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hi everyone, I am doing a project for college, which involves programming using VBA in Excel. I have most of it sorted and i am having trouble on this 1 part. I need to find out how to use variables to access a sheet and range within the spreadsheet variable1 …

I'm making a program which sends a specified line of text to the active window when you press a specified hotkey. I've figured out how the hotkey part, but have no idea on how to send the text to the active window. does anyone give me some ideas on this? …

I have 3 text boxes and one command button on this form. Users are supposed to input something into text1 and text2 and click the command button for text3 to show the results. However I would like the programme to consider the values of text1 and text2 and based the …

I was wondering if it was possible for me to write a simple program that either lets you use command prompt with visual basic (i.e. press a button and it does a command in CMD) if it can't be done in VB is there any other programming languages that allow …

I know pictures can be added to picture boxes and backgrounds by using the "Properties" and adding something to "Picture". But I want to know how I can actually get the program to display an animation or picture say, after inputting something into an inputbox, or say after a particular …

Hi, I am using ADODC Connection. I saw in one project it is written as following: Dim rsT As New ADODB.Recordset Plz let me know whether ADODC=ADODB. And can we change the above example as below: Dim rsT As New ADODC.Recordset

Hi, Could somebody write code for search button plz. I am attaching the project here. Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi, I would like to change the caption of "ADD COMMOND BUTTON" to "SAVE" when it is pressed at run time. Could somebody is there to help me in this regard. Thanks in advance.

Basically what i want to do is....whenever i drag the form...i should be able to see the current top and left coordinates...i know there is a resize event but it does not updates top and left...it only updates height and width.... is there any way to simulate reposition event

Hi Could somebody let me know in the following project which is attached herewith how to write code to auto calculation for the following: Opening Balance & Balance Amount The above two text boxes should be updated and show the calculations automatically when we fill in remaining text boxes. Thanks …

Hi, friends! Could somebody tell me what code should be written for the following buttons to search the database ( I am using ADODC CONTROL) : Find First Find Previous Find Next Find Last I will be grateful for any response...

Hi everybody, I want to print screen my form, if I press Print Scrn button, its can to print at the printer.How can I do? Give me pls.

Where in VB5 do I enter the company name and version number of my project?

For those of you who have ever had a problem with this, there is a simple solution... You need to re-register Jscript.dll and Vbscript.dll Its very simple-- Click Start, and then click Run--In the open box, type regsvr32 jscript.dll, and then click OK. --Click Start, and then click Run again …

How do I get my text boxes to automatically highlight the default text so users can start typing without having to delete or highlight it themselves?

I'm having this issue on how to sort reports based on part numbers i have part numbers that i return have either a part number as in 1000 or if there have been multiple part number could be 1001-2 mean that there were 2 revised copies of the part number. …

Hi, Is it possible to measure the width of a line of text saved into a variable. i.e. strData = "XXXXXX" length = 12 strData = "iiiiii" length = 4 Any font can be used as the data isn't going to be output on screen. The reason: I have a …

I wrote a simple program that displays a picture. On my computer it looks fine. On my neighbors it is bigger than his screen.. Both computers show the same resolution under properties His machine has onboard video... Oh, the program is fine on my laptop as well. Image is 500 …

Hi, (MS Word XP and Outlook XP) Can someone give me the VB code to set up a macro (command button) so the end user can click within the word doc and it will email to the coded recipient? Hope this isn't asking to much. ;) Thanks as always

I have an issue like, I need to insert data from an XML file into MS Access table. I am able to do this with ADO as one by one row. But this terribly hits the performance when the number of rows to be inserted exceeds 1000. Kindly help with …

Hello, I've a question about the helpfile in the menu of vb. I'm working now 1 year with this program on my notebook, but today i get suddenly a error when i choose help or index in vb6 menu. The error says : busy to try using a not compiled …

Hi, all. How seeing callerid with VB6. But, are you this function all modems supported? What do it. Thanks. Sorry, I'm :rolleyes: writing English.

i'm creating a password using VB6 and SQL 2000 as da db. my problem is i don't no how to connect the password table in db wt the textbox. so guys, any idea ?

Hi all, I have had some experience using pointers in C and C++, but not in VB6. I am using a function that requires as an argument (ByVal lPtrBuff As Long, ByVal lWriteSize As Long). I am assuming this means a pointer to the beginning of the data I want …

hiya all.The problem is this i have created this Form1.exe in visiual basic.But I can't seem to be able to erase it.I tried everything.First I tried shift+del then i went like to safe mode from admin than from my normal user name but each time i try to erase it …

hello everyone! I'm new in vb6 and i have to create a program that simulate a round robin scheduler....using two concurrent prorams....i already know how to use the winsock and how to send the data in the server but my probel is what will i use if i have a …

I need to know if there is a command to eject removeable media. I am not trying to physically eject a floppy, I am trying to clear a compact flash card for safe removal... Thanks in advance...

Hi Im new here ... I was wondering if anyone could help with the following ...[URL=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/buzzmethru/buzzmethru/vb6/no_mouse3_HELP.zip]click for zip vb6 file[/URL] This is my 4th week with VB6 - previously my only coding experience was with PLC's writing using ladder logic, Omron specifically, I hope it is a silly mistake on …

Hi Guys. Basically I was wondering if it is possible to Append to the START of the file, instead of the end? For a bit of background information, I have a lump of raw data in hex (they are samples collected from a microphone on a microcontroller then transferred to …

I seem to be leaving something running when trying to exit my program. If I use the X in the upper right or the click event to UNLOAD I can still see the program running in the task manager and it will not let me run it again until I …

Hello I am going into my final year in september and need to come up with a topic for my final year project. I am studying Software Engineering. Any assistance will be highly appreciated. Kind regards

hi im doing parameterized query whereby the user has to enter id and password. im using access database to store my data and using visual studio .net 2003 to build my app. if the id n password match, data is retrieved. i need help to ensure that password typed is …

I am trying to Install VB6 Enterprise Edition but I keep getting the following error: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows Aplications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. Now, I've had this issue previously with some older games I've tried to install and …

Pls. help me. I have a list box that connect to a dao table. The list box is populated by a pnr_no field from that table whenever a command button is clicked to make it visible. From the list box, I can click whatever PNR No. that was displayed in …

Hello people, I've a question about the next thing. I want to make a program with vb6, so when i type a line in a textfield and i push a button that the line will be saved into a text file. If i then push another button the saved text …

hello! is it possible that the two windows of a vb6 program are running? How? can you give me one example just to show so that i'll be able to understand...thank you very much! :lol:

Thus far I have always chosen the font Courier New because all letters are the same width. Is there any way of determining how "long" a string will be when using other fonts? I would like a way of checking the string's actual length so I can format a printout …

im a total newbie to c#, visual studio .net 2003 and even Access database 2000.. im doing my forms using visual studio and my data are all stored in access db.. i've some vague concepts abt how to design my app.. im not sure it'll work as i do not …

how can i access Time from Server

Hi: I need to join 2 wavs into only one, How can do it this in VB6?? Thank you

i get this error Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/gonemad/public_html/Forum/upload/includes/config.php on line 42 thanks in advance

Wot is the difference between declaring a Global Variable and a Public variable? I mean both variables can be accessed through out the project so wots the main difference apart from that Global variables cannot be declared in forms but modules only?

Respected Sir/Madam, I am a beginner in vb programming and i want to try out some applications which might make me more confident.So,can you guide me what type of applications can i try and how to proceed further for implementing the same.Awaiting your response for the same. Yours Sincerely, Harish.R

Hi you all, I have the following problem: when (in VB6) the application runs and the form is docked (in the taskbar), there is a popup of the application whenever there is text written to the textbox on that form. How can I avoid the popup?

I'm not a VB programmer.. Tinker here and there.. I know this is a very easy question.. In a Microsoft Access Database I have a Table called "inventory". In "inventory" i have a field called "location" that I want to go to null after I update another field. I know …

When I restart the server on my network, the mapped drives on the client computers disconnect (bacause the folders are no longer available as the server is restarting). Is there a way to get the mapped drives to automatically connect when the server has booted back up. They do it …

how to write coding for undo operation in a simple text editor.I tried it but i couldn't do it.plz somebody help me. :?:

Kindly help me. I am new to VB and also in SQL database programming. I am doing a small library system consisting of 3 tables namely: Member which has Mem_Code as primary key, Name etc., Book which has Book_Code, Book_Name etc.and Issue which has both Mem_Code, Name, Book_Code and Book_Name …

Hi there, Apparently i have developed a tea auction system and one of the requirements that have come up is; [B]To generate invoices for each client, check the email address of the client and then generate emails for each client. So when the user opens the default mail browser he …

I am trying to build a scientific calculator. However, I have two major problems. 1. The decimal to separate the tens from the tenth 2. Modulus which outputs the remainder of the division of two numbers. Remainder = dividend – quotient * divisor; I can get the rest, but I …