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I have attempted to install VB6 on WIN98SE. VB6 ran OK before restarting the computer. After restart the computer failed to initialize reporting "While initializing Device IOS: Error Real Mode system memory allocation failed" Restarted in Safe Mode and VB6 still ran. Uninstalled VB6, WIN98 still would not initialize. Reinstalled WIN98 -...

Hi folks. I'm running into a problem figuring out how to proceed with the following. I have files being transferred from several machines through a separate sftp (SSH) connection to a server. I need to have a program running on my server, developed in VB6, that parses these files and inserts them into a database. The problem I'm running...

I am trying to add items to a collection object in VB and keep getting the error: "You must implement the Add(System.Object) method on Microsoft.VisualBasic.Collection because it inherits from ICollection" Here is my code that is attempting to add items to the collection, which to me looks like I am using the Add method. Any ideas?? ...

I'm teaching myself VB6. As a first project, I've decided to work on a Window's version of the Unix command, "diff" -- with a few twists. But being unfamiliar with VB, I am unsure as to how to best compare two files and/or directories. A byte-by-byte comparison would probably be best but slow, correct? What about computing a CRC for each...

hi, i'm using visual basic .net. is there a possibility to add an autofill function to a combobox? the data source of the combobox is an oracle database. thanks and regards, matthi

i wrote the following snippet in C __declspec(dllexport) __stdcall int print2scrn(char *name) I declared in VB6... declare function wipefiles lib "ctools" print2scrn(strng as string) as integer or declare function wipefiles lib "ctools" print2scrn(strptr(strng as

Hi This is my second try... any takers? I have an application that is up and running. Everything is working perfectly. The application is written in VB 6 SP5 using Access 2000 to store the data. The users would now like to attach files (Word, Excel, etc) to the records. I have no idea how to go about this :o( I am a Lotus Notes

I need to gather data from a Rabbit microprocessor that has a network interface. My search for Visual Basics through Google found several sources but none specifically mentioned networking, Ethernet, LAN, sockets and any other buzz words I could think of. At Barnes& Noble I found a Microsoft Book with Visual Basic 6 on CD Rom but a search...

Hi Everyone, I am writing a program to perform backup operations using the VB scripting File System Object to copy to removable media storage devices. The backup operation works fine, but when we attempt to remove the backup device, we often get a "Delayed Write Failed" error message, indicating that data was cached and the copy was not...

I am using VB 6.0 Working Model (the one with no help files). I have a form. On a portion of the form I have a Picture Box. On the PicBox I want to draw something to follow the mouse. I can detect the mouse position as it is moved. If it moves a certain distance I want to erase the PicBox and draw something at a new position. I can do this...

Has anyone here had success with resizing .jpg graphics in VB5? I would like to convert .jpg files so that they will all display the same height. TIA Don

Can someone please tell me why I get the following error when I try to compile this. Private sub adocon_InfoMessage(pError As ADODB.Error, adStatus As ADODB.EventStatusEnum, pConnection As ADODB.Connection) 'code to print error messages end sub

I am very new to programming and learning on my own. Why do I keep getting duplicate values using this code? I want to shuffle a deck of 52 cards. The logic seems right to me. Randomize For C = 0 To 1000 C1 = Cards(Int(Rnd * 52)) ' returns a number from 0 to 51

I've gone through the newsgroups and I don't think I found the answer to my question. My question does anyone know the coding to show a form at runtime if it's not the first form created, since by default VB runs the first form that's created. I've looked in my VB book from school to see if the coding is in, but I think my instructor told...

I'm trying to create a multi-user interactive whiteboard that has the ability to load a 'background' image to draw ontop of. The client/server needs to load a transparent layer for each user that connects. This is so the individual user layers can be cleared. Each layer is painted on by the user it is assigned to, so the layer must...

On my form, I have a field that displays the student's website. How do I display thewebsite as a hyperlink in a textbox where the user can click on it and Internet Explorer opens up the site?

Complete newbie question here. I'm a student and have installed a student licensed version of VB6. The MSDN library/help files are on a seperate disc but for the life of me I cannot work out how to get it installed. It doesn't boot up automatically like the VB6 disc and there are no obvious help files when I explore the disc.

I am trying to print to a QMS 2060 printer on 11X17 paper in the upper paper tray. I have tried to bring up the Printer Dialog box and modify the paper bin and paper size but although I can modify the settings my report keeps printing on letter size. If I try the "printer.papersize = " command I receive a run-time error '380', Invalid...

How can I make this work? I get an error on the last line: Run-time error '91' - Object variable or With block variable not set. Dim arrayDiff() As myClass Dim objTemp As myClass ReDim arrayDiff(1) Set objTemp = New myClass arrayDiff(0) = objTemp

Hello i have a query, that filters s specific field with a specicfic value in a textbox like this: strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Remarks where Lidcode <> ´" & txtLidcode.Text & " ´ " well, the proplem is when someone types 5000 in the textbox txtLidcode, then the rows where Remarks are 5000, will be not selected. But if some cells in Remakrs...

Could someone please help me on how I can set the "Enter" key to activate one specific task in my form? I have my program arranged in a manner similar to the "Display Properties" of the Windows environment, i.e. the window that comes up when we right click on our desktop and chose "properties". On every "page" or whatever we call what...

I'm converting to VB6 and seeking a way to download Run-Time DLLs only if they are needed on a users win 95 or 98 system. Found some INF code that may do what i'm after. Here is a sample ... ---------- ;INF file for Sase.ocx ;DestDir can be 10 for Windows directory, 11 for Windows\System(32) ; directory, or left blank for the Occache...

I'm using VB6 and MySQL database server, I work fine for select statement and I can view the data but I can't "INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE" data at MySQL database. It return a error code "run-time error 3251, current recordset does not support updating. This may be a limitation of the provider, or of the selected locktype" Does anyone know...

I'm developing a VB app and starting Monday, I've started receiving a licensing error stating: "Licensing information for this component not found. You do not have an appropriate license to use this functionality in the design environment." As you can see, it does not state *what* has expired. I've checked for a log file in the app's...

Hello everyone, I've googled through the older group messages - but I'm not quite sure what to use for search terms... so, if this has already been asked - I apologize. I'm wondering how exactly to get the version number for an application from within another Visual BASIC program. That is, if I'm in applicationA.exe - how can I get...