VB Forum / General / September 2004

how can i get n. charackter of a string?
I want to split a number with points (ex : 120.000.000) when user inputs  a
value(120000000) in textbox
best regards...

Is there any way I can find out how many lines are currently visible
inside the RichTextBox? There was this EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLE (or
something) that returns the line number of the topmost visible line,
any way I can find out how many lines are visible at the moment?

How do I create a single self-extracting setup, for installtion of
"multiple" files on the target machine, using VB6 and any "FREE" libraries
(only).
I'd appreciate any help on this query.

i have a small app, which connects to an Access 2000 dbase via Data
Enironment.
When i try to change a field's name i get an error of trying to change a
read only property.

I have several .png images.  First of all can anyone give me a brief summary
of what the differences are between .png and other image formats such as
.ico, .jpg, .gif, .bmp?
Secondly, is it possible to store/display a .png file in VB6 (PictureBox,

I have Visual studio 6 and some older MSDN subscriptions but they won't
install the MSDN at Visual Studio 6 installation time. Any advice
appreciated.
Thank you!!

I'm not sure this is the right group but I thought I'd start here.
All the applications mentioned here were developed using VB6.0
I'm trying to migrate a few applications from a NT4.0 TSE server to
Win2K server.  Currently on the NT box there is an application that

I have a VB6 application and when running it I notice the following:
#1
When I pick a menu item, the menu list drops down, and the application
pauses (sleeps) at this point.  It will not continue running even though I

In this one machine (Windows 2000 Professional, MSOffice 2000), we got
"error 7 Out of memory" when doing the following statement:
GetSetting(sAppName, sSection, sKey)
Other machines do not have this problem.

Taking the code below I paste it into a certain project. Reference the
appropriate library. The compiler throws and error on "ITEM" reporting
"Variable not defined." If I give in to the compiler by adding an
integer variable and referencing the count on m_col I can then use the

Fairly newbie here so please bear with me.
I have a batch file that concatenates about 13 text files into one text
file.  Pretty simple using the COPY command.  I know there are probably
numerous ways to do it in VB6 but what is the simplest way to do it?

- I can import Excel data into Access using a request INSERT INTO
- But when I want to move to the first record in the whole recordset
.movefirst let me on the first record of what was just added with INSERT
INTO. How can I do ?

Greet,
I wrote a program using VB. How I make it run stand-alone? I mean, the
program can run on a computer without VB. Thanks.
Time

Hi Group,
I am processing characters in a text strings.  The text strings are probably
200-300 characters in length on average.  They contain a variable number of
tab characters, interspersed with contiguous ranges of printable characters

I want to integrate the IE favorites in my VB6.0 application.  Is IE
Favorites a component (Active X Control) in which I can just add on to my
form?  Can anyone provide a solution?
Sharrukin