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In the absence of any mention of version, the assumption is that the poster is using VB6 (the latest version of the classical versions of VB). Rick - MVP ... ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 1:56 am 13 messages, 5 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/508b9c568f808ba VB Internet Transfer Control problem copying html source code to file - 3 new ---------------------------------- using the internet transfer control, to ... Edward, Try using a different version of MSINET.OCX. Mine, 6.1.97.82 , works fine with your code Rob ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 5:05 am 3 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e1ff1859302ccfea What type of variable does the following code need ? - 4 new ---------------------------------- What type of variable does the following code need ? (VB6-SP6) - quote - bytList1Index = Me.List1.ListIndex intList2Index = CInt(Me.List2.ListIndex) With de '(DataEnvironment) Select Case bytList1Index 'firstly select catgeries table Case Is = 0 'table 1 out of 5 is selected .rsCommand1.Open 'open the table .rsCommand1.MoveFirst !!! tempValue = " " & .rsCommand1(intList2 Index) 'poplulate a variable with the record value if any !!! MsgBox tempValue 'show the value - end quote - !!! is the part of code in discussion which... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 6:21 am 4 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/7624f542ce8d9a81 what is a good installer - 4 new ---------------------------------- ... Yeah I just started using INNO for my vb apps. Works great, looks great. Easy to look at, and easier to use than Nullsoft. definately recommend. ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 6:33 am 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/55a6858722b87b00 Calculate balance SQL query - 4 new ---------------------------------- Hi, I've been away from the game for a while but I'm sure this is simple... I have a table with the following fields: BillerId, TransDate, TransType, Amount Lets say an Invoice has a TransType of 1, and a Payment a TransType of 2. So for one BillerId there may be the following records: BillerId TransDate TransType Amount ... 4 12/10/2004 2 $100.00 4 14/10/2004 2 $ 50.00 So for the above data the balance for BillerId = 4 would be $50. Can somebody please tell me how I can do this in... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 6:33 am 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/7a3d4b552fe177b4 Recommended Book to Learn VB - 3 new ---------------------------------- ... I personally have 6 books on VB. everywhere from Begginner to MCSD prep, and vb database specific books.... I've tossed them ALL. Google is the way to go. think of what you want to learn and google will get you all the documentation with more detail, from several perspectives. and get it to you faster then any book will. I used to keep my books in case i needed a reference. Many of the books have typo's or just skimp out on the specific part that you are interested in. You will find what you want on-line in... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 6:39 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/847c237984b61a3f Lines & Shapes - all new ---------------------------------- On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:27:34 +0200, mickey you typed some letters in random order: ... Sorry my website was offline.... it works now! Groetjenz, Mickey... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 6:55 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e2d5b1e0073f21b6 Outlook Contacts - 2 new ---------------------------------- Hi, I'm trying to find out if it's possible to gain access to the contacts in Microsoft Outlook. The reason being I'd like to share my contacts between my three machines and do not want to go thru the expense of Exchange Server or any other proprietory solution. If anyone could point me to a website or offer me some advice, it would be greatly appreciated Thanking you in advance Mike . .. - Wed, Sep 15 2004 7:18 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/1383d83dedd0bd77 VB and Adobe Framemaker 7.1 - all new ---------------------------------- Hi all, Has anyone ever used the Framemaker FDK with VB? From what I've read, it's only only available thru C/C++, and I'd rather not fuss with C++ again. Any words of advice would be appreciated. Thanks, James Heath ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 10:02 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/9dadf6c42d4f0943 Record sound to a WAV file, Using VB6 - 3 new ---------------------------------- Many thanks Luminos and Norm Cook, What does SOL mean?? So Out of Luck???? I can get the exact sound using GraphEdit from Microsoft but am lost how or what to use to write the code to do the same. Have you heard of GraphEdit??? Are there any other ideas to try out?? Mike ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 11:54 am 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/6850f46c968b1e69 Winsock.RemoteHost Property returns "" - 2 new ---------------------------------- The WinSock.RemoteHost property always returns "" even though the WinSock. RemoteHostIP returns the correct IP address of the client machine. Code for the connection is shown below. Does anyone have any ideas? Similar code using the MFC CSyncSocket class works and DNS/WINS are operational on the network. VB 6 SP5. Thanks, Mike Ober. Option Explicit Option Compare Text Private Sub sckServer_ConnectionRequest(index As Integer, ByVal requestID As Long) Dim i As Long Dim msg As String If index <> 0 Then logs.WriteLog " Invalid Listening Socket;... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 1:17 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/9dd7485dcbb27252 Error: Couldn't find installable ISAM. - 3 new ---------------------------------- ... Thank you very much for your kind follow up. I do appreciate it. I downloaded and installed the MDAC drivers, the latest Jet Drivers (4.0) and even tried the older ones (3.51), but still can't get this to work. I also updated to SP 6. Would you have any other ideas I could try? I just re- installed VB before this happened, but I can try it again. Thanks again. ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 1:55 pm 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5d19b01b7b077931 Textbox - all new ---------------------------------- Thanks Frank. That did it. (I sent this message yesterday, but I don't see it.) ... ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 1:57 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/2c805c5d3977fd9b Help with FindWindowLike - 3 new ---------------------------------- Hi, I'm trying to setup a form which is called from several other forms in my app. Essentially I want the parent form to halt and wait until the user closes the child form before continuing. I'm doing this via the standard FindWindowLike method that you can find all over the place. Anyway, what is happening is that in some cases it works just fine but in another case it goes into a loop and does not recognise that the user has closed the child window. I think the problem relates to the intial value of the variable "Level"... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 2:21 pm 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/3189b0ba786aee79 Compare BMP files (pixel - pixel) - 4 new ---------------------------------- ... I found this code somewhere like 3 years ago. I have used a tweaked version of this and as I remember it worked perfectly. This should work for any 2 binary files whether they be bmp, jpg, gif, etc..... This will just tell you if the files are identical or not. As far as telling you what the differences are, that's another story. 'Description: Compares the content of two files Open "file1" For Binary As #1 Open "file2" For Binary As #2 issame% = True If LOF(1) <> LOF(2) Then issame% = False Else whole& = LOF(1) \ 10000 'number of... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 2:14 pm 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/f659a290e80102d9 Help with Transparent image please - all new ---------------------------------- Hi I am trying to write a snall app that will allow me to print CD labels. I have had some excellent support from lots of people and although the learning curve has been steep, I have managed to learn a lot. I have exhausted all my sources so yet again I am turning to you chaps fo some help. When I load a picture of a CD into an image control, I wnat to know how to remove all the square edges from the image to just leave the out line of the CD. The images I open are in jpg format. I have seen code examples for bmp ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 3:49 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/e5210d50e2a06755 VB6 VERSION_INFO - 2 new ---------------------------------- Ian, Perhaps http://www.mvps.org/vb/ FileInfo.zip I hate using unnecessary additional components or apps. HTH, Neila ...... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 4: 39 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/bfe52cf288418e0f Help with extracting characters from a given string - 4 new ---------------------------------- I'm trying to separate a number from a text string, using this code: ... Private Sub Command1_Click() Call Left2Char(Text1.Text, "*") End Sub Public Function Left2Char(str As String, Character As String, Optional CompareMode As VbCompareMethod = vbBinaryCompare) As String If Trim(str) = "" Or Character = "" Then Exit Function Left2Char = Left(str, InStr(1, str, Character, CompareMode)) Text2.Text = Left2Char End Function ... If I enter "I just want the 10 * from this!" in Text1, it will show me "I just want the 10 *" , which is a good start,... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 5:00 pm 4 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/decf4d9301a1e6a2 disable right click on flash file - all new ---------------------------------- does anyone know how to disable the right click on a flash file? (not playing in a browser). if so, please help? thanks. ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 9:33 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/a10be5e05ba36f4 Option buttons - 8 new ---------------------------------- Hi, I am truying to learn VB6, and built a simple GUI with a main window, and a second window to be launched after selecting from the set of option buttons. (2 buttons). Q1) When I start my app, the first option is always selected by default; why ? . Can I define a property to make the second option selected by default. Q2) Under the click event of the first option, I inserted code to load the second window (see above); of course this window must first be shown if the user selects that option 1. But to my surprise when starting it... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 10:16 pm 8 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/d4de22d1bf3efcd3 How to vertically center the text of a ColumnHeader - all new ---------------------------------- Today I'm using MS Sans Serif (size 8) in all my ListViews. Now I'd like to change all the fonts to Tahoma (size 8) because I recognized that this font is much better readable than MS Sans Serif. However, the text in the ColumnHeader is vertically not centered anymore. Above of the text are 4 pixels, below only 2 pixels. Is there any way to vertically center the text of a ColumnHeader ( with the font MS Sans Serif it is vertically centered)? Stefan ... - Wed, Sep 15 2004 11:38 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/96c8ddbaa3e3ca63 Calculate weekends - 2 new ---------------------------------- On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:23:40 -0700, "Steve Gerrard" ... <snip> ... A nice point, Something I've been brooding over recently ... - sometimes a 'table' is better than an algorithm ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 12:06 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ccb7297f0e5e977d Application won't run ! - 2 new ---------------------------------- Thank you Frank, I will make a test app & run it with the DLL'S. About your previews question, I don't use Sub_Main() The main form is MDI and the app is starting from the Form_Load function. Michael I didn't register all the DLL'S because it was a huge amount of DLL'S (300Mb) I just copied them into the System32 directory. Thank you all I will post the results in a while Sharon. . .. - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 12:37 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c64f5d3770c19887 Come on... Some help, please? - 4 new ---------------------------------- I posted this a few days ago and received exactly zero replies, except for the wannabe troll who deemed it absolutely necessary to point out a typo. (Thanks for that, by the way.) I'm looking for someone who would like to take the challenge of doing this, maybe for practice. If not, then maybe someone could help me and I can finish it myself. My big problem is that I don't know how to work out the speed issue. It bogs down the computer and is WAY too slow after just a few paragraphs. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 2:30 am 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/a317e27d0402f556 > > > > matt parker forges evidence to make others seem guilty of his criminal activities matt parker alias erikvan lunsenhout matt parker alias d georg matt parker alias e vanlunsenherzog matt parker alias evon lindt hout matt parker alias apark - all new ---------------------------------- comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,alt.fr.motos.gas.gas,microsoft.public.jp.officexp. powerpoint,comp.sys.mac.oop.misc,alive.music.charts.nl.itv ... alias annparker matt parker alias deepshredder the date of birth of matt parker is 13 9 65 matt parker alias tania dchenka matt parker alias erik von lindt matt parker alias g aap matt parker alias evan lindt herzog matt parker alias erik van lindt herzog matt parker owns ... parker was born on 13 09 65 matt parker alias d shredder matt parker alias evan lunsenherzog matt parker alias e... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 2:53 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/1523a9c74d434e3e Validating against NT User Group - all new ---------------------------------- Is there a way in VB6 to validate an entered Username and Password against NT User groups. thanks ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 2:55 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/cb4c1789fea07d7a format date difference - 6 new ---------------------------------- How can I get the difference between 2 dates/times and format is as DD:HH:MM: SS ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 9:04 am 6 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/a514cee751e66ead "Path/File access error" problem with OCX in 2003/XP - 4 new ---------------------------------- Hi all, I've an application which 'includes' an OCX which I've written myself. Until today, we 'still' work in NT4 and I have no problems. BUT ! When I run the same program in 2003/XP I get an error at the startup of the application : "Path/File access error". There's NO problem when running it under the account of the 'administrator'. The problem is there when running it under a 'normal' user. This 'normal' user can register the OCX and has all rights to the registry. Under NT4 I have NO problem ... Help please !!!... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 9:43 am 4 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/148b54ddf38e0d94 USB device API in Visual Basic - all new ---------------------------------- Hi everyone, I need help with a VB app that will detect a USB device connection, reads/assigns the device name to it, writes and verifys a file to it, and ejects it. I do not know where to start. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Ana ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 11:02 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/573493755845a010 check resolution - all new ---------------------------------- ... ... Sorry to be so long in replying, but I've been away on holiday. Nobody else seems to have answered in the meantime, so I guess it's up to me. It is easy to write code to accommodate all of the various Windows dpi settings (and other Windows settings) but there is no "shove this into your app and it will work for everything" solution. It all depends on *exactly* what your app is doing, and on *exactly* how you want it to behave on different systems. Before I (or anyone else) can give you any real help you're gonna ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 11:09 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c28a0a1c5adf4810 Draw a line in VB in the good old QuickBasic way...? - all new ---------------------------------- ... ... I thionk you've been looking at the various VB Shape controls. Forget them. They're not worth a carrot! Use the Vb drawing functions instead to draw directly to your Form (or to a picture box or a printer or whatever). You'll find all the old favourites there, including Pset, Line, Circle (and the B and BF options). Type Line or Circle or Pset into some code and hit the F1 key for help. While you're at it, place a picture box onto your Form and while it is selected hit the F1 key. Then look at its Autoredraw property.... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 11:36 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/38f1f939f98eeb1f Help with Paint Picture please - all new ---------------------------------- ... ... Certainly did. Went touring the South East of England. We might go again (somewhere else, of course) in the next few days, but we're not sure yet. ... I've never actually timed the code, but I would imagine that it would be a bit slower than printing (PaintPicture) a single image. This is because the code actually uses PaintPicture three times in succession, each time painting a "scaled" picture (actually a portion of the original). The "calculations" themselves take no time at all, but the "scale the image" ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 11:44 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/c110c4dd5071e86d VB 6 Database - 3 new ---------------------------------- Can anyone please point me somewhere, anyone with a bit more experience can easily handle this. I am trying to write a program in VB with a MS Access Database. Basically her is the scenario. My company is a BIG Insurance company, and I have other (small) insurance company’s under me, and they have clients that want to pay them with post dated checks, now I being the big company want to buy those post dated checks and give the small company a % of the total and I will cash the postdated checks from the small companies clients when the... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 12:01 pm 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ca3aaad62688bb56 CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") Error - 4 new ---------------------------------- I am trying to write a VB6 app that opens the Internet Explorer. I have copied several examples but keep getting the same error when trying to execute the CreateObject command: Run-time error '13': Type mismatch Code: Public IE As InternetExplorer Private Sub Command1_Click() Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") IE.Visible = True IE. Navigate2 "http://visualbasic.about.com"; End Sub Can anyone help??? I am using VB6 SP6 on a WinXp Home SR2 PC. ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 12:47 pm 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/5e42f616ba115689 DataGrid location - all new ---------------------------------- Hello all I use a Adodc control to obtain data from a Access Database ( firstName, lastName...). Then I use a DataGrid control to show this data ( about 150 records). Now I want to have a search button. When I type a firstName in in a textbox and click the button, I want the pointer (or focus) in the DataGrid is presented at the record that has the firstName that was typed. Could you please help Thank you S.Hoa ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 6:38 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/312c7a6089d65d8b allow only one webbrower? - all new ---------------------------------- on a form i have a flash file, and a webbrowser. i want to prevent any other browsers from opening up. i have figured how how to disable pop-ups and right clicking from the webbrowser. the trouble is, i can't figure how to disable the 'about macromedia' option from popping up when right clicking on the flash file. if this is selected, a new browser opens up going to the macromedia website. any way i can stop this? thanks. ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 9:58 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/10b805229e1ba40d Disable the Ctrl + P keys - all new ---------------------------------- Hi there everybody, anyone tell me how to disable the Ctrl+P keys,? trying to stop printing out of contents on webbrower ... - Thurs, Sep 16 2004 10: 05 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/ba531b030b6c47ee vb.net printing marginals - all new ---------------------------------- I can't change marginals when printing. I can change to landscape but marginals wo'nt change. I do as said in documentation. Anyone who has any ideas? Claes ... - Fri, Sep 17 2004 1:06 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/395e9b03696fdb39 ======================================================================= 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 ------------------------ Yahoo! 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