Visual Basic General Discussion

Web Pages in a VB Window?

Bert T - 19 Jun 2009 11:51 PM - 26 messages

Hi, Everybody! Let me begin by saying I am a junior programer, but not a VB one. That said, let me explain to you what I saw and what I'd like to do. When you go to the start menu in vista, you find a label HELP & SUPPORT. ...

Proxy + ADO + VB6...

Paulo - 19 Jun 2009 6:58 PM - 6 messages

Hi, I've ConnStr that points to a external IP, like: "SQLOleDB... host=200.138.0.10"... but if I'm on some place that has a proxy to go outside, the VB6 app can not reach the external SQL SERVER port 1433... do ...

Ghost image on a Form after GetSaveFileName

Howard Kaikow - 19 Jun 2009 10:22 AM - 2 messages

Earlier today, I began to see a ghost image on a Form after running the GetSaveFileName API function. The image is part of one of the thumbnails in the left side of the Save As dialog issued via GetSaveFileName. The code was of the form: ...

Transition effects

Goerge Tikakis - 18 Jun 2009 11:00 PM - 2 messages

Hello Is there any example on how to make transitions between images? Thank you *** Sent via Developersdex [link] *** ...

XP Setup

Paul Curran - 18 Jun 2009 8:27 PM - 2 messages

I tried to repair XP by upgrading it. Hoping to install a good copy over a suspect one and not have it destroy all my installed programs and files. At the 39th minute of the setup procedure I received a Fatal Error warning. The ...

XP Setup in an infinite loop

Paul Curran - 18 Jun 2009 8:05 PM - 2 messages

I tried to repair XP by upgrading it. Hoping to install a good copy over a suspect one and not have it destroy all my installed programs and files. At the 39th minute of the setup procedure I received a Fatal Error warning. The ...

Re: Vb 6.0 MSDN Setup file download.

hortencia nhampossa - 18 Jun 2009 9:04 AM - 2 messages

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can i do this with real database, not just dataset

Scott Baxter - 17 Jun 2009 8:00 PM - 7 messages

Hello, In the new vb.net is a thing called dataset, which I guess is a standalone database you can create and play with. The following code works fine for that. But I can't seem to define things so that it would work against a real ...

Persistence of Document Variables values

THendr2929 - 17 Jun 2009 3:34 AM - 3 messages

I need to store a value in a Word 2007 file (any format - DOCX, DOCM, DOTX, DOTM) that I can access between sessions. Using the command "ActiveDocument.Variables.Add", I add a variable to a DOCX file and assign it ...

Microsoft Money 2006

dkmarch - 17 Jun 2009 1:10 AM - 3 messages

I just purchased a new computer with Windows XP, and installed my MS Money 2006 on the computer. Each time I try to restore the backup information, the program first tells me it doesn't recognize my password and after the third ...

Inno Setup and Dependencies

Webbiz - 16 Jun 2009 9:30 PM - 28 messages

I have a question that deals with creating the dependancy list for my application. Below are the files that I need to add as part of my installation file. I have posted here in the current way I have entered them in ...

The JET VBA File...Help Please!

Webbiz - 16 Jun 2009 9:23 PM - 8 messages

I'm getting this nasty error when trying to install and run a program I wrote many years ago with VB5. Recently I had recompiled the program in VB6 for redistribution. However, this has caused an error to occur that says... ...

Macro to Print Text to file in UTF-8

jakeatkins via VBMonster.com - 16 Jun 2009 6:39 PM - 7 messages

Hello, I am trying to print the value of a cell in Excel to a file "temp.html". The button's macro looks like this: Sub Text() Dim i As Long Open "c:\temp\Homepage.html" For Output As #1 ...

JPEG File Compression

kiwi - 16 Jun 2009 9:16 AM - 6 messages

Does anyone have any idea of compressing .jpg files in VB6 on WinXP Thanks Dave ...

Download multiple files concurrently using WinHttpRequest

Ulrich Korndoerfer - 16 Jun 2009 1:10 AM - 10 messages

Hi, I did ask already in the german NG but did not find any one so far who knows the WinHttpRequest object (WHR in short for now). The WHR wraps the APIs in the Winhttp.dll. In my app I use it to ...

When the compiler freezes.... what is the rescue?

fred - 15 Jun 2009 9:46 PM - 20 messages

Hello, Is there any way to save my new programming changes when IDE freezes during the compiling process? I have that happening quite often, and I need to use Task Manager to force ...

How to Change $(AppPath) in PDWizard?

jim evans - 15 Jun 2009 6:33 PM - 14 messages

I've never used the PDWizard for VB6 before. It seems to be forcing me to install programs in a folder of it's choice designated by $(AppPath). How can I redefine $(AppPath) to the target of my choice? ...

Autosize DataGrid Columns

Webbiz - 15 Jun 2009 2:40 AM - 6 messages

Once my Datagrid is filled up with data, I'd like to have the columns resized so that they are just wide enough to contain the data (plus perhaps a tad bit of white space) that is already in the cells. ...

What is cleanestway to remove Binary Compatibility?

Howard Kaikow - 14 Jun 2009 5:13 PM - 3 messages

I was compiling a DLL using binary compatibility. but then I decided to change the name of a property. Do I have to revert back to No Compatibility until I stop changing property names? I have reverted to No Compatibility, yet the reference to the old property ...

How to create a VB6 app that opens a file when the file is double

TonyScarpelli - 14 Jun 2009 2:05 PM - 3 messages

I'd like to create a vb6 application that will run when I click on a file. When I click on a file, say a graphics file, with a certain extension, I want a visual basic 6 .exe to open the file and process it. ...

File not found

Melvin - 14 Jun 2009 12:00 AM - 11 messages

This is a follow-up to a previous post suggesting I use an API in downloading prices from the internet. I think this routine can be modified but I am hung up on the portion of the routine where is tries to open the ...