VB Forum / VB Syntax / August 2004

Hallo all,
I am a newbee in vb6 and i have a problem.
I want to convert a dilimited text fil to a dbf database and i have no
clue on how to do this.

I seeing code of the form:
recordset!some_field = some_value
some_variable = recordset!some_field
I cannot seem to find any reference to any explanation or description to the

This post is deliberately provocative.
I'm picking on CLng because it is a simple case of a wider problem with VB.
Here goes...
I'm still looking for precise documentation for CLng (I asked here before

What is the regualar expression syntax to match any name that has a $
in it and end in .log
looking for all log files with a $ in the name i.e. *$*.log
Thanks

I've a VB6 application.  In the the unload event of each form I set it to
nothing. E.g.
Set frmTest = Nothing
Is is possible to do something like Me instead.  For example i've tried:-

is there a way to initialize a costant array of structs ?
Do i need to initialize separately each members of each structure ?
Thanks !

If I have this code:
Dim dDouble as Double
Dim strMsg as String
dDouble = 0.123456789

Is there anything like the C++ #define, such as:
#define TABLEFIELD column_id
What I want to do is write a test program in VB to modify table fields in an
ADODB.Recordset, but not have to change every instance of the column ID when

I have a main form that has data in it that is updated based upon a timer.  
The form has labels in it at get updated when the timer fires.  I now want to
open a second form, from the main form, that is not model.  I have done this
with this code:  

I was wondering if it is possible to have dynamic field
validation i.e. user pick any numbers of fields from a
database table which are loaded onto a form for editing etc
But apart from me knowing the column type e.g. varchar or

i'm trying to figure out how I would out the path together for a save_as to
save to the users desktop (since I was thinking that different window's OSs
used different locations on the drive to save them.  thanks!!!

I have a collection that I'm using to store name value pairs read from a
table:
Dim MyCol as New Collection
MyCol.Add "value1", "key1"

I'm changing the MDI form's icon at run time by assigning another form's
icon which in turn has been set at design time:
frmMDI.Icon = frmTest.Icon
Although both the application window and the taskbar icon get updated with

I am very new to programming in general, let alone Visual Basic.  I am trying
to input a text file into an array and from there will write it to a new
file.  I have been searching and found several ways, none of which have
completely worked.  Could someone clue me in?  Thanks

In Internet explorer I can see the folder "Documents and
Settings/computer/local settings"
But When I create a dirlist box in VB, I cannot see it
WHY