VB Forum / Enterprise Development / February 2006

I am currently running VB6 from Visual Studio 6 Enterprise Edition.  I'm in
the middle of a download from Microsoft for the .NET Framework Version 2.0
Redistributable Package.  What difference will that make, if any?  Where do
I go to get, in a nutshell, information about what ...

I am trying to run an external DOS application from a VB application. I
tried the shell command but the DOS window just blinks and does not act
as desired. The DOS application actually takes some inputs from a text
file.

good day!
is there any way on how to delete files either locked or opened by any
application or process using VB6?
thanx.

After between one and two days of testing my application, I get the
dreaded "runtime error ... abnormal termination" message box for VB5.
This has now happened twice. The problem could be almost anywhere in my
RT application with its many ActiveX controls. It appears to be

I have a calculated value displayed in a label that displays as a percentage
something like:
lblMyLabel.Caption = (intOneNumber / intAnotherNumber) * 100 & "%"
I get results like 0.6666666666666667% or 0.3333333333333333%, etc.

I'm trying to build a quiz program.
Please point me to the simplest MS-Access connection advice available.  I'm
so confused.  I have a very simple Access database with six fields:
Question: Memo data type

I'm writing a quiz game in VB6.0.  If I have an array of questions that are
asked randomly, I want to know if all the questions have been asked already.
So I have three variables called strCurrentQuestion(1 To 100),
strCurrentAnswer(1 To 100), boolAlreadyUsed(1 To 100), and ...

I want to build a constant of string with some of the invisible characters.
I try this but it doesn't let me.  Would you guys teach me how to do it
please?  Thanks!!!
Const   ecNUM_KEY_SET = "0123456789." & Chr(vbKeyReturn) & Chr(vbKeyDelete)

I trying use late binding with event, but event doesn't fire.
I can use methods of created object - it isn't a problem.
Below two codes. Code 2 works good (event fire), but Code 1 doesn't work
 (late binding - event doesn't fire)

   I have an application in VB which reads data from a virtual com
port. I'm using mscomm.
  If i run hyperterminal first and then close connection and start my
application it will work. i am not able to satrt my application until i

We have developed an application in VB6. When this application runs on
the users machine it gives the following error message:
Run-time error '429'
ActiveX component can't create object

everytime i run my group project, VB6 displays a message:
A compatible ActiveX component must be a Visual Basic executable..
what is this?
thanks,

i have made a customized policy class module and it is running pefectly in
my development server, but when i deploy it on client and open the module
that uses my policy it displays and error message "ActiveX component can't
create object."

   In our 2003 server, the web application cannot access the DCOM even I
added Launch Permission in DCOM Config for the object (written in VB 6).
Does anyone why?
  Thanks,

Can VB6 Code (developed for 32 bit windows), run on a 64bit Dual processor
machines?  Does it take any additional changes to achieve this?