VB Forum / VB Syntax / November 2003

I have been trying for quite some time now to determine how
to get the COMPUTER NAME or ID.  I am using Visual Basic
5.0 - which seems to avoid the whole concept.  If anyone
can help me with this your assistance will be greatly

Can anyone tell me if there is a sleep command.. i.e. wait for 2 seconds
then carry on with code.
ben

          I have a created a software using the Visual
basic 6.0 on a windows XP machine. Its not using any
database access components and is very simple. I created
a setup.exe using the PDW and then tried to install the

OK,
The problem is with Addhandler, it's with my
understanding of Shared...
I add a handler like this:

VB6, Access97.
I get an error no value found. I'm trying to compare a
list from table1.field1 to table2.field1 (PART_NUMBER)
(text fields) and then if match is found then update

I am trying to write a code for creating calculator in
VB6.0
I need some help. Can anybody help me, tell me where I can
find  some help, some hints.

How would I set up my application the accept switches?  I want to be able to
enable/disable some features based on how they launch the program (ap.exe
/switch).
Can anyone help?

I'm creating my own usercontrol dynamically as VBControlExtender. The
control has a couple of public events. The control does successfully raise
the event to the client but somehow it never reaches the ObjectEvent event
in the client.

Can someone please show the difference between:
On Error
&
On Local Error

I am writing a program that everytime user click the button, it will
increment the number by 1 and print it out. The problem is the number never
increment at all. I have no idea why. The followings are my 2 approaches and
explainations.

I'm using the common dialog in vb6 to change the default printer to send raw
data to the printer.
Then I attempt to change the default back to original default printer
Currently the default printer (and other settings are picked up from common

i created a new email-form in outlook and by vbs
this way
obOutlook.CreateItem(0).Display
and now i want vbs simply to jump from the "To:" to the Text field.

I have a question about the VB6 Implements keyword:
If I have a class A with a method called Save and this method saves to the
database. I then have a second class B which implements class B. When
calling the method of class B, will ClassA.Save be called and saves

Is it possible to create a directory:
c:\1\2\3\4
With a single API call?
I know I can do it step by step (dir by dir) but I am just curious :)

How do I create in vb the equivalent of a subform in access?
I have an SQL backend with two tables
I want a mainform that is linked to a subform with a one to many
relationship.