[visual-basic-6] Forum Topics

I download a program located at [url]ftp://ftp.softcircuits.com/vbsrc/browse.zip[/url] and being a newbie, i failed to make the code work. i mean to make my code work with yoursit... the code is given below: [I]Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim myfile Dim i As Integer For i = 1 To 999 myfile = Dir("C:\" …

how to select folder using commondialog in visual basic

Hello - here's my problem - trying to set up a lil bit of code that checks win2k disk quota and warns user if they are approaching their disk space threshold. here's the code - (cut down for simplicity - this version doesnt really do much but should work) Dim …

I am writing a VB4 application. Some of the forms I have which I need to develop are fulll page forms, and I can't use the printform command in VB to print the page. So I am using a packed printline, which resulted in me having to find out which …

just a lil confusion plz hlp ok the physical consistency of the data means that it shoud be same(value/format) whereever present in the data base but what does logical consistency means...?

Hi everyone, I am a computer teacher in the midwest that is going to have to teach a unit on QBASIC very shortly! i am really a science teacher and would love a little help. i am looking for short, 10 lines or so, programs that the kids can type …

So school's out for a month and Ive been doing some hobby VB6 programming... Im writing calculators involving up to 25 variables, many constants, etc, etc, etc.. So, instead of requiring the user to input all the vars I thought I'd allow the loading of comma- or tab-delineated textfiles with …

Hello, I'm new. I'm a teacher (not a programmer), but I would like to get a little more serious about hobby programming. I have Visual Basic 6.0 Working Model (this came with one of the programing books I bought for a college class a few years back). Unfortunately, I cannot …

I would like to some how be able to use in VB.NET structures and especially preprocessor defines (#define BLABLA") declared in C header files. i can use any metheod include .NET Frame work. Thanks allot, Pablo.

Can anyone tell me why VB6 is so outrageously costly compared to VB4, especially when VB.Net has superseded it for quite some Time ;)

i'm newbie and would like some help from u. I would be grateful if you could configure the script below so that it lets the user choose the file location before he clicks the button and send the file to the location specified by HIM and not to C:\ as …

hi.. I have just started learning VB .. I wrote the following code.. If s = rs.Fields(0) And se = rs.Fields(1) Then ... end if where s is declared as an integer and se as a string .They are got from the user during runtime.. field(0) and field(1) are the …

need help no bhow to go about with v/basic ,hepl me out with some statement that i can use and how i can apply them.what is programmeing all about and how is appilicable to our every life,what can you use it for.thank :rolleyes:

Please could someone help me with a very simple question. I use VB macros quite extensively for a variety of data contol tasks in Excel. I'm totally self taught assisted by "Help" and frustration in equal measures. "Help" tells me I'm using VBA 6.0.8435. I would like to learn more …

I hav Vb6 and wanted to make a program like a keygenerator. So what i need to know is how you can make the generate button call upon a new set of characters each time. I know how to do this in C but i couldn't figure out how to …

I have tried as many different ways to do a sort as I can think of... I keep getting application defined errors. Here is my code: With ActiveSheet .Range("a:a").Select n = Application.CountA(Selection) .Columns("B:B").Select Application.CutCopyMode = False Selection.TextToColumns Destination:=Range("B1"), DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=True, Tab:=False, Semicolon:=False, Comma:=False, Space:=True, Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(1, 1), TrailingMinusNumbers:=True (THE …

Hello. Im a newbie. I have been working for hours trying to find out how to make this triangle with stars. I have to make a diamond, octagon, and christmas tree and it's proving tobe VERY difficult. Yes I am very new to this. :o Anyone? Please help me. You …

I am making a VB.NET web application in VS.NET 2003. I am using streamreader to access a text file for reading. I am able to access it without any problems using the full path (ie. C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\<projectname>\bin\file.txt). But I want to use a relative path (ie. .\file.txt). If I use something …

I have this photo printing problem. I tell VB to print by this method: printer.print Printer.PaintPicture LoadPicture(Text19) printer.enddoc It does print. However, the picture has a very low quality to it. How can I change the way it's printed so that I can add more DPI to the photo? Do …

While maintaining a legacy web app, we found what appears to be a case sensitivity "issue" with the "Select Case" statement in VB6. Is the "Select Case" statement case sensitive? It appears to be to us, but we are somewhat surprised and wanted some additional feedback. Thanks PS

Hi This is my first post. I have lately into the field of video. I need to create a program in Visual Basic where the user can select the program and ad and duration for both and then see a preview of it. I created a .asx file for the …

hi all, i am creating forms and tables in access using vb code. when i click on ok in one of the forms i want it to open up one of the tables(in acess) and compare certain values. i tried using open "table" for random as #1 .......... but it …

Hi all Im new to programming and was trying to read/write/add/edit records in an access db. I have managed to read the data into a recordset(using adodb)but can i edit/add records to the recordset before writing back to the db if so how? a pointer in the right direction would …

I have Windows XP and I downloaded the version before QBASIC 4.5. The QBASIC folder containing QBASIC.exe is in the C:\ drive. Here's my problem: I want the window be the full scree3b and not a partial window, so I change the properties, but when I run the compiler, the …

Hello all, i hope you can help me as my VB skills are proving not to be as good as i thought!! I've got an ActiveX user control that im using 10 times in my app. I've got an array with ten values and i want to send one value …

Hi, I want to modify the remote machine's Internet explorer favorites. Can anyone help me to do this ? Thanks James :lol:

[FONT=Times New Roman]Formatting Currency[/FONT] :lol: I would simply like to format a variable(WallboardCost) as currency. What is the easiest way to to this in Visual Basic 6. Thanks a lot. Chris B

Hi Everyone, We are trying to set up our application in VB6 which has some user controls. When we are trying to load project and add the .OCX controls thru components options it gives error [B]"filemovecontrol.ocx could not be loaded"[/B]. We tried to unregister and again register a copy of …

HI, I need to add multiple InputBoxes in my form. I'm stuck. I'm thinking I either need to add another sub or use Projects, add to project. I don't know. The book doesn't give you any instructions except how to add one iput box which wasn't a problem. Thanks for …

I would like to know how to load an run a program before windows explorer loads during the booting of Windows 98. This is similar to the loading and running of anti virus software such as Norton which load and run before the loading of windows explorer. I know this …