Visual Basic General Discussion

How can I use these files in VB6?

Tom Steinmeyer - 4 Jul 2009 9:47 PM - 4 messages

Hello, I have a C++ project, but I don't know much C++. I would like to have the application in VB6 for better understability and debugging. The project consists of about 10 .dsw files (C++), and they compile to .lib. ...

ListBox - Limit Selection Rectangle Width

David - 4 Jul 2009 6:12 PM - 11 messages

I have a tabbed listbox. Is there anyway to limit the item selection rectangle (highlight) to the 1st column instead of having it go across the entire listbox? ...

In-Process and Out-of-Process

Webbiz - 4 Jul 2009 3:34 PM - 9 messages

Can someone suggest a site, page or article that explains in understandable language the definition of In-Process, Out-of-Process, etc? Even better, to discuss the subject of 'process space', and how this relates to VB programming, or programming in general, etc.? ...

Control Snap Problem

Bruce A. Julseth - 3 Jul 2009 9:57 PM - 5 messages

I must have accidentally changed a property, somewhere!! Now I cannot move any of my controls. If I try to move them, they "Snap" back to their original position. So, where and what is the property I accidentally changed. I am a "newbie" using VB 2008 Express Edition. ...

VB Express and VB files

Alan - 3 Jul 2009 1:39 PM - 18 messages

Hi. I am familiar with VBA and BASIC in general, but I am new to the VB Express tool and am not familiar with Visual Studio in general. I have some VB files (e.g., .frm and .vbp) that are VB files produced ...

Is my VB6 app form open?

William - 3 Jul 2009 2:07 AM - 10 messages

On a remote pc that is... I have a VB6 data collection app running on a remote PC, and need to determine if the main form is open when a client app is opened. Somewhat like this: Dim FormVisible as boolean ...

Vista 64 and Visual Studio 6

Webbiz - 3 Jul 2009 1:18 AM - 9 messages

I don't want to start another debate on this subject, but I'm at a crossroads here with certain concerns that I'm hoping a few comments from you guys/gals can help me straighten out. Just received a new laptop that came with Vista 64 pre-installed. In ...

Exporting a function from VB.net DLL

Bhavik - 2 Jul 2009 8:23 PM - 4 messages

Hello, I need to develop a DLL in VB.net 2008, which exports a function. This function can be called from another C++ DLL or Win32 application (which is not necessarily developed in VB.net). I have created a new Class Library project in VB.net, and added ...

Using structures in VB.net as opposed to VB6

sid - 2 Jul 2009 3:40 PM - 4 messages

I am trying to use the vb.net upgrade wizard in vs5 to upgrade an old application. But the IDE shows some errors that I don't now how to fix. The wizard though an error: Normal UPGRADE_WARNING: Couldn't resolve default property of ...

Re: Problem using PictureBox_Resize event instead of subclassing

Alfie [UK] - 2 Jul 2009 9:18 AM - 2 messages

On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:28:01 +0100, MM <kylix***@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Yup, it's an interesting way to avoid WndProc subclassing :) What I was getting at it is that in Olaf's demo the MMTimer is only ...

Write text to File with template

OndrejD - 2 Jul 2009 8:11 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I have some template text file. I need write more text files, that contains text from template and have fill in other text (for example adress). In MS Word it is "Correspondence". Can you help me, haw can I write it in VB? ...

Re: ADO: Deleting a table after it is loaded into Recordset

Faraz Azhar - 2 Jul 2009 4:41 AM - 8 messages

On Jul 2, 12:23 am, Webbiz <nos***@forme.thanks.com> wrote: The reason why Im doing all this is that I have 4 different tables in my database. Now those four tables have very different data but the ...

[ANN] New posting on Codeaholic: [VB6] Using VBScript's Escape and UnEscape

axtens - 2 Jul 2009 3:44 AM - 3 messages

This one demonstrates how to use MSScriptControl.ScriptControl to make VBScript's Escape and Unescape functions available to the VB6 programmer. [link] ...

"C:\Windows\system32\ieframe.dll\1" VB6.0 Issue

Sharrukin - 2 Jul 2009 12:31 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I installed MS Office 2007 on my computer which has VB6.0. After installing Office 2007, I cannot start my app in VB6.0 Development Enviroment. I get the following: "C:\Windows\system32\ieframe.dll\1" How can I resolve this issue? How did that come about? ...

Autosize Icon or Picture

David - 1 Jul 2009 11:04 PM - 3 messages

I want to position a command button or picturebox on a listbox line -- similar to what MS uses in their control properties listbox. If listbox font size is adjustable, is their anyway to resize the icon in the commandbutton or picturebox so it looks properly proportioned on the ...

Need help retrieving a udp response after sending a udp command

Jason - 1 Jul 2009 8:11 PM - 4 messages

I have an application where I need to send UDP network commands to a network device. I'm able to send the commands successfully and see the network device respond to them on it's front panel. However, I can't see the UDP ...

Remote-Desktop "client/ server"

Hans Achim - 1 Jul 2009 7:25 PM - 8 messages

Hello! I have had a query from a customer who is at a larger company where the workers work on client computers, not on a single computer but with a remote server. The problem is that my application doesn't want to send keys (my app is ...

Removing too many hyphens

Al - 30 Jun 2009 9:05 PM - 12 messages

I am exporting data daily from SQL Server into a text file that needs to be modified by a VB6 program in order to be imported by a proprietary application. As a part of the formatting process I am trying to remove ...

Printing contents of a picture box

John Simpson - 30 Jun 2009 8:45 PM - 9 messages

OK, I'm stuck! I found the following code on the net. What it does is display the value of TXT in hollow block letters. This works fine. Now what I want to do is to print the contents of the picture box, as drawn, ...

Problem with DIR function.....

John Morley - 30 Jun 2009 5:48 PM - 5 messages

Hi All, A customer reported that he encounters an Error #53 (file not found) when he runs my application. Upon investigation, the error is occurring in a subroutine that uses a Do While loop and the DIR function to populate a Combobox with the names of all sub-directories inside a main ...

Date and regional settings problem

David DB - 30 Jun 2009 5:13 PM - 9 messages

I have searched for this solution on the net, but cannot find any. Using VB6. My application reads a date from a text file in the format "dd.mm.yyyy" If the regional settings is set to for example Polish, Now() will return: ...

Type comparison

Phil H - 30 Jun 2009 1:36 PM - 9 messages

Hi Is there a easy way to compare "Type" structure. Assignment is straight forward, but comparation does not pass the compiler. Thanks ...

Help with input text boxes on a game I've created

kidsplash - 30 Jun 2009 2:49 AM - 3 messages

I'm creating a PC game using VB6 based on the short-lived TV game show "The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour". I need to input names to place on the podiums. Every time I run the game for testing, I input some names, click ...