VB Forum / VB Syntax / March 2005

I'm having some big problems with dates in different formats.
Let me explain.
For my app you can get a time-limited registration code.  Within the code I
store the date that the code was created.

Hi everyone, I'm having a little problem which I'm stuck at. I'm designing an
application which looks up customer information based on Phone number or Last
name. I also have a list box. What I want is that when the user enters a last
name, the list box should get populated with ...

If you want to type in the letter e you just press the e key
if you want to type in an e with an accent è you type in ALT 138
Here is what I would like to do
Click on a command button and the è(with the accent and all) would be placed

I've created a custom progress alert box for long processes to amuse
the user - they seem fascinated with shiny things that move... ;o)
The thing is, I would also like to disable all the controls on the
main form. Of course, I can't make the custom alert box form modal

 I am writing an app to change a few manage a few file permissions but I am
having some problems with the syntac using CACLS.
This is what I have:
Shell ("cacls c:\progra~1\folder /D Everyone") - this works just fine, but I

W98 and VB6.
With reference to Q156266: BUG: Adding Menu Shifts Controls and
Reduces SDI Form Height
I've implemented the solution suggested in the above article i.e.

I am using VB6.
I am receiving an XML file and an XSD file.
I understand I can use the XSD file to validate the XML file, but is
it also possible for me to use the XSD file to give me the data types

Hummmm...just wondering aloud....will Microsoft close these VB <=6
newsgroups when they have ended support for VB6?
Regards.
David Clifford

I'm using vb.net. From my windows form, I have two combo boxes that I want
one of them to show the client first name based on the selection of the
client last name from another cbo box. So I want to tie the contents of one
of the cbo boxes to what is selected on the other combo ...

It is really a simple question.
Visual Basic .NET (2003)
I create 2 forms (Form1 and Form2)
I create a checkbox in Form1 (checkbox1)

Which is the best practice in addressing properties of a form from
within that form?
I have a choice of two methods to assign or read a form's properties
from within that form:

Hi guys, I'm a rookie in programming so please bare with me. I'm having a
little issue. I have a text field that receives a value once customer swipes
a card. Once the card is swiped, it populates the text field with something
like ;002520?

hey guys
cud ne of u jus help me out wit this problem im havin of excel
instances not closing in vb. the instance jus keeps running in the task
manager.

In VB6, how can we sort an array of strings so that no member of the array is
properly contained in any elements that follow. For example if MyArray(2) =
“ab” then
MyArray(i) can be “ab” for any i > 4 but it should not be “abc” or “xyab”

Can someone tell me what the syntax is to automatically maximize an
application window as soon as its activated.
Thanks