VB Forum / VB Syntax / October 2003

       I'm using "Open", "Write #", and "Input #" to access a file from VB.  
Now that I have a file full of lines, though, can someone tell me how to
delete one?
- Max

I am writing a small IM program, and I want my buddy list
attached to a main window vertically, but I dont want the
buddy list to always be there, I want to be able to
minimize it by clicking a button, then re-maximize it by

Has anybody every implemented Dijkstra's Algorithm and k-Shortest Paths
Algorithm in VB6. If yes, is there any links, info or code available.
I've implemented Dijkstra which works fine for just the first shortest path.
But I want to return the k-shortest paths and I found no ...

I'm creating an Excel workbook in a Visual Basic program,
and am unable to change the page orientation from portrait
to landscape.
The vbscript macro we developed indicates the following

I am trying to get all the possible combinations from a series of letters
I have an array like this:
a = Array( _
         Array("a", "b", "c"), _

I have a form with an Image control containing a jpeg.   I'd like to write
it  to a file (image1.jpg).  I've managed to copy it to the clipboard, but
can't figure out how to write it to a file (or to simple take the jpg from
the image control on my form and write it to a file).

I created my 1st application and deployed it. I'm able to
access & open it straight from my desktop with no
problem. All the information and calculations designed
work flawlessly.

I've writen a VB6.0 program to run under Me and Xp. Now I've tried it on a
Windows2000 platform. It didn't work. So I installed VB6.0 on Win2000 and
started debugging my program. First I had to declare all used variables and
ADODB commands and recordsets. But now the commands "str" ...

Help please with a small but annoying problem.
Previously in Visual Basic 5 I had no difficulty in using indexes.   However
as I move to the latest version I am stuck
Sample code is

I'm trying to find the most flexible way to build an object model from a
database. As an example, I have the following tables:
banks            - list of banks, including different bank codes
creditcards    - list of creditcard institutions

Is there a Windows API for VB6 that mimics keystrokes?  I need to send
a command of Alt-Printscreen from code.
Thanks!
***************** Cameron Hughes *****************

I have a variable that I want to be a Variant.  This
variant stores and array of 46 boolean values, and gets
passed to a dispatch interface.
In C++, it would be

Having major problems with trying to deploy my app that uses 9 DLLs, Crystal
reports and ADO.
With Visual Studio Installer, its overwriting some system file on Windows
2000 and causing windows 2000 to become unstable.  One cant even view your

I am new in programming field. Those days I try to understand how I can
handle the registry. That below code used to read a key from the registry
but when I try to execute it an error occurs and the visual basic closes. I
hope to help me.

Unexpected error number 80010108 has occurred:  Automation error.  The
object invoked has disconnected from its clients.
Okay, not too great, what does this mean?
Im trying to package an application witd P&D wizard and this is the error i