Visual Basic General Discussion

MMControl (.wait = False Problem)

xytsrm - 31 Jul 2010 9:44 PM - 3 messages

I need some help with a problem I discovered while trying to use the MMControl in the non-wait mode. I coded a simple routine to play a sound file four times in succession. Initially I had .wait = True, and the routine worked without issue. However, ...

Form Z order across the divide

BeeJ - 31 Jul 2010 8:46 PM - 10 messages

I want to stack forms in a certain order. Z pos - Form 0 - Main App Form 1 - Image Form (launched from Main Form, sits on top of Main App Form) ...

RegClean

BeeJ - 30 Jul 2010 11:45 PM - 15 messages

So all this VB6 development has left junk all through my registry. OK so I don't know what I am doing. I like to create ActiveX EXEs etc and find the clutter of non-existent references in Project\References. ...

Creating html from vb

avi - 30 Jul 2010 3:47 PM - 7 messages

Hello, I want basically to create from vb6 an simple html file ("c: \Image1.html") which will display a JPG image file ("c:\Image1.jpg") I am not proficient at html Is there a simple vb6 function to achieve this? ...

Protecting against accidental editing

Alexandros Peropulous - 30 Jul 2010 9:39 AM - 3 messages

Can I protect code in my app against accidental editing in the IDE? ...

VB6 new install

Michael - 30 Jul 2010 9:28 AM - 5 messages

New PC, XPSP3 with all current updates Visual Studio 6 install quits after clicking Next on splash screen Tried running setup as Administrator - get message saying Windows has been locked down Any help would be appreciated Michael ...

create user on AD server

Dipesh_Sharma - 29 Jul 2010 6:13 PM - 13 messages

Hi, I want to create an application which on passing a user id & password will create that user on windows 2003 AD server. I used netuseradd API to do this, but was not able to create user on AD server & boot my system with that user. ...

Casting in VB6

Steffen Leppert - 29 Jul 2010 5:07 AM - 5 messages

Hello all! I noticed that when I use MSXML2, I can easily cast an IXMLDOMNode to an IXMLDOMElement and vice versa. Both are classes, right? Does anybody know how this works under the hood? I am not aware that I ...

Predefined gradients

avi - 28 Jul 2010 7:34 PM - 7 messages

Hello, Not a VB request but a related one... I have found a nice OCX for creating vb6 gradient forms from any 2 colors, but I want to present my users a set of predefined gradients templates to pick from ...

Treewalker for MSXML2 in VB6

Steffen Leppert - 27 Jul 2010 4:04 PM - 4 messages

Hello! Is there anybody here who has created a treewalker class for the MSXML2 library in VB6? I have a Java project here which uses Xerces for XML handling. In this code I see that a treewalker is used to iterate through the ...

Creation Date

LondonLad - 27 Jul 2010 3:23 PM - 2 messages

Hi Is there a way with VB6 to copy a folder and retain its Date Created? Still need help on getting folder dates on different drives. Can you help please ...

the vb letter

Thomas Bruninx - 27 Jul 2010 11:52 AM - 13 messages

Aan: <thomas.brun***@base.be> Onderwerp: Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition Registration Datum: zondag 25 juli 2010 22:42 Hi there, First and foremost, thanks so much for registering Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. Below you'll find registration benefits, resources, and ...

Problem automating page in IE 8

Norm - 26 Jul 2010 11:25 PM - 13 messages

Hi, I am using the following code to open a page to sign in to MyMsn and it does not work in the same way as other secure sites do. I don't know if Microsoft does something different(big grin here), but the code, which ...

Intermittent problem in data transfer MSAccess to Oracle using VB

Carl - 26 Jul 2010 8:05 PM - 22 messages

I created a small executable which runs 5 days a week as a scheduled task. It retrieves data from a MSAccess database and writes to an Oracle database. I write to a log file to make sure the process runs to ...

regular expression won't match single digit

icccapital - 26 Jul 2010 2:31 PM - 10 messages

I am trying to create a regular expression for matching dates. After finding that my regex pattern didn't work I decided to pare it down and see if I could figure out why. Now I can't get the test to just match a single ...

error 48389 in mapisession.signon

dinop - 26 Jul 2010 11:38 AM - 2 messages

at run-time mapisession.signon returns error "48389". Environment is: Windows xp Windows Live Mail Visual Basic V6.0 SP6 application Have somebody this issue ? Thanks in advance Dinop ...

Re: .NET vs Java (Windows service development)

Mike Williams - 26 Jul 2010 7:18 AM - 5 messages

Actually if you look at the two relevant postings made on 16th July in the Access 2000 Limitations thread that was started on 14th July you will see that Se / Senn are (is) posting from Denmark. I think this is probably the ...

Re: .NET vs Java (Windows service development)

se - 25 Jul 2010 7:00 PM - 4 messages

Knewed it beforehand. There's nothing wrong being a taxi driver. Then once more: You couldn't lift yourself to be anything other than a "fork lift truck driver". And then lied to the community about having knowledge of fets power devices. Like below: ...

Date returned Incorrect

LondonLad - 25 Jul 2010 4:35 PM - 3 messages

I got this code on google the owner could be Brian S or FlyGuy I have modified to suit but I am getting an incorrect date returned. If I search for 2 folder dates on the same Drive I get the correct answers ...

ASCII Extended Characters

Rick - 25 Jul 2010 4:34 PM - 5 messages

I have a client who is wanting data cleansing on their incoming file. One of the things they are wanting is for us to check for Special Characters, I am able to check for most but there are a few that I am unable to figure out ...

Re: .NET vs Java (Windows service development)

Mike Williams - 25 Jul 2010 4:32 PM - 7 messages

You really are a dick brain, se, or whatever your real name is. WTF you get from making things up is anyone's guess, but I suppose pretending to know things makes up in some small way for your lack of actual knowledge, at ...

Re: .NET vs Java (Windows service development)

se - 25 Jul 2010 2:34 PM - 2 messages

The above was said by a whipper-snapper. Just look-up the photo posted on ms-newsserver and see it. ...