VB Forum / General / August 2004

I'm using the shBrowseForFolder
Using code for callbacks from various sites (ccrp, vbnet etc) setting the
intial selected folder (not the root one) fails in Korean XP systems, on
long paths,. but works in Korean Win98 systems and all USA UK French &

I am sure this is an easy one, but in VB6 how do you change the sort order
of objects in a listbox at design time. I want to be able to change the
order from not sorted to sorted before I add items to a listbox (or after).
How could I accomplish this. When I use the following code I ...

Sorry if this is a duplicate message.  I posted earlier but I cannot find it
so I don't think it made it.
I have a local app that reads the date from an .ini file on a network
server.  Currently I am using a DIR$ statement to check for the existence of

I am interested in hearing from other app authors as to how they organize
their projects.
i.e. what are your directory structures,etc.  I've been experimenting and
trying to find something that is efficient.  What I typically do is to

When a control is visible=false, or is used in a tabpage that is not the
current one, de value is not updated in the control.
For examples, use a tabControl, place two tabpages, in the tab 2 place a
textbox control, in the tab 1 place a button that set a text to de textbox in

how do i programmitically autosize a column to fit listview content?

I'm using VB6 to create a usercontrol and persist its properties to xml. The
following is a file that it creates:
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<toolbar>

I'm having a very weird problem when I try to dynamically populate a
listview.
I use different queries and some work and some don't. I found out that if
the last field

Is there any way to programatically modify the multiselect attribute of a
listbox at run-time (VB 6)?
I've tried accessing the attribute directly and get the "read only" error
message and I'm hoping there's another way to do this.

I have been reading that many of you do not use scripting and the File
System Object for opening and closing forms.  Since this is the only way that
I know how to code for opening and closing form in both VB.net and VB 6,
would someone please enlighten me as to how to check to ...

I'm a newbie to VB.  Is there an equivalent subform type control like the one
in MS Access?

I'd like to print white fonts on gray background using Printer object.
I'tried so far without success.
Does anyone have a clue?
Thank you

Hi....
I really confuse....
Features            ListView    MsFlexGrid
Sorting                yes            yes (but, what is the right event

I'm trying to use FAXCOMLib.FaxServer object (reference to fxscom.dll) in my
VB program to send Faxes.
So far I've got a first problem: Attachment (let's say Word document) during
converting to Fax Image is opening. I cannot find the way to suppress it. I

I'm trying to start a GUI application such as notepad / calc etc. using
createprocess. I can see the process has started in task manager but the
windows doesn't show. I used STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW and wShowWindow =
SW_NORMAL but still - the same. If I'm starting a console application ...