJ - 15 Jul 2010 12:51 AM - 9 messages
I have written a main VB6 app and an VB6 ActiveX EXE. The ActiveX EXE compiles with no errors. The Main app instantiates the ActiveX EXE as referenced as either a ..vbp or the .EXE.  I am using early binding and intellisense works ...
Score Add a AD user to local group using directoryentry
Dan Crossett - 14 Jul 2010 10:47 PM - 5 messages
During PC setup and before a computer is logged into the domain I want to add a AD user to a local group.  Here is the logic I am trying: Dim deLocal As New DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + Environment.MachineName + ",computer") ...
Score Access 2000 limitations
Reneé A. Ferreira - 14 Jul 2010 3:51 PM - 28 messages
I have an application that works over an Access 2000 database. A few days ego I noticed problemas in the database, as records are deleted alone. I'm just suspecting that Access 2000 does not support then number of records in ...
Score Multiple CustomTaskPanes in VB6 for Office 2010
John Malden - 14 Jul 2010 1:40 PM - 4 messages
[I have also posted this on the answers.Powerpoint forum] Office Version:Office 2010 Operating System:Windows XP Program:PowerPoint We have a COM addin in VB6 for Office 2000, 2003 & 2007. The 2007 version successfully has a Ribbon interface and CustomTaskPanes that are ...
Score MSComm
Boris P. - 14 Jul 2010 1:37 PM - 15 messages
Just a question: Let's say I have 2 USB devices connected to the computer, would MSComm allow me only connecting to one at a time? That's what how it appears to me, but I am not sure if I didn't make any ...
Score How to get the value of the prompt environment variable
Leo - 14 Jul 2010 6:53 AM - 9 messages
I need a way to get the value of the %prompt% environment variable. I would prefer it actually if I could get the value from a more reliable source as this is a console app I'm writing. ...
Score How do I add a domain user account to a local group
Dan Crossett - 13 Jul 2010 5:32 PM - 4 messages
I want to add a domain account to a local group during my setup process.  At this point the computer has joined the domain but is not logged into it.  I've tried using the DirectoryEntry object without success. ...
Score CLSID Error; VB6/SP6
jpBless - 13 Jul 2010 4:43 PM - 3 messages
All VB6/SP6 apps on my development machine that connect to Access database using ADO 2.8 suddenly stopped working today. They display they above error. Any one know how to resolve this problem? Thanks in advance for your help ...
Score The instruction at xxxx referenced memory.... After DotNet update
gr - 13 Jul 2010 4:24 PM - 15 messages
I have been having a bitxx of a time trying to track this down and am looking for some help. A few years ago I wrote a VB6 program.  It has run great until recently.  After installing a few .net 2.0 and .net 3.0 updates, the ...
Score Array() function
Boris P. - 13 Jul 2010 1:30 PM - 2 messages
I tried to use the Array function like this Dim s() as string s = split(Array("test1", "test2", "test3")) But it's not working, and Dim s() as string s = Array("test1", "test2", "test3") isn't either. What am I doing wrong? ...
Score OleDB Select Top statement not returning data??
Joseph N. Stackhouse - 13 Jul 2010 8:27 AM - 4 messages
The while reader.read returns no data at all (msgbox doesn’t even fire), there should be one row returned.  When I execute this exact statement against the same access database within Microsoft Access I get my one row. ...
Score OT: Too optimistic?
Kevin Provance - 13 Jul 2010 2:44 AM - 17 messages
[link] Jim Payne writes:  "I do find it a bit ironic that See# is now, ten years later, getting better COM support. My guess is that Microsoft finally ...
Score Problem using MsgHook to send msg to running app
Norm - 13 Jul 2010 12:07 AM - 7 messages
Hi, I am having a problem that I do not understand at all. :D I am trying to send a message to a running app called FileClean. This is a new version and the message hook is not able to obtain a hwnd for ...
Score ADO Recordset Find Record
JP... - 12 Jul 2010 5:32 PM - 5 messages
Hi... I'm using VB6.0 in a Windows XP environment with Microsoft Access 2000 databases. I have a datagrid on my form attached to and adodc data control. I load the data control with data from my Access 2000 table.  One column is "[Rider ...
Score Update a radio button by combobox selection
Steve Gr - 12 Jul 2010 4:27 PM - 10 messages
Hi, In a VS2008 VB project, I have a combobox that gets its value from a table with three columns. I want to display one column in the combobox, write the value of the second column back to a different table, and I want to change ...
Score In case this group is gone from MS News Server
Nobody - 12 Jul 2010 4:03 PM - 4 messages
If you are still using MS News Server, please click at the link below in case MS removes this group from their server. MS is in the process of removing groups in favor of using their forums, but they are not going to ...
Score PDF Viewer/Reader
Doug - 12 Jul 2010 3:38 PM - 2 messages
Hello, I need to find an OCX control that would work in VB6 that allows me to open up PDF files and pull data from them (so that I can store the data in the database for example).  We may go the route of using ...
Score visual basic has stopped working error message
Mary - 12 Jul 2010 3:37 PM - 4 messages
I hope this is the discussion group for VB6. I have a vb6 project with crystal report 8.5. In the program once i click on RDC to open a report in design view I got this "Visual basic has stopped ...
Score WF4 : The Activities property is 'ReadOnly' in VB, not in C# ?
Gilbert Tordeur - 12 Jul 2010 1:54 PM - 5 messages
Hello. In order to learn WF4 I have read "A Developer's Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) in .NET 4" ([link]). Unfortunately it is in C# while my preferred language is VB. So I try to translate. ...
Score Find Sub Folder Name within a Folder
LondonLad - 12 Jul 2010 10:51 AM - 6 messages
Hi Finding folder extn's is fine but to just find a folder name within a folder has me beat. I have a folder named Music this has 900 sub folders by each artists name I want to check the date modified for each sub folder. ...
Score Find Folder Names
LondonLad - 12 Jul 2010 8:39 AM - 10 messages
Hi To find a list of files within a folder no problem, but I am stuck trying to find all folder names within a folder In folder Music I have 900 folders of the artists name I want to loop ...
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