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I'm using the code below in my project. When I print all of these fixed length string variables, one per line, they strings in questions do not properly pad with 0s. strQuantity prints as " 4". Six spaces than the value of intQuantity. This is correct. But all the others end up being string objects of only 6 characters long (with...

I really need some help with a Visual Basic problem. I am using Visual Basic .NET and want find some text with a certain style in an MS Office document. I have written something like: Dim oFind As Object oDoc.Content.Select() oFind = oWord.Selection.Find oFind.ClearFormatting() oFind.Style = oDoc.Styles("MyStyle").Style ' <= The error...

I have written a programme in VB (a 5 year old version) Problem: The 'Main Form' doesn't announce itself on the Task bar (Win 2000) Though subsequently opened Forms do! Any offers please -- Jim Bunton jBunton@Blueyonder.co.uk

I have written a programme in VB (a 5 year old version) One of the things it does is to create new directories and files within them Problem:- The new directories and files are not displayed in Windows explorer unless it is closed down and reopened. I have tries the Refresh option in explorer. Any offers please

Greetings, When Installing Visual Studio .NET the following error occurs: Internal Error 25300 I've tried setup in safemode and the same error occurs. The disk is brand new and clean.

Hi all i'm using VBA in Outlook 2k. i created a mulitpage (with several sub-pages inside) in a form. There is a Listview (report view, with checkbox) in a sub-page with some rows of data. My problem is when I change the sub-page of the listview to another and then go back, the checkboxes in the listview disappeared (and the checkbox value...

Hi everyone, I have a group of teachers that must teach each a different set of courses. Each course has a number of hours per week that must be accomplished. I also have classes (group of students) which are made up of a set of courses that must be taught during the week. e.g, TEACHER m --------- COURSE A (x HRS/WEEK)

I have an app that launches MSWord for a report sequence. Some installs have word open and minimzed on the task bar. Some installs have word maximized on screen. Is there a way I can force it (my app) to open word maximized. Thanks Grant

Hi I`m trying to install a third-party control. During the install I receive this error...see the url below. I have no idea as to the meaning of the error. www.woodsolutions.com/download/ErrorLoadComp.jpg

Good morning all I need a way in visual basic 6, to start a console process, like ping -A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > outputfile.txt and make vb hold its own execution till this process finishes. Using Shell() doesnt work, it starts a process, then just carries on working.

Hello...looking for some examples of the DDB function to better understand how it is used.Thanks

I set a program to automatically load values from a temporary file. However, there is a chance that the specific temporary file "C:\Temp\TU.tmp" may not exist at all. In that case I want that specific routine to be skipped. I guess this is a simple If (that file exists) Open "C:\Temp\TU.tmp" For Input As #3 etc....... Else GoTo

Here's the problem: I want to use VB to launch arbitrary applications with specific X/Y coordinates (for both position and size). To do this, I', using CreateProcess, and setting the STARTUPINFO structure's dwX, dwY, dwXSize, and dwYSize elements. I'm pretty sure I've got that down, because many apps (for example, Notepad) obey what I tell...

I wish to enable more than one named user to access password protected menu ie: Tom,Dick and Harry rather than JUST Tom. Can I do this with Case Select...doesn't seem work for me. Assistance much appreciated. Private Sub cmdOk_Click() Dim blnEnter As Boolean Static intCount As Integer blnEnter = False

I want to be able to detect if an image has been right-clicked. I have 5 images in my program. If I Click the image it gets selected by my program. But I want to be able to Right-Click one of the images which will mean all other images will be selected. eg: Private Sub Image1_Click(Index As Integer) ' I want it to be a R/Click not a Click...

Hi, when using user dialogfs in VBA I do not realy understand the dialog function actions. May anyone please explain me the actions 3 - 5? Thanks, Marco Function dialogfunc(DlgItem$, Action%, SuppValue%) _ As Boolean Select Case Action%

when my vb program run on another computer instead of my computer, the user interface is biggger..this is because of the screen resolution... anyone know how to solve pls?

I am new to VB6 and need some advice... I am developing software which aims to capture a text feed from a serial port consisting of news stories in ASCII format and then save this text for future editing. Each story is only a few paragraphs long - but each day the news feed provides up to 100 stories. I had thought about saving each story...

Hi All, consider the following situation: I have a form that contains an image. I would like to show a second form where at startup the top left corner of this second form is positioned exactly at the top left corner of the image on the 1st form. How do I calculate this position (taking into account that the form might have a menubar and...

Hi, I have two forms. The first form has a menu that was designed using the menu editor. Is there a way I can "copy" this menu to the second form (without having to add it manually). thanks, Henk

I am confused as to why my program works fine, whether or not I subtract 1 or not from the "for" loop counter variable "cboYacht.ListCount". If I have 5 things in my list it finds them all. If I add one, it still finds them all...doesn't seem to make sense...If I don't subtract 1, it still works...wierd. Can someone give me a clue as to...

after i pack my vb program using package and deployment wizard, i try to install the program in another computer instead of my computer and run the program. when i click on one button which will query the Microsoft Access database, then the following message was prompted : " Too few parameters. Expected 11." and followed by "Automation...

after i pack my vb program using package and deployment wizard, i try to install the program on other computer instead of my computer and run the program. when i click add a new record to the Microsoft Access database, the following error message was prompted out: item cannot be found in the collection corresponding to the requested name or...