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Assume I have the following code: Dim VarByte As Byte Dim VarInt As Integer Dim VarStr As String Open gFileName For Binary As gFN Get #gFN, , VarByte ' 1 byte Get #gFN, , VarInt ' 2 bytes Get #gFN, , VarStr ' ?? bytes

I have an established program that I am changing to allow users to select one of eight languages and have all the label captions change accordingly. I have no problems with English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish or Italian. The Polish language is causing me trouble. From what I have read, VB supports UNICODE, in fact it uses UNICODE...

Hi, hopefully a quick question! With VB6, I need to be able to send a file, using LPR to a unix based printer. I can easily do this using a SHELL, but can't then read the status of the request (someone may have switched the printer off!!) Are there any components which can help with this?

hello i have an adodc1 which will use the sql query select SUM(salary) of form when the user inputs a new salary, the salary will be saved as a new row in the field "salary" want that adodc1 will refresh to show the totals, after the input is saved.

Hi, My VB application starts in System Tray, and I want that as user selects an option from the menu, the text in any window opened on desktop should automatically get selected and transferred to clipboard. And, I want the reverse also. I mean text from my application to get transferred to the opened window on desktop. This question will...

I have seen good Crypto softwares in Delphi, but none till now in VB. I have even not seen good and variety of crypto libraries for VB as compared to Delphi. Is Delphi better for this type of programming? Can anyone suggest a good place for VB crypto libaries?

Hello, Could some one please tell me how to reference an Instance of a Form by name..... I create the Instance of the form like this.. ==================================== Dim frmNewForm as frmTemplate

somebody can tell me if i can take my old program in VB (ver 6.0) and modify in Visual Studio .NET ???? ( do i need to transform my langage to version to .net without be able to rework on it from Visual Studio 6 after?) thanks

Trying to make the transition from VBA in MS Access 2000 to VB6. I noticed that the icons for the command buttons in Access are apparently not available in the VB6 environment. Am I missing something? Can they be made available and if so, how would I do that? Any suggested sites for icons for VB6 command buttions? TIA Bill W

I'm trying to send keystrokes to an external fullscreen directx game. I've tried sendkeys, sendinput, keybd_event, and sendmessage without luck. Public Sub Roger() PressKeyVK keyf1 PressKeyVK keyf1 End Sub The above will send keystrokes to an app within the windows gui, but not the directx game (bf1942).

I have had no success using the format function as follows (the two lines of code run one after the other): 'displays a running total of lblAmtdue.Caption 'contents in txtTotal.Text txtTotal.Text = lblAmtdue.Caption + Val(txtTotal.Text) 'tries to format contents of txtTotal.Text as currency; doesn't work txtTotal.Text =...

Hi all, I am hoping someone can suggest a reporting tool that I can use with my program. Currently, I am using Crystal Reports. I use the reports strictly as a container that I dump data into. It does not connect directly to any data source. For each element of data that I am passing in, there is a corresponding formula field with the same...

Hello, How do i print the contents of a textbox??? Jeroen

Hi, Has anyone got code to link to a paradox table. I am newby and having trouble with this. I only want to read data not write. Regards Rodney

Hi, I'm used to programming with Java, and am unsure of how this may work within VB. I want to pass some strings to a function, and alter them within the function. I want the strings to stay altered when the function ends *without returning the strings explicitly*. I think this is to do with passing references? How should it work (if...

My name is Jean Honorio, M.B.A. candidate of the Universidad del Pacifico, Lima, Peru. As a part of my research thesis to get my grade of magister, I am studying the consumer behavior of the software component market. I would like to invite you to participate in an interview about the things you evaluate when buying a software component,...

hi all, Im using VB 6.0 Pro, my DB is SQL server 2000 Eval edn. I am using stored procedures to get data from my DB. I am trying to open up a new recordset as a dynamic however it refuses to open in this mode and instead loads in forward only. Some code is here.

Hi to all, could you please help me with this issue? I'd like to have the rows of a VB6 ADO grid bound to a db painted with an alternate background and foreground colors. I'd like to have the odd rows with a x color and the even rows with a y color. What kind of grid do I have to use? And how can I do it? Moreover, I'd like to choose custom...

Hello, I would like to deny acces to the "data sources" tab in Excel. This tab is locate under Data/Import External Data/New Database query. But I would like to keep access to the other tab as "Olap Cubes". Any idea ? Thank you.

could anyone tell me any beginner tutorial sites for visual studio.net?? Thanks

I read somewhere that the new VB .NET Professional Edition will not support connection to SQL Server database on the server (Supposed it's a client-server model). I heard that it will connect to SQL Server Local only (i.e. same machine where VB .NET is installed), but not to the SQL Server installed on the server. Is this true? I doubt...

Hi all i am writing a small program and what i need to do is have some code that will do the following: When i press a key within a text box it will type that letter/number in and then move to the next text box in the tab order. any help appreciated steve

I have written a Visual Basic program that does a long calculation and writes the results to disk as it runs. If I click the Close button the window closes but the program keeps running. How can I get the program to recognize that its window has been closed and quit running? -Harry http://home.netcom.com/~hjsmith

im following a tutorial which needs the Microsoft Data Binding Collection reference in Project Menu -> references, but it doesnt appear to be there, anyone know how to solve this? thankyou

Hi I have been writing an application that allows you to post to newsgroups however, I have reached a brick wall because according to http://anreg.cpe.ku.ac.th/rfc/rfc850.html you require certain compulsory information to be sent such as Relay-Version, Posting-Version, From, Date, Newsgroups, Subject, Message-ID, Path. does any one...