VB Forum / General / September 2004

I have a basic question. I'm trying to create a xml file from an ado
recordset. It has to be in this format:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
- <claims xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

I need to find out what day the first of each month is.
Example:   The first of September is a Wednesday.  I need to know the
Wednesday part.  The weekeday for the first.
How would I do this?

We're getting a new server that is a dedicated SQL box.  We want to make 3
partitions.  1 to hold the data, the other to hold the indexes and the last
to hold the transaction log.
I wouldn't even know where to start to know how to do this.

After testing my app with no errors I built my solution, installed it, ran
it and got an unhandled exception. For some reason it's reading my INI file
past the end. I don't see this in Debug mode.
The file is

I have a problem I am trying to open window form from asp .net web
application. I am using linkbutton, by clicking this should open a
window form. I don't get any errors, but a window form won't come up.
Please help anybody.

Been using a routine to bulk copy files and underlying folders for
several years in applications - one I got from Randy Birch's site I
think. It uses a shell command (I think, I'm a bit of a simple
copy/paste/experiment merchant when it comes to API stuff), but the

I want to convert my system as an apple (macintosh) application. Or how can i
develop a software using SQL Server for Macintosh.

Hello Mr Randy Birch,
I got your vb code below from
[url]http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/network/[/url]
I really need your help.

Hello - I am trying to create a Select Case Statement that needs to evaluate
a variable.  Problem is I need to look at anywhere from the first three
characters of the variable to the first six characters.  For example:
ACCTNO = "ABCX002574", I may need to evaluate to see if there is ...

It seems my attempt to send a message has not worked.
Is there a way of creating a plain nonactivex dll in vb6?
It is not among the options for creating a new project.
I just need 2 functions in a dll and the activex overhead

I am using a resource file to offer multiple languages for my app, and it is
working perfectly with one exception: is there a way to control the button
captions on messageboxes?  I need it to switch between "Yes" in English mode
and "Si" in Spanish mode.  If there is no way to do ...

I am using VB6 and would like to be able to add an item to a combo box.  I
know that I can use the .additem but I need to be able to search the
contents of the combo box to see if the value is already in there and if not
add the item.  I know there is Matchedtolist for a datacombo ...

How do I export a key (with all subkeys !!!) in the registry to a .reg-file
with VB6
Same for import a key (with all subkeys !!!)
I explain.

How to get Width and Hieght of acrobat reader 6.0 page by Vb6? it is best if
send me an example.
thanks,

Questions:
1).    i would like to create a vb6  user control that scrolls vertically.
this sample http://www.vbexplorer.com/VBExplorer/tips/src26.asp uses a
picture box as the container to hold the controls.  is it possible to simply