Did you start your project as a VB EXE project or Active X DLL??

Do you have a recordset???
Then, you do the folling

With RS
Do until .EOF
lisbox.additem recordset.field
.movenext
loop

end with

This is not a problem, you can do this: write an array of all sheet names (I believe it's woorkbook. sheetname ), then check if you have the name you need.
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The EASYEST way to link to ANY data is by ADO using ODBC.
You can create the connection to excel like this:

Go to your control panel, in the administrative toold, look for the ODBC or Data...

I know there is a GetSettings and SaveSettings function in VB. Perhaps you can look into them and pass parameters as to which registry needs to be altered (SaveSettings).

Are you conducting the search on a Windows or on a VB program??

Yes,
you can use an array of tools, the MS Internet controls and Internet Transfer control. you can create your own web broweser or simple open URLs. Try it out

This can be accomplioshed with VBA. Basically, if the numbers are numerical, you can use VBA to count the records, add one to the new record, and concantinate (connect) the text string. If you need...

Is the game you are talking about an online game??? For that matter, you can utilize the iNet tool

You might also want to try Rich Text Boxes instead

First off, are you starting in VB 6 or VB.Net?? Planet source code is a very good source www.planet-source-code.com to begin and it sounds like you know a little about programming so that will help....