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Today's most active topics: * Any one interested? - 25 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/6c3d7f545bb31cc8 * P & D Wizard is giving me Hell. - 12 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e9a464f84d8cce53 * Sql Question - 10 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5d2ef808f8d54dfd * multiple file type filter on same line of common dialog - 9 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/9a7b3f06ecc61432 * Can't read field values after querydef - 9 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/cd8f5a285db5a6b6 Active Topics ============= VB HACK ( Was What is the best ?Sendkeys? ) - 8 new ---------------------------------- ... Agreed! :-\ I became a little over-enthusiastic there... (But notice that it was Hans that should write it) :-) And anyway, a FAQ will undermine the authority of the church, and denies faith. ... Whith all them languages lying around, there must be something worse than hell to condemn the heatens to? <g> ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 12:24 am 8 messages, 7 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/334d730b56633f0b Scanning Barcodes - 4 new ---------------------------------- ... [snip] ... I know NOTHING about setting up a remote device via ethernet! My keyboard wedges were always connected right to the computer! ... *Your docs, or the mfrs. website*, can help you more than I can. Can you locate the device in Network Neighborhood? I can send you a big long post on how to handle barcodes within VB6, but it assumes the scanner is able to put characters in the PC keyboard buffer. Or send them via the MsComm object. Sorry. ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 12:58 am 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e3e13d903d5eb40a vb application invokes C code which invokes another VB application - all new ---------------------------------- On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:38:53 -0400, "Claire Cates" ... ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 1:54 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/dcf9ac03fcb320f8 file with fixed length but length unknown - 2 new ---------------------------------- Got it! The File depends on the SQL-Query at DB2. So I can't pass "the" File. Even I perferom a Query on DB2 and I load the Result to my local Machine, the File is fixed length. But the fixed length depends on the Columndefinition and I do not know this until I wrote the SQL. But I'm looking for a genaral way. Query1 could be: select name, adress, housenumber from dadada; name adress housenumber some one some where 12 another one at some place 11 Query2 could be: select childeren, count(*) from dadada;... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 2:10 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/24c959ebd754b5a6 Word Mail Merge - all new ---------------------------------- Alright, cool. Thanks. ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 2:30 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/1a21271a2eb0c145 Pls help a simple vb6.0 dll - 4 new ---------------------------------- Hi experts, i trying to create a most simple dll ( vb 6.0) and use for application , because the path always change, so i would like to use Private Declare Function xx Lib "C:\P2.dll" Alias "getP2" () As String instead of goto "reference ..." Question= under the DLL have some class , like class1 , class2 and class2 , How can i from the declare syntax to point to that class i have try some, but it come out run-time error '453' , so , pls give me some tips , TQ ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 2:35 am 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d7ae3993ad26066e newbie question - 3 new ---------------------------------- i dont have MSDN as i have a working edition from a cd. Does Val covert inputted string variables into single ones?? bhavik ... ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 2:46 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/a1a2c35261d28947 Handle from Process ID - 2 new ---------------------------------- If I have the Process ID for an app, how do I retrieve a handle from it? ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 5:29 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/72ff77d736e282f1 XP SP2 compatibility - all new ---------------------------------- I have VB6 running in XP SP2. If I compile my app, it gives an error when I try to run it on XP without service packs. It seems there is some changes to do with system tray icons, especially with XP style icons. Has anyone else experienced problems with this? The only work around I can think of is to compile it on another machine without service packs. Trouble is, I have no access to such a machine with VB6 installed. Any ideas? ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 5:28 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e2d9b6abdf1f0e64 Sql Question - 10 new ---------------------------------- Hi, What's the syntax for Selecting rows by a predefined index? Here's the statement: ... Where Part_Id is a defined index in the Mysql table however, I get an error. What is the proper syntax? ... ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 7: 47 am 10 messages, 5 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5d2ef808f8d54dfd User defined type - 3 new ---------------------------------- I am trying to make a user defined type but get the error that it is more than 64K without the lines SgnVideotext As String * 200 SgnVideopath As String * 200 print len(obj) returns the value 25806 and it works fine Adding these two lines causes the error over 64K Any ideas please ... Option Explicit Type sgndata SgnEvidence As String * 700 SgnExample As String * 700 SgnPicturetext(4) As String * 200 SgnPicturepath(4) As String * 200 SgnVideotext As String * 200 SgnVideopath As String * 200 SgnNextstep As String * 700... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 8:22 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/8bbc482d8ac8a0a3 Progressbar question - 4 new ---------------------------------- Is there anyway to have the percentage displayed in a progressbar? Like this: . .. Or do I have to figure out a way to do it myself? Thanks, * Robinson ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 10:35 am 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/44eedd7e10119aea caret APIs and richtextbox - 7 new ---------------------------------- Hello all, I have a rich text box control that I am trying to hide the cursor on. I know this issue has been beeten to death in other threads, but I really cant kill the caret for the life of me with any combonations of the caret APIs. My goal here is to *never* have a caret appear in my richtext box... whether the user hits a key on the keyboard to type, clicks with the mouse, or whatever... never have the caret appear. On richTextBox1_GotFocus I use the hideCaret Api, and that works, but if I repeat the same Api call in the... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 11:21 am 7 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/349ddd8257a4f9cf multiple file type filter on same line of common dialog - 9 new ---------------------------------- I am working on an application (VB6) in which the user can open a common dialog box to choose an image file. I want the filter to display jpg, gif and bmp files (only) all in the same browse box. How can I do this so they all appear on the same line of the drop down rather than seperate lines for each file type? ... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 11:47 am 9 messages, 6 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/9a7b3f06ecc61432 RaiseEvent is not firing the WithEvents subroutine - 4 new ---------------------------------- Could someone help me to understand why the code below doesn't activate a response to the raiseevents command? I've coded for many years, but not in vb 6. Is there some reference that I need to add? Etc. ... standard module Sub main() Dim M As clsMember Dim T As clsKeepTime Set T = New clsKeepTime Set M = New clsMember M.Name = "Craig" ab$ = M. Name Set a = New clsMember T.Name = Date + Time End Sub ... Class Module - clsKeepTime Private msName As Date Private msNewTime As Date... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 12:56 pm 4 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/70ac5ac77791f9a6 CreateObject vba code stops running - all new ---------------------------------- Chances are you can do what you need without that piece of bloat (FSO!) Neila . ..... - Fri, Oct 22 2004 4:18 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/fdcc726aefcdfa96 Download Rate - all new ---------------------------------- Hai Programmers, ... find how many amount of data downloaded by a user through server. It is available in the windowsNT but i want to do it in my project windows9x platform please help me ... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 12:46 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/798ddbfc354128c6 Good TreeView control for VB6, where? - 2 new ---------------------------------- ... Checkout www.componentone.com , their FlexGrid offers TreeView like presentation, they call it Outline, or checkout www.bennet-tec.com , they offer TList, maybe this is what you're looking for. regards Andras ... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 4:57 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/14438fbdefdb732 flashing text - 5 new ---------------------------------- Hi VB fans Is there an easy way to display a flashing text on a label in VB6? I know I could use a timer, but isn't there an inherent property of the text, or the label which makes it flashing? regards Andras ... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 5:16 am 5 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c6d6b852c9b6ff68 icontray - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hi all, I use this code to put my app in the icontray I would like to use the "-" from the controlbox to minimize my ap to the system tray. so I call the routine for minimizing in the formresize like this: Private Sub Form_ Resize() If SkipIt = True Then Exit Sub Call AddToTray(Me.Icon, Me.Caption, Me) End Sub All works fine bit when I want the app to reappear (dblclick the icon) it showsup minimized in the taskbar. Sounds logical becouse I did minimize the form. How do I show the form maximized ? Or is there a better/ other solution to do... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 6:24 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/de69db964b76709 Code Organization - 4 new ---------------------------------- Does anybody know of a good way to organize code snippets/examples in a way that makes it "easy" to retreive when needed in a project? I've gotten a lot of useful info from a number of places, including this forum, but find it difficult to locate it when I need it. Any help would be much appreciated. ... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 9:15 am 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/2fdb9d10351bfe6f Stand-alone executable? - all new ---------------------------------- On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:48:08 +1000, "Jason Keats" ... <snip> ... My view ... Seems sane to me, W95 is the bareboard level Microsoft have no idea how Application programmers work My view is that they are a bunch of idiots - but it is Saturday night ... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 10:53 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/57947a3f97c8b43b Permission Denied on newly created text file please help - 3 new ---------------------------------- I am trying to write to a file created with fso.CreateTextFile directly after creation but keep getting permission denied error. I may be wrong but I dont see how the file could already be open or why this might be happening. Any help gratefully received. ... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 12:47 pm 3 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/63615a666ae2743 Ctrl+A to select all files in a FileListBox - 8 new ---------------------------------- Tom wrote: Im creating an application that includes a FileListBox named " filAll." I want the user to be able to hit the Ctrl+A hotkey to select every file shown. The code Ive written for that purpose works fine if an ordinary number of text files or Word files are listed. However, some of my users will be using the prog on directories containing hundreds or thousands of image files, many of which are extremely large. When that is the case, my code is unbearably slow on my 450 megahertz Pentium III (w/ 256 megs of... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 3:05 pm 8 messages, 7 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/b2f2dcadfe9d704a Subclasser warning! (Was: XP SP2 not reporting runtime errors?) - all new ---------------------------------- ... Well, I tracked it down. For years I've been using DesaWare's SpyWorks subclassing control to limit window size. But it seems that subclassing controls must also be useful in the implementation of spyware, since some spyware programs use them. The brain-dead spyware detection/removal programs now multiplying like virii are marking not only the spyware but the controls and dlls they use as spyware, resulting in the subclassing controls being deleted by unsuspecting users. I started getting more and ... - Sat, Oct 23 2004 3:27 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d08be7b30b20e1dc Startup position at lower right - 4 new ---------------------------------- Can anyone help with a small problem. I want to set a form to startup in the lower right hand corner above the system tray....regardless of the computer's screen resolution setting. Thanking you in advance DC ... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 1:23 am 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/43102ef384410ddc how to control screensaver properties from VB - 2 new ---------------------------------- how to control screen saver properties from VB like setting screensaver from VB programatically. ... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 3:45 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/85d0fb4f61a62f6f Registering .dll files in XP Pro using VB6.0 - 4 new ---------------------------------- I'm resuming my study of VB programming (VB 6.0) after about a year's absence. I've had several classes in it. I'd like to use VisualStudio.NET, but can't get it to install on my computer, but that's a different issue. When I used to create .dll files in VB 6.0, using Windows 2000, there was a way to then register the .dll in component services, whereby you could then make references to the file and its class in a project. Now I'm using VB 6.0 on Windows XP, and I can't seem to install or register the .dll. I don't see a reference... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 10:04 am 4 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/67cbd4e3c658d74c Image Point reporting - 5 new ---------------------------------- Hello people, I'm trying to write a program in VB6 which takes a close up grayscale photo of someones eye with some reflections in it of some leds. These reflections are to be used to calculate the curvature of the eye. Ignoring the math I need to get the coordinates of the reflections from the image. I have very little knowledge of VB and need to know where to start. Any help would be Brilliant. Josh Ward ... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 10:43 am 5 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ca13dec8a52ddcda font size - 8 new ---------------------------------- On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:13:43 +0100, "Mike Williams" ... quicker than i thought and i havent even removed the Sleep() yet. :) I'll have to play quite a bit with this to do what i want, but even as a default print, it should just about fit the ticket for 95% of applications, so it's a toss up whether i should bother with the adjustable digits at all. Thanks mate, i'll keep that beer chilled. Oh wait, you are not one of those strange Britons who like their beer warm, are you ? :-) ... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 3:33 pm 8 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e50534d9e17c9195 Create Word with ASP.Net - all new ---------------------------------- I have a problem when I create a Word File. I use the next code, but only works in the server. If I try to run form other PC, ask for Login/Password, and then HTTP 401.3 - Access denied by ACL on resource If somebady knows the solution or have some ideas to create word files, please let me know. Sorry for the english. ... ... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 4:10 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/a742e89d1f98bfa8 Pop-up Stopper - all new ---------------------------------- I am fairly new at VB6 and have been trying to find a way to incorporate a popup blocker into a browser without completely disabling wanted new browser requests. I have searched the net but can find nothing that helps. The code I have tried seems to work but causes runtime errors and I dont know why. I think the way I am trying to do it is the way forward and is very simple code but any advise would be helpful. Thanks in advance. Private Sub brwWebBrowser_ Click(Click As Boolean, brwwebbrowser_newwindow2 ... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 5: 51 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/696588f3b7da04a7 Oops ! put question inside another thread sorry - all new ---------------------------------- I am fairly new at VB6 and have been trying to find a way to incorporate a popup blocker into a browser without completely disabling wanted new browser requests. I have searched the net but can find nothing that helps. The code I have tried seems to work but causes runtime errors and I dont know why. I think the way I am trying to do it is the way forward and is very simple code but any advise would be helpful. Thanks in advance. Private Sub brwWebBrowser_ Click(Click As Boolean, brwwebbrowser_newwindow2... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 5: 56 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e0b66d2921ccd2ca visualsoft ftp 3.3 - all new ---------------------------------- anyone use this visualsoft ftp 3.3 component? It works fine except I cannot figure how to show a progress bar for uploads and downloads. As far as I can tell, the component doesn't have anything built in, and my other methods using timer updates on reading a file size have failed. the component uses a single line for a download command (i.e. ftp.getfile...) and it returns a 0 or error code. Its like when the command is sent to download a file, the computer can do nothing else. Like if i set a timer to check for a file and... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 7:39 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c049e37667a6b7d0 Using VBA within FrontPage to extract href - all new ---------------------------------- I posted this question to the FP newsgroup and had no answers, so I'm hoping you folks may be able to help. I've created a VBA form within FrontPage 03 and I want to extract various parts of a web page and populate the text boxes in the form with the data. I have this working except that I can't seem to extract the href information from a link contained on the page. I have proven the concept by extracting innerHTML and outerHTML but when I try to extract the href I either get an error or nothing. Any help is... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 9:19 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e49704c7bf1d1dec VB 5 and WinXP??? - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hello everyone. Probably a stupid question, but I'm totaly new to programming. .. Can I create programs with visual basic 5 that will work in WinXP??? Or should I install some extras before I start creating??? Thank a lot. ... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 10:23 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5380934197b6208 Problem with recordset with a Field being a Null - 5 new ---------------------------------- Using VB6 DAO MS Access. Here is my query that I can't seem to figure out. I want to exclude all fax_numbers that do not equal "MAT" and fax_number is not NULL and red_falg = false. Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT * From PSUSA WHERE fax_number <> 'MAT' and fax_number <> "" and red_flag=false", dbOpenDynaset) Any help is much appreciate. Thanks, jt ... - Sun, Oct 24 2004 11:16 pm 5 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d2fa50d272143618 Highlight a window handle - 3 new ---------------------------------- Hi, Anybody knows the application Snagit? It captures the screen/window to, for example, the clipboard. There is an option so you can highlight a window so you know what you grab. Every different handle of the screen can be selected. Is there a way in VB to do that as well? Moving the cursor over your screen highlighting the underneath handle? Erik. ... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 1:11 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/2b869bbaaecae46e VB6 + SQL2000 + RTF/Word - 2 new ---------------------------------- To simplify exactly what we're asking: Is there an easy way to embed a Word Document object into a VB6 form, and save the contents of the Word Document into a SQL 2000 field that we can access to then create a Word Docuement from lots of these fields. Would really appreciate a response as we'd really like to implement our project this way. Many thanks. ... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 1: 40 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/834c2070b9c0e55d RunAs on Remote Computer - all new ---------------------------------- Hello, I'm looking for some useful code to run an executable (from a networkshare) as a second user on a remote computer! This can all be done with external programs like domyrun, psexec, ... but I want to implement the basic sourcecode in my own program. I know I need the CreateProcessWithLogonW for Windows 2000 and higher or a combination of LogonUser and CreateProcessAsUser on NT4 to launch a process as a secondary user. What I can't find is how I must launch this on a remote computer. Anybody who can help me? My... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 7:16 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/9b38702068a48130 Help. after querydefs can't access field values - all new ---------------------------------- Using VB6 DAO with MS Access. After I do my querydef I can't see to access my field values. It did work before I started using the querydef. Here some of my code, ... It fails trying to read the field values. What could I doing wrong? Thanks, jt ... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 9:21 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d4eb4cee12c116a3 dialog box error - 3 new ---------------------------------- Look at the following code: Private Sub cmdEnter_Click() Dim fd As FileDialog Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen) Dim vrtSelectedItem As Variant With fd If .Show = -1 Then For Each vrtSelectedItem In . SelectedItems MsgBox "The path is: " & vrtSelectedItem DoCmd. TransferDatabase acLink, "dBase III", vrtSelectedItem, acTable, "ZIP", "holdingtable.zip" Next End If End With End Sub The message box shows the complete path once a file is selected in the dialog box. But when I click OK on the... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 10:01 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c12e5ccef41e338c Can't read field values after querydef - 9 new ---------------------------------- Using VB6 DAO MS Access I can't read the field values after I do a querydef. It worked prior to this when I did just recordset. My snippet: ... I get an error trying to read the field value. Any help on what I could be doing wrong? Thanks, jt ... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 10:06 am 9 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/cd8f5a285db5a6b6 Automation Error: "Specfified module could not be found" in VB6.0 - all new ---------------------------------- I got the exact error recently. It worked fine on my computer and our customers'. Now it does on neither. Here is my code: Private mCrystalReport As CRPEAuto.Application Private Sub Form_Initialize() Set mCrystalReport = New CRPEAuto.Application End Sub When I debug, it failed at the set statement and couldn't pass it because of the automation error. Please help! Xiaolu Chen ...... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 1:03 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3c2a6b5db44c8fbf information on errors within page - 2 new ---------------------------------- Page works fine...however I get a little message on the bottom left of the page (on the bar) that says there is an error with the page. How do I tell the page to tell me what's wrong? ... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 1:40 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3c89c5bd320f9f38 Form is getting hung up - 3 new ---------------------------------- I am not a forms guy so this is really frustrating me. I am trying to open a form from a module.main by instantiating a form in the following way: sub main( ) dim ffoo as FrmFoo try ffoo = new FrmFoo blah blah For i = 0 to iHFO ... blah blah ffoo.show Catch end try end sub But the form will not paint... it opens the box... gives me an hourglass, but does not paint... it just hangs, even if I move the form.show to the top, But if I Start with the form it works just fine (other than I don't start with a full list... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 5:12 pm 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/4011cb456dc4a9b3 Any one interested? - 25 new ---------------------------------- I have wrote a program that basically runs in the background and copies any aim messages and chats. I am the parent of a teenage daughter and I can tell you that this has been a very good resouce for information about what your not told by your kids and the type of friends they have. It is a very basic program with a simple interface (which I hardley use now). The prgram has worked good up till the newest version of AIM that allows you to sign on with mulitple screen names. I now only get a few of the conversations. I'm looking for any... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 5:42 pm 25 messages, 12 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/6c3d7f545bb31cc8 unable to generate exe file? - 4 new ---------------------------------- Anyone ever seen the "Make program.exe..." command grayed out on the file menu in VB6? TIA ... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 9:06 pm 4 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3b6a04a363ced29b MS Chart - all new ---------------------------------- Hi, I create a chart based application for my project.i put msoft chart control 6. one of my chart have long words in the legend.i like it to be word wrap. i add this command mschart.-.wordwrap=true but it is not work. could you give me a solution. ... - Mon, Oct 25 2004 10:56 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/479c933918b3a6c6 msvbvm60.dll version 6.0.97.82 - 5 new ---------------------------------- Bonjour, Depuis quelques temps et de manière "aléatoire", j'ai un plantage sur une application. Application défaillante ... module défaillant msvbvm60. dll version 6.0.97.82... adresse de défaillance 0x0005f5f5. Nous avons le mê me problème avec une version 6.0.92.37 de msvbvm60.dll. Je ne l'ai jamais constaté en direct et apparemment, il n'existe pas de séquence pour reproduire ce plantage. L'utilisateur reitère la même séquence apres etre sorti du logiciel et cette fois ci, il n'a aucun problème.... - Tues, Oct 26 2004 3:13 am 5 messages, 5 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/6ffaf3dd7ae9e83c mswinsck client server address in use - 3 new ---------------------------------- Hi, I am writing a client/server application using mswinsck. The thing is, after the client disconnect it can not reconnect for a few minutes (as defined in the tcp protocol I guess). I don't want to use the random port option because I need this software to work on 1 port only so it can be defined easly in a firewall and get through it. is there anyway we can get around this without going one layer beneath to the API? Thanx in advance... ... - Tues, Oct 26 2004 3:14 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3835b3ca0c446fc1 Entering executable code during run-time - 9 new ---------------------------------- Hi, I wrote a little program which helps me graph functions. The only way that I know how to do this is entering my functions in the Visual Basic editor then press "Play - F5" and start the program. (If I make it executable it only shows the functions that I entered before). Is there a way to enter executable code during run-time in Visual Basic? In this case it would be a calculation containing a variable. Thank you for any help. Felix ... - Tues, Oct 26 2004 3:44 am 9 messages, 5 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/2004b2054a32d37a Sharing Folders Using VB6 - 3 new ---------------------------------- Is it possible to make a VB6 application to change a computers WORKGROUP name, share a folder eg. C:\SHARED and set attributes such as write/read-only. COuld you point me to any example snippets of code that show this. Thanks, .. . - Tues, Oct 26 2004 7:20 am 3 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d8136b39a4b0e87f getting a WAV file to loop in vb 6 ? - 2 new ---------------------------------- I am using the module below to play a WAV file. Is there any way to tell when the WAV is finished playing so I can restart it, to get it to play in a loop? Or do I have to use direct X ? Thanks in advance Public Declare Function PlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "PlaySoundA" (ByVal lpszName As String, ByVal hModule As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long ' NOTE: needs error handling ' DEPENDENCIES: API_PlaySound Public Sub sub_Play_Wav(ByVal s_ File As String) PlaySound App.Path & "\" & s_File, 0&, &H20000 + &H1 + &H 10... - Tues, Oct 26 2004 7:49 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/4118b60b83f45665 Looking for web login and download component for VB6 program - 2 new ---------------------------------- I need to write a VB6 application that logs into a password-protected web site and downloads some files from it. Does anyone know of any components I can use that do most of this for me? I don't mind if it's Visual Basic code or ASP code. Thanks. ... - Tues, Oct 26 2004 3:54 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/6a40407dcb11d497 Position of MsgBoxes. - 5 new ---------------------------------- Hi, experts. Would anyone know of some means to position a MsgBox? They always pop up somewhere on the screen where the user doesn't want them. If you do, you probably also know how to change the font. Thanks in advance, Bert. ... - Tues, Oct 26 2004 4:11 pm 5 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5bcddbd76317d4f8 Unsolicited Opinions welcome here - 5 new ---------------------------------- Here goes: ... construction supply company. about 2 years ago,,, the owner decided to try and keep better track of his inventory, both outgoing and incoming. On most jobs, we supply labor also. so he hires these guys that have apparently (*succesfully*) implemented a similar program structure. I have always appreciated programming knowledge. I'm not a computer guru by any means, I just like telling the computer what to do. I have a fair understanding of VB6, ADO, and Bach. (Was VB.Net implemented w/Office 2000?) I had a brief... - Tues, Oct 26 2004 7:30 pm 5 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/fce1ed128c1400e5 Run time error 429 , ActiveX component can't create object - 4 new ---------------------------------- Hello, I am doing a project in Visual Basic 6 to create an object of ABBYY FineReader 7.0 professional Edition.But I am getting a run time error Run time error 429 in Visual Basic -ActiveX can't create componenet in the statement Set abbyy = CreateObject("FineReader.Applicatiom") I have added the library "ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Type Library" and also declared the variable 'abbyy' as Dim abbyy as new FineReader.Application , which is showing no error. Anybody can help me please... Thanks and Regards, Dhanya.. . - Tues, Oct 26 2004 9:39 pm 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ef95069bdf2f78f9 Visual Basic Net - 2 new ---------------------------------- Looking for a resource to do ADO connections within the code like I'm used to with VB6. I like to handle the navigation within the code and updates. I have several programs in VB6 that access SQL/2K and Access/2K and would like to move them to VB.NET and ADO.NET. Any references would be appreciated. Jim ... - Wed, Oct 27 2004 7:46 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c92642294bc7bead Need help to modify code - 4 new ---------------------------------- I have not studied VB and I need some help modifying the following code that was generated by the code builder built in to Access. I have added a Command Button to the bottom of a form to print a different form when it is clicked. The form name I want is correctly listed within the code (DAddario-PrintLabel). The problem I am having is that I want only the current record printed on the form. The way this code is designed it is printing all records in the database to the form. I am sure it is a simple fix to make it print... - Wed, Oct 27 2004 10:07 am 4 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ea45c5c71c2fbf2c Inner Join and a table with numeric name: clueless - 4 new ---------------------------------- That is the question. What is wrong with this sentence? "Select 123.idunit, 123.unit, description from 123 inner join mainunits on 123.idunit = mainunits. idunit" When I try to open those two tables in a INNER JOIN sentence, I receive the runtime error 3075: "Syntax error (operator missing) in the expression '123.unit' " Renaming the table from 123 to 123x doesn't work, but if I rename it to x123 no error is reported and it works great. Is the problem in my tables or code? Or is it a flaw somewhere else? Any ideas would be really appreciated.... - Wed, Oct 27 2004 10:43 am 4 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/aa62e2eb96fe948b Complex disk programming problems - 2 new ---------------------------------- I need to know it this is possible: At my job we take aerial digital photographs. Our rigs have swappy cages with 2 laptop hard drives in them (not standard-designed for only 1). We have a system that makes them hot swappable; we do this by hooking the swappy cage up to an IDE card, and while the computer is on, running a vb script that runs devcon.exe to disable the ide card. We then put the drive in, and then use devcon again to re-enable the card. The drives are found. (sometimes in wrong order...for example... - Wed, Oct 27 2004 10:55 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3921ae261bb0a12f Help - round up to 2 decimal places - 4 new ---------------------------------- Hi All Have a problem with rounding up to two decimal places Text23.Text = Str$(Val(Text1.Text)) - (Val(Text1.Text)) / (100 + Val(Text12.Text)) * 100 Text1 = 100 Text12 = 5 Text23 = 4.76 (should look like this) But... Curently Text23 shows 4.76190476190476 Please help Many thanks PS: Tried Format(Math. Round text23.text),2 - no luck - I know there is a way involving ####.## but dont know how. ... - Wed, Oct 27 2004 12:52 pm 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5ad35c74543e5b5f Reset Button on Form - 3 new ---------------------------------- Hi All I have produced a form where a person enters a figure in text1.text click on calculate button - answer appears in text23.text box - ALL OK THERE . ..But I have added a button called Reset - And I would like Text1.text and Text23.text box to clear so can enter a new figure in text1.text box. tried Form1 ( text1.text = " ") etc in the reset button bit.. No joy - any help welcome. Cheers Paul ... - Wed, Oct 27 2004 12:59 pm 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/114f98f25e224721 Ways to color a string - 3 new ---------------------------------- I'm new to Visual Basic and I'm writing a simple program. In the program I need to send a colored string to a specified cell in Excel. For example, if a cell is within a certain numerical range the cell above it would be labeled " RED" in red letters. Any suggestion on how I might figure this out? Also, how can I keep a macro I write constantly in the background of an Excel sheet? If I change a value in the sheet I'd like it to change the color label above that value on the fly. Thanks, MZ ... - Wed, Oct 27 2004 11:56 pm 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/80daf004ce8dacb1 Please help - VB6 Package & Deployment wizard error - all new ---------------------------------- All of a sudden I am getting this error when Packacking and Deploying an activeX control that has previously worked without any problem. What is going on? ... "The information found in the file does not match that found in the registry. Make sure the file is registered on this computer in the directory you are retrieving it from. Your project may not function properly if you continue. Do you wish to continue?" ... Any ideas would be much appreciated. This is holding up my work! Thanks Owen... - Thurs, Oct 28 2004 1:27 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/f1654a11581558e6 Options Dialog with treeview - best practice? - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hello, I would like to programm an options Dialog with a treeview, like MyIE, Firefox or even Netscape use. Which would be the best way to show and hide the necessary controls on clicking a group in the treeview? a) Put a frame around all options of one group and show/hide the frame? b) Put all options of one group in a seperate form and show or hide that within the Options form? c) other? Which is best during development, because I might have a big pile of controls on one form? regards Gunter ... - Thurs, Oct 28 2004 2:42 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3eb4d651c305ff8a Operation was cancelled error - all new ---------------------------------- I just started a job where I am working on someone else's program ans here is the embedded SQL they are using: select distinct a.cDesc,a.cCode,b.cdisp ... That returns: cDesc cCode cdisp . .. Sold/pvt 3 3 Stored 4 4 Unknown 9 9 2 Pur Op A A Active ... - Thurs, Oct 28 2004 7:01 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/1007483169522a16 P & D Wizard is giving me Hell. - 12 new ---------------------------------- I am trying to create a .cab file for my VB6 ActiveX control. I wont go into details but suffice to say I'm giving up on the P & D Wizard. It's giving me no end of problems. Are there any alternatives? I've tried the MS Installer ( comes with previous version of Visual Studio I think), but I cannot seem to make it create .CAB files, only .MSI files. Thanks Owen ... - Thurs, Oct 28 2004 7:48 am 12 messages, 8 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e9a464f84d8cce53 Visual Basic to proC. - 3 new ---------------------------------- Hi, Can anyone help me translate the following Visual Basic code to proC? Dim iCounter As Integer Dim iSum As Integer Dim iMultiplier As Integer iMultiplier = 7 For iCounter = Len(sReference) To 1 Step -1 ... Next fReferenceCheckSum = Right(Str(10 - (iSum Mod 10)), 1) End Function Thanks, Kenneth ... - Thurs, Oct 28 2004 1:25 pm 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/130e799ccb297202 ======================================================================= You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "comp.lang.basic.visual.misc". comp.lang.basic.visual.misc http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Change your subscription type & other preferences: * click http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/subscribe Report abuse: * send email explaining the problem to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: * click http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/subscribe ======================================================================= Google Groups: http://groups-beta.google.com
