VB Forum / General / September 2004

Can anyone tell me which folder VB6 uses to store temporary files when
running in debug mode?
TIA
SW

I meet a problem when I compile my USB code, and I get this error
message
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Compile error:

Is it possible to change the default explorer/my computer views to detail
and have show system files on via vb6?  Is this in a registry setting
somewhere?  Has anyone ever done anything like this?
Thanks in advance.

Some recent Windows update caused a change in Visual Basic - Visual Studio
2003 that causes the following aberrant behavior:
Items added to a listbox (or combobox) creates invisible items (that can be
selected).

Does anyone know how programs like Photoshop and PSP draw their layers so
fast when using the brush tool.  I've noticed that if you have ten or so
layers and you move one near the bottom, the time it takes to draw the
layers is noticable.  However, if you use the paintbrush to draw ...

I'm using a data control from VB 6.0.
I know how to add records, but I don't know how to look for one that already
exists. I need to find it and show the fields in the form. How do I do that?

Hi, i'm trying to convert a macro that i have in VBA to VB6 code.  I've
worked on it for a while and am having trouble especially with the
advanced filter and the "for each cell in" sections.  Below is the VBA
code that i'm trying to convert.  If there is any help that you could

I am currently writing a database application in VB .NET 2003 which requires
some of the data inputted into it to be exported to Word 2000, on the
development machine it has Word 2003 installed.
The problem is when my application starts up it loads multiple instances of

Hi group,
   I've been programming on MS Access 2000 for about 6 months.
   And i've thought it could be like VB6.
   So, the trouble:

Yes - min button = true
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in immediate mode

I was working with RTF files today, got tired viewing rtf internals in
Notepad.
So I really quickly wrote that rtf parcing thing. Thought that a Treeview
can show the rtf hierarchy a little better.

I'm new to VB 6.0 and this may be a very silly question so I apologize in
advance.
I am fairly experienced with vbscript and was wondering if I can execute
vbscript via VB 6.0. What I want to do is build a simple GUI wrapper for a

I was initially going to post this as a question, but I discovered an answer
in the meantime:
How to verify the path\filename of a shortcut (without launching the
shortcut):

Does anyone know of a method (or third party tool) to make a frame control in
VB 6.0 semi -transparent so that I can see controls underneath it but also
partly see the frame too?
             Many Thanks in advance

I need to start Microsoft Word from a VB application.  What is the proper way
to do this.  Also what if Word is not installed on the client computer (Is a
message returned).