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Score PRINTER STATUS WINDOW INTERFACE STOPPED WORKING
dragon - 28 Feb 2009 6:38 PM - 2 messages
I have a Windows Vista 32 bit system.   Have a Dell All-in-One 966 printer.  It's a wireless system. The message "Printer status window interface stopped working" keeps coming up after I start printing.   The printer will print one page and then all the ...
Score Legacy vs Opp
David - 28 Feb 2009 3:09 PM - 6 messages
I'm trying to make a decision whether to rework a large legacy program using all OPP. I'm having a hard time seeing what I would gain since the code is unique to the program and unlikely to be ported elsewhere? ...
Score Out of Date Dependency
LondonLad - 28 Feb 2009 11:13 AM - 2 messages
Hi I am running the Package & Deployment wizard and I am getting an information notice that the following have 'Out of Date Dependency' MCI32.ocx and MSCOMCTL.ocx I know that MSCOMCTL.ocx is part of the OS and I will not ...
Score How To Get the Hardware Serial Number
Privado - 27 Feb 2009 10:39 PM - 2 messages
Hi there, I'm looking for a VB code (VB5 or 6) to get the hardware serial number from the motherboard or hard disk. Does anyone nows how? Please post reply here. Yours sincere. Nelio. ...
Score Crash during compile
C Kevin Provance - 27 Feb 2009 9:55 PM - 8 messages
Okay folks...I'm stumped. When compiling my project (doesn't matter which one) during the "writing exe" step, VB itself just shuts off.  No error messages, no nothing.  An untrapped GPF would be my guess.  I've disabled all add-ins, run registry ...
Score RichTextBox
Lorin - 27 Feb 2009 4:35 PM - 3 messages
VB6SP6 (1) what are the rules / ability of a RTB containing a photo? i.e. how do I get one in? programmatically and manually? How do I place it? How to move it about? How do I get it out. ...
Score OT MS Community Visibility
Lorin - 27 Feb 2009 4:24 PM - 8 messages
I get different (additional) posts looking at vb.general.discussion from IE than I do from MS Mail (Vista Ultimate). Is there a setting someplace? Is this common on all newsgroups? Also, the spam posts are missing in Mail, but does that mean that Mail ...
Score Shared MS Fax
Todd Heiks - 27 Feb 2009 4:07 PM - 5 messages
Is there a way to edit the settings on a shared fax modem with VB? I would like to turn the auto answer on and off from any machine on the network. Thanks, Todd ...
Score Problem getting the date of a running EXE file
Martin - 27 Feb 2009 1:14 PM - 4 messages
I'm using using some code from Randy Birch's VBNET site ( [link] ) to get the "modified" date from a series of .exe files so that my program can then make use of the latest one (it launches it using a Shell ...
Score Lost Project Explorer
Howard Kaikow - 27 Feb 2009 6:24 AM - 5 messages
My fat fingers closed Project Explorer and I've not yet been able to find a way to restore the Project Explorer. Is there an interface for this? If so, what? Or, do I have to delete a registry key? ...
Score New Microsoft UK website on VB6 with VB.NET
mark.tunnard.jackson - 26 Feb 2009 10:37 PM - 3 messages
Hi Warning: if you hate .NET you won't be interested in this post. This new website on VB6 by Microsoft UK might be of interest. Some good resources about extending VB6 with .NET or migrating / rewriting. [link] ...
Score VB6 runtime is supported on Windows 7
mark.tunnard.jackson - 26 Feb 2009 10:29 PM - 38 messages
Has anyone noticed that the VB6 runtime is now supported on Windows 7? The support statement page - [link] - now says The core Visual Basic 6.0 runtime will be supported for the full ...
Score How to get special Appdata folder
Jalil - 26 Feb 2009 8:28 PM - 15 messages
I am trying to get to the Application Data folder user current user->Local. I have looked at a few different functions and example but they don't work on XP. Is there a way to get to this special folder that works for 2000, XP and ...
Score Reading Stack from VB6
Programmer666 - 26 Feb 2009 2:31 PM - 9 messages
If you have a problem /bug and you want to check the stack how to do that in VB6? Can it be done without writing code? Thanks ...
Score Refresh form so 'not responding' does not appear
chris - 26 Feb 2009 12:06 PM - 4 messages
The VB6 form processing data for updating db takes too long, so I included a progress bar for informing user for the status. If user moves to other programs and then back to my program, form is not refreshed while ...
Score ASP.Net
ram - 26 Feb 2009 11:41 AM - 4 messages
i want an program for database connection using xml ... ...
Score VB Addon
LondonLad - 26 Feb 2009 8:36 AM - 4 messages
Hi Some time ago I was told of an Addon for VB that allowed the checking of the program for non used variables, created headers for modules and classes and much more. i just cannot remember the name, can you help? ...
Score How to add item to Context Menu in IE7 Options
Yajiv - 26 Feb 2009 8:10 AM - 3 messages
Hi, How to add our own item to IE7 context menu... For example rightclicking on a selected text gives copy, paste options. How to include another option like "search" to the same context menu? And how to associate our own programs to run if that option is ...
Score ListBox color
Edward - 26 Feb 2009 3:48 AM - 21 messages
What would be the best way to color different lines of a ListBox based on values? I've tried: If RS!Process = "value1" Then    lstUtility.ForeColor = vbBlue     ElseIf  RS!Process = "value2" Then    lstUtility.ForeColor = vbRed ...
Score FYI: MS UK VB6 Usage survey/poll - update
Ulrich Korndoerfer - 26 Feb 2009 12:54 AM - 14 messages
Hi to all, the results of this poll (some statistics) are available now: <[link] ...
Score Directory Listing
Jeff Harbin - 25 Feb 2009 11:51 PM - 2 messages
I've created this code before and I lost it so I'm trying to recreate it.  I want to programmically create a txt file that contains a list of the contents of a directory (both file name and size).  I know how to ...
Score Printing PictureBox Contents
Webbiz - 25 Feb 2009 9:02 PM - 17 messages
The following code is what I use to print out the contents of my PictureBox. Unfortunately, the printout is not the complete PictureBox content. It appears that the picturebox contents is much larger than the printed page. What I need to happen is for the printout to be the complete content of the ...
Score Add objects already on form to Groupbox
tshad - 25 Feb 2009 6:48 PM - 6 messages
In VB6,  I already have a groupbox on my form and some checkboxes that are on the form but not in the groupbox. How can I add them to the Groupbox? I move them on top of the groupbox and they don't move with the groupbox. ...
Score Directory Local or Network
AGP - 25 Feb 2009 6:41 PM - 7 messages
Im looking for an API that will tell me if a directory actually resides on the local disk or a network server. The directory could be in any format c:\myfolder\ z:\networkfolder\ \\big\newfolder\ \\c$\subfolder\ \\agg\oldfolder\ {where this maps to a local disk} ...
Score How to read XML data stream via a URL address into a string ?
fniles - 25 Feb 2009 4:21 PM - 7 messages
I know how to read XML from a file. But I will need to load the XML content from a URL, so when I go to the URL, the result is XML file, and I will need to capture the content to a string. ...
Score SQL query
Goerge Tikakis - 25 Feb 2009 8:36 AM - 5 messages
Hello I have a database with 2  date fields in which i'm storing the current date and current time of a transaction. I want to find transactions between specific dates and times for example to give me all the transactions between 2/23/2009 22:00 and 2/24/2009 ...
Score Stupid Format$ Question
Rick Raisley - 24 Feb 2009 7:45 PM - 15 messages
I want to show a number as precisely as I can, using, say, 10 characters. Something like: 12.3456789 1234.56789 I'm using a Double for the calculations, and have thus far done this: '(n is a Double) Label1.Text = Left$(CStr(n), 10) ...
Score Office 2003 installer pops up when loading a project
Chris Dunaway - 24 Feb 2009 5:21 PM - 8 messages
I recently loaded a project group (.vbg) in VB6 which contains many projects (15-20).  It seems that for each project loaded, the Office 2003 installer would pop up.  I would click on Cancel and then it would pop up for the next project.  As you can imagine, this is very ...
Score Gradient
Lorin - 24 Feb 2009 4:33 PM - 4 messages
I am trying to put a gradient on a form that has labels on it. I am using StretchDIBits to write the gradient to the form. This all works, except that the labels are overwritten and not visible. So I added .Refresh to all lables and now they show but they do not have ...
Score OT: Win 3.1
C Kevin Provance - 24 Feb 2009 1:43 AM - 39 messages
Yeah, I know this is badly OT...but some things you just have to see for yourself: [link] ...
Score IE menu extension
Kathy - 23 Feb 2009 8:34 PM - 10 messages
Hello,           Is it possible to add IE menu extension for all users, or it must always be bind to the current user? I have a problem distributing program installation among several ...
Score Should Reg-free COM still utilise an installation procedure?
MM - 23 Feb 2009 4:50 PM - 8 messages
I am now about to issue a beta test version of my VB6 app. The tests of Reg-free-COM have been successful so that I need the user to merely copy an application folder containing the application and its support ...
Score Property evaluation failed
Devin - 23 Feb 2009 3:51 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I'm passing a collection of links to a background worker.  The first time I use it in my bgw, it works fine, the second time (after a thread sleep) it says property evaluation failed.  I don't understand ...
Score Search a Combobox
LondonLad - 23 Feb 2009 9:01 AM - 10 messages
Hi I store file extensions in a flat file and at run time add these extensions to a combobox, the user can Add or Delete any extension during run time and the combobox is saved in the flat file on shut down for next time. this works ...
Score Save Picture Q
Ivar - 23 Feb 2009 12:03 AM - 12 messages
Hi all. With the code below, the 'PathToIconFile.ico' is a 256 colour Icon File When the SavePicture Method is called the Icon in 'ADifferentPath.ico' is 16 colours, or at least that's what it looks like. Where am I going wrong? Why does the Icon File not get saved like the ...
Score Unsigned C long to signed VB5 Long query.
Richard Brooks - 22 Feb 2009 9:47 PM - 8 messages
I've been searching high and low for the right solution to what should be something simple and instead of the what I have read as 'If you pass an unsigned value greater than 2,147,483,647 to a LONG variable, ...
Score Cannot pass a control array ?
Phil H - 22 Feb 2009 6:09 PM - 9 messages
Why does it not compile ? Am I missing something ? I am sure cmdPick1 was set up as an array in the form.   TIA Private Sub XXX     Call QuickPick(cmdPick1) End Sub ---------------------------------------- Private Sub QuickPick(cmdx() As CommandButton) ...
Score Mike from the UK
MoiInAust - 22 Feb 2009 11:13 AM - 7 messages
Is Mike from the UK still a prolific poster?  He sure knows his stuff! ...
Score Text box number of characters VB6
Edward - 22 Feb 2009 2:04 AM - 18 messages
What's the simplest way to count the number of characters entered into a text box? Examples I've found like: Private Sub Command1_Click() Text2.Text = Text1.Text.Length End Sub Fail Any suggestions appreciated. ...
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