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Today's most active topics: * Protecting an application with a License Key - 14 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/8bad82e5dd7d1bfd * Convert VB code to C code. - 13 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/a12d4a4f10e5ab75 * Recurse controls in a form - 12 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ac823338e23c0eac * VB6 and ADO - 11 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/78affaf48759c70 * mod - 11 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/833ec7a54422abca Active Topics ============= preventing right click in common dialog - 2 new ---------------------------------- I there a way? Only a clue? SK ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 12:29 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/fc9fda3cb12bca3 SB_THUMBTRACK IS NOT RESPONDING - all new ---------------------------------- ... ... You also seem to be having a problem with your Caps Lock key. Mike . .. - Mon, Nov 8 2004 2:09 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c51b45997ec056e6 Type mismatch error. - 5 new ---------------------------------- Hi, I copied this code form a test project I did some time ago and I'm sure ( i could be wrong) that it worked. I've updated my computer since but that shouldn't really make any difference. I'm calling this code from a form Dim result() result = DBReadALL("Data", "Cat") If result(0) = "Error" Then MsgBox "Error Reading Database", vbCritical Exit Sub End If and the module is this Function DBReadALL(dbName As String, tableName As String) As Variant On Error GoTo err 'connect to db and open relevant table Dim Database As String... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 2:23 am 5 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/dfe4f14d56790c6a Just some code - 2 new ---------------------------------- Thank you very nmuch, but it still doesn't work out. I tried several things. Look at the following code: <HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBScript> Option Explicit Function OpenExplorer1(tst) Set Sh = CreateObject("WScript. Shell") Sh.Run "C:\Windows" End Function Function OpenExplorer2(tst) Set Shl = CreateObject("Shell.Application") Shl.Explore "C:\Windows"End Function Function OpenDoc(strLocation) Dim objWord Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") objWord.Visible = true objWord. Documents.Open strLocation... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 2:56 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/1457b0dd405153e0 Making a Sub call based on a Data Member - 5 new ---------------------------------- ... Using CallByName, you can call a Sub, Function, Property Let or Property Get by name. For a Sub, use something like: CallByName Me, "MySubsName", VbMethod, parm1, parm2 HTH ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 3:25 am 5 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/81dd59b1b1fb96e0 Browse for folder - 4 new ---------------------------------- Searched the web and I only found examples, in which the browse for folder appears outside (over the form) in which you use it an with extra margin with extra text. I would like to make a dropdown combo with browse for folder. Is this posible? Could you post some sample code or links to relevant sites? SK . .. - Mon, Nov 8 2004 4:40 am 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/fdb36d03e271a053 sequential files - all new ---------------------------------- ... Thanks for the advice, I did end up using freefile and ended up splitting the string into an array and filling the textboxes that way,,, not too painful. .. ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 6:40 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/744e7d354e4a0472 Finding Workstation NTID's - all new ---------------------------------- Hello - I have already developed a database that can identify the workstation ID of users logged into a specific database. I would additionally like to know the workstation users NTID (login name). How is this possible, if at all? Thanks in advance, David ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 8:01 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/232b936d02d2098 PrinterProperties - 9 new ---------------------------------- My VB6 application calls the function PrinterProperties when the user hits a suitable button. My call is: OpenPrinter psel.text, ppp, 0& PrinterProperties hwnd, ppp and so it worked for a long time. But now I see that under WinXP, the printer properites dialogue comes only with a subset of its tabs. For example, when selecting the Canon BJC-6200, it shows only the maintenance dialogue, but no printer quality settings. Is there any workaround? ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 8:09 am 9 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/1aeac237c0648484 SQL with ADO - all new ---------------------------------- ... end with ... ... ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 10:34 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5a5ec9abf04739ce pop3 download message problem - all new ---------------------------------- I am having some problems in programming a pop3 client program to download the messages to the hard drive, client can connect and will give you a list of the email messages on the server but i cannot seem to save them to a folder on the hardrive. I have searched the net looking for info on the subject but alas have not found anything to help me. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 11:04 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/2e057adced9e1fd9 Edit Menu - all new ---------------------------------- Big Big Thanks to you. The solution you give (with MAXBUFFER) is one of those I though today. I think I will define a collection of a personal structure wich will record the actions in my controls, and remember their state before the user action. Doing that, I will be able to undo any change on the form, even checks on checkboxes and so on... You confirm that my idea is a good one : -) Thank you ! "Frank Adam" a écrit dans le message de news:dv4uo05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Mon, Nov 8 2004 11:58 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/8393e8cf073b45ac Dependncy problem.... - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hi all, I would really like the help for this problem, please!!! In my XL macro, I am referncing another XL file to get some macros from it. The problem is that one of these macros closes the XL file that contains it. I could not modify this macro to prevent it from doing that. The problem is that I am getting an error which says that the file could not be closed because it is being by other files (which is my macro). How can I solve this issue!? How can I call a macro from another file, which closes the XL file that contains it... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 1:49 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c618953c0d5ecee7 Position in currently playing MP3 file - 3 new ---------------------------------- Is it possible to store the current position of an mp3 as it plays and later replay from that position? ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 2:32 pm 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/f954024dc4c17095 Math Library - 3 new ---------------------------------- Any know of a math library for doing faster math on arrays of data? I have arrays of data having types of long and double. I want a faster way to process that data. At present I am considering writing a C DLL to do it. I would like to use SSE2 if possible but I don't know it that well. Any libraries available? Thanks! Matthew Hanna ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 2:51 pm 3 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d62ebb91b3b3b8eb Protecting an application with a License Key - 14 new ---------------------------------- Given that there is no security that cannot be broken.... can anyone recommend a simple effective method of protecting an application. The main objective of which is to ensure that users need to register it, and if at all possible, also pay for it. I have looked at using things like 'MAC address' and 'hard drive serial nunbers' but I need to find something better. Are there any reasonable solutions available? Thanks CharlesW ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 3:31 pm 14 messages, 8 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/8bad82e5dd7d1bfd Overflow Error - all new ---------------------------------- You are right. I used a FOR loop to read the file contents. The loop control variable was type Integer. I changed it to Long & the problem went away. Thanks for your help. ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 4:27 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/61735bc222a1ecd4 Recurse controls in a form - 12 new ---------------------------------- Hello, Does someone have somewhere on its hard disk a little sub that can recursively parse all the controls in a form. I need this to call, for EACH control in the form, a sub that will make some work on it regarding to its name. The only one I found on the net is like : sub main() parse (Form1. controls) end sub sub parse (ctl as controlcollection) for each ctl as control in theForm.Controls ... end sub But this doesn't work. On the first control (a Tab Control), it crashes... Invalid cast. ... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 4:37 pm 12 messages, 6 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ac823338e23c0eac Change comma to dot and vise virsa - 2 new ---------------------------------- On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:46:18 -0800, "Steve Gerrard" ... <snip> ... Fortunately I've had to write very few Locale Switchable systems, but I firmly believe that one should make the App itself configurable, so that one can run an App using whichever decimal and date configuration the user selects, regardless of the Locale of the machine. For a start, it makes testing much easier I don't particularly object to Locale aware Apps, but I do object to it being built into the language, especially when its implementation... - Mon, Nov 8 2004 11:48 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e79d0c816c2d91fa Disconnected dataset - What could be wrong!? - all new ---------------------------------- ... I couldn't get your VB6 code to work, so I gave up on the "translation" to an ASP version. It just so happens that I've spent the last week writing similar stuff, ie VB6 code talking to ASP code via TCP/IP using XMLHTTP, ADO recordsets, Streams, etc. I don't know why you're using Streams, when a disconnected recordset can Open and Save to an XML file quite happily, all on its own. What are you really trying to achieve? ... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 4:20 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3888597045dfa322 Convert VB code to C code. - 13 new ---------------------------------- ... _Null_ character, please. Case is important. NULL is a macro expanding to a null pointer constant, not a character. (void *)0 is hardly a good string terminator, let alone '(void *)0'. Richard ... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 5:54 am 13 messages, 10 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/a12d4a4f10e5ab75 Can I resize my form - newbie question - 3 new ---------------------------------- I have just started learning VB6. I have made a form which has lots of command buttons, text boxes, scroll bars etc etc on it. Unfortunatley when I run the form the window is now too large for my screen (1280 x 1024). ie I loose the bottom 15% of my window. (I display my window maximised). Is there a way to automatically force the form to display such that everything is scaled so that it just fills the screen and no more. Or do I have to go back to make everything on the form smaller manually? thank for any pointers/help.. .. - Tues, Nov 9 2004 5:14 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/236329e9e3155019 Win NT4 Workstation - unable to load control - 9 new ---------------------------------- Hi all, I've got an app that uses a user control within the EXE project. Most users are fine Win 98, XP, 2000 etc but am having problems with a NT4 workstation. It comes back with an error stating 'unable to load control' Does anyone know what to do? I've tried reinstalling etc but nothing works. The user control uses the following: Private Declare Function InternetGetConnectedState Lib "wininet" (lpdwFlags As Long, ByVal dwReserved As Long) As Boolean If that's of any help. Cheers David ... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 9:04 am 9 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/253297d7b465d57d VB6 & ADO - 2 new ---------------------------------- Below is code for opening a new ADO connection. How do I rewrite the db.Open code to db.Open "PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=App.Path & "/hr5. mdb"" such that it works? I don't know the directory where the hr5.mdb will be stored. So I want to use the App.path command. The above won't work. Dim db As Connection Set db = New Connection db.CursorLocation = adUseClient db.Open "PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\Program Files\ Microsoft Visual Studio\VB6\Puddles Files\Humpy\Version2.45\hr5.mdb;"... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 11:04 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d638b238f92dc09a Win NT4 Workstation - 2 new ---------------------------------- When running vb5-6 on NT4. Service Pack 5 must be installed. But I dont know, if this cure your problem. ... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 11:18 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ef7f2bee21075e9 Connection String - 2 new ---------------------------------- Have you ever had this problem where a connection string will work in the ADODC component but not in a ADODB.Connection ?? for example the following string : Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info= False;Initial Catalog=DNO0ENT1;Data Source=fdsddev2\dev2_informa will work perfectly in a adodc component but in the same application if used this way : ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=DNO0ENT1;Data Source=fdsddev2\dev2_ informa"... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 12:06 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5c507e941f9bb640 XP SP2 problem - all new ---------------------------------- The user control was designed by me to allow multiple system tray icons utilising a user controls indexing and events to control callback messages. This allows icons to be added at run-time. Obviously, this uses a module to recieve callback messages and pass them on to the appropriate instance of the user control that has the icon. I have since converted the user control to a class module which has eliminated the problem. But I would like to know what happened to the user control. The control was nicer to work with. I ... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 1:23 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/9875c20b431b0c1c WMP10 play simultaneous - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hello I have for a time used wmp 6.4 ocx in my vb6 music project. I now want to upgrade to wmp10, but met a problem. I want to play two mp3 files simultaneously (fadeout/fadein) but it won't work. Player 2 seems to hang when player1 plays. This was not a problem when using wmp 6.4... Can anybody help me out here? Thanks in advance! mvh Bjørnar Nilsen ... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 2:18 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/7d99dc763ac2a7d9 How read status line of shell prg - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hi, Opening an application through shell command. The program has a status line(bar) like in Excel. Q: Ist it possible to read the status line(bar) of this shell command like you can read the window name of that program? s .. . - Tues, Nov 9 2004 2:20 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d84a7c729fda16a8 Remove endOfStr marker? - 10 new ---------------------------------- I am not very good at VB but I have a WIN32_FIND_DATA structure wherefrom I try to print the cFilename part like this. msgBox(myfileInfo.cFilename & "More text") cFilename is of type String * 260 This only prints the actuall filename, not 260 characters nore the "More text" part so I assume that there is some kind of "end of string" character embeded in the cFilename. len( myfileInfo.cFilename) returns 260 Is there a function I could use to just copy the characters up until the end of string marker? Or is there another way... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 3:25 pm 10 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/672103b45d0fc95d VB6 and ADO - 11 new ---------------------------------- I have a VB6 project using the ADO. The Connection String wants an exact location for the database. I don't know which directory the user may install the software. Below are the Name, ConnectionString, and RecordSource for the ADO from the Properties Table. How do I write the code such that the ADO will work with the DB in the directory as the executable? At the bottom is what I tried and it bombed. Could someone why it won't work? I want to put the code in Form Load. Name datPrimaryRS The connection string is... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 4:14 pm 11 messages, 6 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/78affaf48759c70 Multithreading + ADO - 5 new ---------------------------------- Multithreading + ADO does anybody know if it works? any example.. because my thread doesn't work :( ... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 4:37 pm 5 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/1bb7575b7c52841c Barcodes and Scanners - all new ---------------------------------- ... Randy, No, Zip, Nada! Needed no Winsock (Thank you, Lord). The icc comes with configuration software and you assign an available port. IP addies not necessary. Then assign port to MsComm control and wala! You in business! Thank you, one and all for all the great input. Dave Programmer and barcode guy now! ... - Tues, Nov 9 2004 8:21 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/67ee21fd279da841 GPIB Card operation using VB6 - 3 new ---------------------------------- ... Thanks Mike, I'll chase some of that up. I am almost certain it is an NI card. Steve ... - Wed, Nov 10 2004 1:48 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/f3ec86f7329d4a5 Asynchronous Calls to a DCOM object in VB6 - all new ---------------------------------- Does anyone have a simple set of code for making an asynchronous call in VB6 to a COM object. Is this doable? What I would like to accomplish is to take a long running job on a single machine and parce it out to 4 or 5 machines. Thanks for your help. Craig ... - Wed, Nov 10 2004 10:00 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/4cceb60f1f9604f6 A Question - 4 new ---------------------------------- I have a string variable that will hold a path and a filename. I want to trim out all but the filename and extension. I am pretty sure you can do this via amid or something like that. Look for the last occurrence of the "\" and then pull all that is left to be the filename. But I am drawing a blank on how to code such. Please help strTempFilename = ????? ... - Wed, Nov 10 2004 2:20 pm 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5332aeb9d773a45 Registry Keys - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hi, how can i make registry keys / string-keys and DWORD keys in the system registry? I need to add my programm on the Services list, so i had to change come regs. Thanks, bye ... - Wed, Nov 10 2004 3:07 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c6773814f96e3fb Icons for data files - all new ---------------------------------- ... ... You are typically going to create the keys once, for one file type. Word registers the .doc file type. Excel registers the .xls file type. You register the (fill in the blank) file type. Therefore, you can do it in your program's start up code, either Sub Main or the Load event of the main form. It won't hurt to reset it everytime the program runs. ... You need to use the Resource Editor. Go to the Add Ins menu, Add Ins Manager command. Find the Resource Editor in the list of possible add ins, and select it. Check the " Loaded" check... - Wed, Nov 10 2004 9:52 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c441bb25fcedf48a terminating process - 3 new ---------------------------------- Hello everybody! I am having problems with terminating process. Postmessage does not terminate the process (my application) on local computer. What am I doing wrong. The code is attached: Const WM_QUIT = &H12 Private Declare Function PostMessage Lib "user32" Alias "PostMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long Private Sub Command1_Click() ListProcess End Sub Sub ListProcess() List1. Clear Dim objWMIService, colProcesses, objProcess Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:")... - Wed, Nov 10 2004 11:29 pm 3 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e038759efccc47e0 mod - 11 new ---------------------------------- Say I have a deck of 52 cards. I get rank by ..rank = cardno mod 13 + 2 This gives rank from 2 to 14 ie 2 to Ace. Next I get suit by ...suit = cardno mod 4 This gives suits 0,1,2,3 ie spades,clubs,diamonds,hearts So now the card is fully defined from the cardno. How can I reverse this with a general formula? Say Jack of Diamonds ie rank =11: suit = 3 And we need to convert this back to a cardno? Is there a formula that will stand up for all reversals? TIA Mick . .. - Thurs, Nov 11 2004 2:52 am 11 messages, 5 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/833ec7a54422abca SQL-server and DAO (dont laugh!) - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hello, Is it possible to edit data from a connected SQL-server using DAO? I can create snapshot recordsets, even perform action queries. But every time I try to edit/update a recordset, it tells me the database is readonly. I tried to work in the SQL-Server directly and via linked tables. Result is the same. But I can edit the data in the linked tabled using Access. I know that DAO is outdated, and maybe I should use ADO instead, but I prefer DAO. Any help will be appreciated very much! Arjen Koster ... - Thurs, Nov 11 2004 6:27 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/fcd421f13614bed7 Read DLL Version - 2 new ---------------------------------- ... Take a look at: Public Declare Function GetFileVersionInfo _ Lib "version. dll" Alias "GetFileVersionInfoA" ( _ ByVal lptstrFilename As String, _ ByVal dwHandle As Long, _ ByVal dwLen As Long, _ lpData As Any _ ) As Long Public Declare Function GetFileVersionInfoSize _ Lib "version.dll" Alias "GetFileVersionInfoSizeA" ( _ ByVal lptstrFilename As String, _ lpdwHandle As Long _ ) As Long and how to use them at http://www.mentalis.org/ apilist/g.shtml ... - Thurs, Nov 11 2004 3:16 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/cc03ec38f627a706 Applicazionei Client Server vb6 - 2 new ---------------------------------- In message , Francesco writes ... From Babelfish ... buttons that launch me of the proigrammi separates to you, and that these do not return to the menu' before to have been finishes to you! Solution exists... ... Regards... - Thurs, Nov 11 2004 3:45 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/6c42a5dc9518fc18 OT:::: Sorry for the rant(s) - 5 new ---------------------------------- Hi all, Well, I have a new super whizz bang computer... And I'm getting the feeling I screwed up...LOL Winders 2000 is the OS... I need some help from those who know... YOU ALL... :=) First off... I have been trying, without luck, in turning off the little sir echo that keeps popping up telling me I need this and that update... I was able to kill, partially I think, windows update but I still get that dang nag screen... grrrrr... I have tried to down load and install some programs but it wouldn't happen... ie: MS Messenger for one... ... - Thurs, Nov 11 2004 6:09 pm 5 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/684f34d2cfae5848 Interfacing Visual Basic with C DLL - all new ---------------------------------- ... You're being passed a pointer to a copy of the original variable, one in which the string characters have been converted to Ansi. On return, the original will be updated with any changes you make to the copy. Try the same thing with purely numeric variables and you'll see no change in address. Tip: byte arrays are numeric... ... - Fri, Nov 12 2004 3:47 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/f1ef81117424f383 VB6 & MSChart1 - 10 new ---------------------------------- I have a VB6 project which uses the MSChart extensively. At one moment I draw a graph with one line, the next moment a two line graph, and sometimes a 3 line graph. I want the 3rd line to be drawn on the secondary Y Axis (Y2). Will the code below work? Dim serX As Series For Each serX In MSChart1.Plot. SeriesCollection If serX.Position.Order < 3 Then ... serX.GuideLinePen. Style = VtPenStyleSolid serX.Pen.Style = VtPenStyleSolid Next serX ... - Fri, Nov 12 2004 10:09 am 10 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/8793b697c9457835 referencing fields in usertype array - 4 new ---------------------------------- Hello, I am trying to address a user defined field in my array. I do not know how to reference that field. I defined a UserType type MyType Field_One as string Field_Two as string Field_Three as string end type I then defined an array: Dim SuperArr (1 to 100) as MyType Now I want a sorting routing, where I can define how the Array is sorted by, e.g. by Field_Two Call Sort("Field_Two") Sub Sort(FieldName) Dim MyArray(1 to 100) as String, z& for z = 1 to 100 -> myArray(z) = superarr(z).what?... - Fri, Nov 12 2004 12:37 pm 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/191f0f3712cb0f5f MS Word Macro: Find and replace (regex and symbol) - all new ---------------------------------- Hi All, I hope this is appropriate to this group. Objective: To write a VB macro in word to replace a regular expression with part of the origional and replace one character with a symbol. e.g. To replace "1c", "2c", "3c" ... "7c " with "1<Club Symbol>", "2<Club Symbol>" and so on. After doing a search, I've found the following code (which may be the route to take to solve this) If nothing else, you may have a laugh at the my VB. Thanks, James. Sub ReplaceSymbols() 'Call the main "ReplaceAllSymbols" macro (below),... - Thurs, Nov 11 2004 7:02 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/b689548cc1f80b66 update program - best method - 4 new ---------------------------------- Hi: I need help with a simple problem. I want to have a menu item (Help - Update) that when selected will update my program on the users machine (over the net) such that a new menu item is added (e.g. Tools - New Tool). How do I do that? thanks, russ ... - Fri, Nov 12 2004 1:09 pm 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/913e996a4b874197 Richtextbox and undo feature - 6 new ---------------------------------- Hi, Do you know that TextBoxes and RichTextBoxes have an Undo Method ? Yes, but it is disabled by default on RichtextBoxes (CanUndo always return false). I found the following code on the net to activate it. But it is said to be in C# Can someone knows how to convert it to Visual Basic .Net ? IN FORM_LOAD : . .. '// required to 'reveal' multiple undo '// set rich text box style lStyle = TM_RICHTEXT Or TM_MULTILEVELUNDO Or TM_MULTICODEPAGE SendMessageLong rtfText. hwnd, EM_SETTEXTMODE, lStyle, 0 IN A MODULE : ...... - Fri, Nov 12 2004 5:35 pm 6 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5bd908a1f9b2d7c5 Speed - 5 new ---------------------------------- Hi all, I am writing some routines to play with stock market data. What is available to me at the moment is VB 3.0. It is abysmally slow when it comes to number crunching large arrays of data with nested do loops. I am not interested in fancy screen output. Is each successive version of VB faster than the previous version? If so, how much, considering number crunching only? Would I be better off with another program entirely? I have programmed in Fortran, Pascal( just a little), Microsoft Quick Basic ... - Fri, Nov 12 2004 8:12 pm 5 messages, 5 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/373624910a988c7b File Association Registry Settings - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hello all :) I have an application class that already has easy access to the system registry, but I need to find a way to set and read file associations using the registry. The settings are in there, just I can't find out a proper way of getting it done. What I have so far creates an association but it doesnt allow me to set the file icon, the file type name, as well as many other options. Further to this I have noticed that different applications use different tags to specify where the filename should go, but I can see no ... - Sat, Nov 13 2004 12:06 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c2e2e3d607c3d4e7 Embeded Flash files - all new ---------------------------------- I found ShockwaveFlash as a standard component. It has an EmbedMovie property ( True or False). That helps ? HE "Dave Lewis" schreef in bericht news:3Mtjd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... ... - Sat, Nov 13 2004 2:48 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/fcbd1ba9f22ba301 do you have VBRunner Standalone - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hello friends, I was looking for how to create standalone xecutables in VB. I came across VBRunner. But the link to the download page is broken. Anyone has the VBRunner now ? Please attach the stuff to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also if you have the source code, mail it to me. Thanks. ... - Sat, Nov 13 2004 3:47 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/dd3ac1347a1425e5 see this! - all new ---------------------------------- Get a free DELL! It works. as seen on CNN and BBC news, this is legit. check it out!!! and sign up!!!! http://www.FreeDesktopPC.com/?r=11816730 ... - Sat, Nov 13 2004 8:46 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/8736aeb0e4e0534f nokia 6210 - ir - sms - all new ---------------------------------- does anybody have any experiences with sending sms messages through infrared connection and nokia 6210 (or smiliar phone) with vb? The virtual ir port in my case is no.9, the code goes smoothly through, but nothing happens on the phone. And yes, I am usin mscomm control and at commands. I don't want to use third party payable active ocx/dll. thank you in advance, Sk ... - Sat, Nov 13 2004 9:33 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3939081d632d3c85 Screen Properties - 4 new ---------------------------------- does anybody know how can i lock the "Screen properties"??? help please!! thanks! ... - Sat, Nov 13 2004 10:13 am 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/35c9282c0700a809 close sub main after forms closed - 4 new ---------------------------------- I'm having difficulty closing out of a program which begins with sub main and then opens various forms. After the last form is closed the program appears to be closed but Windows Task manager reveals it is still running. How can I exit sub main from a form unload event? ... - Sat, Nov 13 2004 10:55 am 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/44eef0b3fc855767 language incompatibility - 2 new ---------------------------------- I have created a stand alone VB program and distributed it with the package and deployment wizard. Developed the program on WinXPPro dutch with MSOffice 2000 English. Build it on a win XP Professional Dutch with MSOffice 2003 Dutch. Deployment on the same machine as the build. Test 1: on winXPPro Dutch and MSOffice 2003 Dutch. Test 2: Problem. It does not run on win XP Professional English with MSOffice 2003 English. However, if built on WinXPPro with Office 2000English, it works everywhere, both on office2003 English and... - Sat, Nov 13 2004 4:18 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/cf6873ceb993773 How do we make codes that - 3 new ---------------------------------- Determine the file name? For example, if the url is function to yield filename.gif Escape and unescape code. For example, we know a space is escaped into %20 in html. How do we do that in visual basic? How do we download a file on the web to a file name? Finally, say we use webbrowser control Say we use things like webbrowser1.navigate2 url It'll take a while to download that url What do you do while waiting? What should you do so the program do not continue while the download have not finished? ... - Sun, Nov 14 2004 3:54 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/7091493ae795fe5d contol of text box input and deletion - 7 new ---------------------------------- I have a text box which updates a simple calculation as users enter data in the text box ie as soon as a number is entered the calculation is performed and the answer displayed in a label. As the next number is entered the calculation is performed again based on both numbers. My problem is that if you use the back space key within the text box to deleet the numbers and start again it results in division by zero error. I have a check for "" which resets the value to 1 (its the only thing i could think of)and displays it in the... - Sun, Nov 14 2004 4:15 am 7 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d2eccee27eb95bc0 Can textstream object used for binary file? - 2 new ---------------------------------- TextStream ... - Sun, Nov 14 2004 4:17 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d8a83a62e978700f CommonDialog ShowOpen Doesn't Work Right - 9 new ---------------------------------- I've been using VB for about 8 years, but I don't remember ever using the CommonDialog component. I tried to use it as a browse for file function yesterday and it doesn't behave as expected. It seems to work if I select a file that;'s really a file, but if I select a folder shortcut, instead of opening the folder like normal Windoze applications, it returns the .lnk ( shortcut) file. I've been told if CBool(CommonDialog1.Flags And CdlOFNNoDereferenceLinks) returns True it will cause this, but it's not -- it returns False.... - Sun, Nov 14 2004 7:44 am 9 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/fdaae8bbb97f89c8 SetWorldTransform API - 5 new ---------------------------------- Does anyone know how to use this API? I can't find any examples on the web for VB. ... - Sun, Nov 14 2004 8:28 am 5 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e0176c0662431c97 Window regions - all new ---------------------------------- OK. Another question. I'm creating previews of windows using PrintWindow. 'L = WindowHandle wRgn = CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 1, 1) GetWindowRgn L, wRgn XF.eM11 = XX / X 'Scale factor X 'XF.eM12 = 0 'XF.eM21 = 0 XF.eM22 = YY / Y 'Scale factor Y XF.eDx = (.ScaleWidth - XX) / 2 'Offset X XF.eDy = (.ScaleHeight - YY) / 2 'Offset Y G = SetGraphicsMode(.hdc, GM_ ADVANCED) 'Needed for SetWorldTransform to work SetWorldTransform .hdc, XF SetStretchBltMode .hdc, HALFTONE 'Improves the quality... - Sun, Nov 14 2004 12:17 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/4287ac4bd5416164 Newbie question re Embedded Visual Basic - all new ---------------------------------- I just bought an HP iPAQ 2210 handheld and would like to write some simple VB programs to run on it. I am rather confused on what I need to do that. I gather I need VisualBasic 3.0 (I downloaded the runtime module from the MS site already). Where can I get the program? I have searched the MS and HP sites without success. I take it I can do the actual program writing on my desktop and then transfer the program to the handheld. ... - Sun, Nov 14 2004 5:59 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/9eba323fe3ebc8aa Random selecter - 2 new ---------------------------------- I'm looking for some code that will randomly select pictures, just like selecting Playing Cards I need the code to deal out up to ten hands of three to four cards each. Making sure that the cards are not repeated and keeping score as it goes, I have found loads of code that can select randomly, but I cant come up with a way of making sure it does not duplicate. I have 34 pictures to choose from, any help much appreciated regards DL ... - Mon, Nov 15 2004 2:18 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/33de87d04f83d8d4 volumemeter for eth0 - all new ---------------------------------- Hallo NG! WindowsXP/HE SP2, OfficeXP/Pro SP3, VB5E I am interested in the data volume passing through eth0. Is it possible with vb5e? Any ideas or even examples? Google was not really helpfull. Thanks! Vy 73! 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