VB Forum / General / July 2004

I want to record all the events in an excel sheet. Please guide me how to
write a function in VB that can perform this.
In other words, the function would work similar to the Record macro function
in Excel. Please suggest.

i am writing a security/anti-piracy subroutine, for which I need to
know some hardware key such as bios id, bios starting address, etc.
(but not any id related to the disk drive)
i found an activex component called hwinfo.ocx, but there are some

I've made a program that incorporates a scrollable viewport with an option to print its contents (basically data entry) but I found that I can only print what is actually viewable on the form. Is there any command other than PrintForm or another method to go about this? Any help ...

when using "load socket(iSockets)" where iSockets is an incrementing value,
how could i check if the socket exists before trying to make one. As if a
user disconnects on one socket and tries to connect on it again, it crashes
as the object already exists. So is there something like ...

I have a question here. I came across a forum saying that if we declare
variables like this:
Dim a, b as integer
we will end up getting a as Variant and b as Integer

1) I am not a visual basic program .. in fact I am not a real programmer at all.
that said ... I recently purchased an application that gives the above errror message when I try to load it.  The provider of the program says it is not his fault and he has never seen such an error ...

on my form i have a grid.
when clicking on a button i open a Search form, that
search text strings in the grid's columns.
when i click on my "Find Next" button(on the search form)

I want to be able to email a worddoc from VB.
I need code to:
1. open an instance of outlook.x
2. attach a worddoc in the app.path

I am using VB6 to distribute a small app that has database connectivity.  How can I distribute the minimum ADO or DAO components without using the full MDAC?  I am using InstallShield, but can also use the VB setup program.
Thanks in advance,
WayneM

Using vb6, sp4, winxp pro, IE6. I've lost the "examples", "see also" and
"applies to" in MSDN library. All I get now are empty placeholders. I've
re-installed the MSDN. Any ideas?
Thanks

I'm getting an annoying beep when the following code is executed. If the
user uses a mouse click on cmdLogin there is no beep. There are no other
events for txtPassword. I'm baffled.
Why should the following code produce a beep? I've tested the same code in

   I'm having a hard time understanding why I am getting a run-time 3705 error (operation is not allowed when the
object is open) when executiving the deData.Connection1.ConnectionString = strConnection in the following procedure:
Private Sub Validate()
   Dim strSQL As String

I am having trouble adding a help file to my project. The help file runs
fine in another project and the reference is in the Visual Basic Project
file.
Thanks in advance

I have brought VB.Net and I am following the training exercise,"Lucky7".
The problem I have, is that the only build platform available is .Net.
How Do I add other platforms, like xp Pro and XP home, etc....
Thanks :)

I am trying to get the Fetch() to retreive the messages from another folder
other than the "Inbox".
I would like to read the messages in the "Sent Items" or "Outbox".
I am using VB.NET version 7.0.