VB Forum / General / July 2004

Can someone start explaining some basic concepts about connecting two
computers together over the internet?  I would like to be able to have an
computer based product my company sells to be able to "call home" so we run
real time diagnostics.  I have seen other software products do ...

Having trouble opening files.
Program written in one file "Cashbook.xls".
Needs to refer to "CurJob.xls" which is already open and
transfering DatePaid and FeePaid from "Cashbook" to a

I have a problem when trying to create a data adapter using the wizard. Before I can get started the message box appears saying "Object reference not set".  I do not have an opportunity of setting a data connection.  I have reinstalled VS.net 2003 and still have the same problem. ...

I have this in part of an executable that I have. I was wondering is there a way that the first time that the executable runs that the user can change the server name just once and have it become hard coded in the exe. If this cannot be done is there a way to have have the ...

I got the help to work in my application, but only by pressing <ALT> or
<F10> first. Then I changed something in the help file and it stopped
working. It also stopped working in an empty project, which made me
think that it was a problem with the help file.

If anything occurs (open a program, move an application window, switch between applications, click the start buttong) while my application is running, a null reference exception is thrown. The application is very simple, all it does it retrieve the contents of a local directory, ...

I have a dll that is referenced by many other exe's & dll's.
I have binary compatability set.
I have a function such as
Public Property Get MyProperty  as Boolean

Below is the code unit responsible for the error, "Runtime error 3706,
Provider not found, It may not be properly installed."
This is happening while running the application after the installation and
happening only on few PCs.

Dear Sir/Madam,
The Following Code works fine in VB6:
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"@";
Print #1, CHR$(&H1B);"a";CHR$(1);

I'm looking for new dreamhack buddies that would like to join up at dreamhack, I'm usually going with my two son's but they are growing up and today having a different objective than I have.
Basically; 5000 ppl are joining up with there own computer and having fun for about 72 ...

I have a combobox which I have added all the months of the year into the
List, the combo is set to 2 - Dropdown List.  Is there any way I can
identify the list by number i.e. if user selects February then that would be
2 and so on.  Would appreciate any help on this.

What I am doing is: I draw lines and small squares (on a form) according to a electrical relay drawing. When an user click a line, the line changes its color. This will show the 'energised' or 'deenergised' status of the line. I want my form to be exactly the same as the original ...

Our product is a pretty big VB app. Works fine, except on some clients with
Win98 machines, who get lots of 'out of memory' errors- is there anything we
can do to make it more reliable on these machines ?
They don't seem to have any hard drive space constrictions etc.

I need to send a netsend message over a network. I can do this. But I
need format the message so that it is written over 2 or 3 lines. Does
anyone know how to do this, or even if it is possible?
Cheers

If gRstADO("exclude_from_labor_quantity").Value <> "T" Then
   msgbox "The value of the field isn't 'T'.'
else
   msgbox "The value of the field IS 'T'"