VB Forum / General / August 2004

I am quite a newbie to programming, having dabbled a little in the past but
not much more.
My current situation is that I have some software which fequently
incorrectly flags a file as locked, preventing the application from

    I have a cmdButton that I need to execute a program when it is clicked.
Problem is the program I need to execute is not an executable.  The program
is a database with the extension .nfo.  This is a database for FolioViews.
Folioviews uses .nfo for its database format.  Windows ...

How can I do this?
Create a 255 length fixed string to pass to an API. I need the first 4
characters to be ".txt" and the next 251 to be char(0) null string
type character.

To make Timer working on different cycle:
Do I need to:
Timer.Enabled = False
Timer.Interval = 1000

Puzzled!
I have a data grid that has mutiple comluns in it, ADO fed.  I display the
data but when I click in the cell the data is truncated to 10 characters,
not the 50 characters that are returned.

I have a DataGrid bound to a Data Environment recordset. I enter new data in
databound(to the same recordset) textboxes then process this new information,
altering some old data in the process. The new data is shown in the datagrid
as I enter it in the text boxes, but the ...

Hello everyone, I need some urgent help.
I'm writing a program that reads files in binary mode:
      FileOpen(1, OpenFileDialog1.FileName, OpenMode.Binary)
and sends it when calling a recursive-procedure:

    I did read the archives, but most of the threads are a bit
old, and usually deal with easy updates, typically only a single
binary needs to be updated, or the  list of dependencies is static. I
already wrote some code that can fetch an INI file from our www

Can I instanciate a Winsock control, or MSComm control in a vb module rather
than having to put it on a form? If so, how is it done. I thought it was
something like..
dim xx as object

Is there an event that I can capture when the mouse is over the a label?  I
basically want to load a picture when the mouse is over a certain label.
Thanks

          I have a multiline textbox and dynamically I am adding new text
lines to it.
What should I do to be able displaying the latest entry?
I added of course verticall scroll bar but to see the last entry I need

I have been chasing this problem for a few days now and
now it is time to ask for your help.
I have, among other controls, SSTab on my Form.  When I go
to that Form and have SSTab.Visible = False, everything is

I trying to make a form which contians a Microsoft Web Browser Control in it.
The following code does not work.
Dim ie as Object
Private Sub Form_Load()

I have two text boxes on a form, beginning date and ending date.  How can I
check to make sure the ending date is not before the beginning date?
- Mel

I am trying to display a graphic in my mdi form and it works however there
is no control on how to position in on the form.  Is there a way around
this?
Thanks