VB Forum / VB Syntax / July 2003

I am making a program for the company I work for which read files that
are on the programers machines and compares them to the original files
on the network. I need a little help. I was wondering if there is a
function or a easy way to "detect" if a file is binary or text. I need

I have to load 1700 records from DB into tree view (NOT LIST VIEW).  I have
tried to load it with locking the windows and control and other stuff, but
it not giving me the result that I need. It takes around 18 minutes to load
them all. See I am loading those record not in one ...

Hey... What i need to do is print the contents of a list
i have in my program.
I've used the command:
   With Printer

I'm needing to iterate through folder(s) renaming files based on a lookup.
Happy with the lookup and the folder stuff but I'm a shade confused over the
seemingly simple process of renaming (and I don't want to use FSO).
So, do I use the NAME statement or something else.  If NAME, to ...

Hi, I want to use FilesystemObject. But it seems to be not available in VB6.
Everytime I declared Dim fo1 As FilesystemObject . Compiled error "User
defined type not defined". Why? Am I missing something or not?

I just wonder how the checkBox can let the form get away
forever and ever. It seems impassable.

Hi, I would like to know if anyone can provide me with some
assistance. I am trying to perform the following task.
Total Hours  Hours Used  Hours Available  
500          200          300

position = InStr(1, tempstr, "'", vbTextCompare)
pos1 = InStr(1, tempstr, """", vbTextCompare)
position and pos1 return 0
when tempstr  has the following line

can anyone point to some code libraries which deal with calculating inverse
of a matirx !
Regards
-ashish

Can someone please let me know how to add a value to the
next available slot in my array?
I have a String variable below called test.  This string
has a value of "four".  I want this value to be added to

I want to put a part of a pathname into a variable.
For example the path is in the next sample G:\Test1\Test2\test3.txt
The path name of  \Test2 is not always the same, and the filename test3.txt
is also not always the same. . .

I am loking to right a Visual Basic Array that is a
varibal capturing Binary reg key wich has over 35 numbers
and 36 spaces in it how do you convert the spaces to , and
how do you setup the syntax?

I need to delete a specific file from a directory.  I see
there is the 'Kill' statement but then one needs to supply
a specific file name.  I need to delete a file (in a known
directory) with the most recent timestamp.

Hi I am new to the vbs world and in need of assistance
I want to run a script on a computer nt 4 or win2k to provide the following:
The current user logged on SID  and place it into a variable for later use -
Any pointers here

Why does this line create "Runtime error 5"?
  str_Val = Mid(str_Val, 0, int_Pos - 1)
The error also reads "Invalid procedur call or argument".
I've checked the helpfile. It says that my arguments exceeds the range