VB Forum / General / August 2004

I have a vb6 EXE that is working at many sites and has been working at this
particular site as well until last week. For no apparent reason the
abovementioned error appeared.
I try to compile at the client's site and get the error: LNK1106:  Invalid

I am trying to close a form and open another at the sametime. This works for
me all over my aplication, but here.
I check my conditions in the QueryUnload and then do this
FormA_QueryUnLoad

I have a bunch of text in a text file/clipboard (it's actually several lines
of html code).
I want to be able to 'crawl' thru the lines of text and FIND a line of text
containing key words/phrases I tell it. When it finds the line of text

I've been reading word docs successfully for awhile using:
   Dim thisPara As Variant
   Dim WordDoc As Word.Document
   Set WordDoc = WordApp.Documents.Open(FileName:=fromdoc, ReadOnly:=True)

Can someone tell me the possible causes of the error I have?
I have the error 8021 (Application-defined or object-defined error) in a Sub
that contains the line
   FrmMain.MSComm1.Output = (Q$)

How does SourceSafe get installed for use from VS.NET 2003 EA?
Should it be an item under the 'Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003' folder in
the programs menu?
I seem to have it, but only under Visual Studio 6.0. Should I put the CD

I am not able to find there examples of procedures inVB of operations on
the numbers and expressions complex.  (Addition of complex,
multiplication of complex, ect...)
Can you say to me and to indicate itself or I will be able to find these

Can anyone help me to find if a form (Within a MDI) is loaded/visible or not
without loading the form. That is, Say if a form is not loaded/visible, the
form.Visbile will load the form. I don't want this to happen.
Thanks and Regards,

Can I write non-.NET applications with only VB.NET, or do I need the entire
Visual Studio? I need to use COM objects like CommandButtons and
CommonDialogs and call functions like Shell_NotifyIcon.

I have an application that uses a virtual postscript printer along with
ghostscript to create pdf files.
I'm looking for how to add the postscript printer that directs to FILE:
programatically so that it can be called during the install of the

Would it be easier for a hacker to crack into a vb6 app compiled in pcode or
in native code?
Ivan

I would like to unload all forms in my application..
   Dim aForm As Form
   For Each aForm In App
       Unload aForm

I have a control that reveals a handle to a device independent bitmap (DIB)
residing in memory.  I would like to display it in a picture or image
control.  The StdPicture object only loads images from file, and the Handle
property does not do the job.  Is there a way to retrieve ...

Is there a way of searching for text within a Word document without
having Office installed on the same machine, and without using any 3rd
party controls. I have tried to look at using the structured storage
API's but cannot get them to work in VB.

I was told that "Microsoft give you Visual Studio 6.0, which
includes a C++ compiler and an Integrated Development
Environment which helps you develop programs quickly".
If this is true, where are these things?  I have a directory "Microsoft