VB Forum / General / October 2004

Was this newsgroup offline this morning? I was getting no activity for
several hours (still none) but several other newsgroups were working
normally.

Using the Inet control, I can get a web page and save it, but it
doesn't get the images on the page.  Can someone tell me how to do
this?

I'm using api function FaxConnectFaxServer and FaxEnumJobs from
Microsoft FAX api and getting a very strange array returned, it does not
seem like an array at all!
FaxEnumJobs return the correct number of FaxJobs, but the array

After installing Windows updates named "DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime" and
"Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool" on Saturday October 9 the MMControl function
in VisualBasic 6 has been misbehaving, such that I am no longer able to view
movie

I am a new developer and am having a hard time managing information in text
files.  I have a text file which must remain under a certain size (3-4 MB).  
Is there any way to dump a set amount of information from the top of the file
when it reaches it's maximum size so I can append ...

How can I compare A to B and see if they are within 20 point of each other.
e.g.   420 and 400   = TRUE
e.g.   400 and 420   = TRUE
e.g.   430 and 400   = FALSE

I am working VB and I have some Icons on the top of my page that is used like
shortcuts to bring up other things in the same program (like the little
folder does in Word to open another document). What I need is to get some new
images or icons if you will. Can anyone tell me ...

I need to retrieve file creation date information for several files on a
computer.  In my research I have found many references to the FILETIME
structure and to the DOS file time.  What is the difference between them?
TIA,

I can not find this simple answer.
I need to find the last day (eg.28, or 29 or 30 or 31)
Can someone help on this.

I have had this problem a number of times.  I have an app that is working
just fine, however the only issue is that I cannot close the app by clicking
the standard windows X (To right hand corner) if running within the IDE.  I
have tried to trap the forms unload, deactivate ...

anyone know if it is possible to change the color of the column headers in a
listview. I have found out how to make the headers flat but I need to change
the color too.
TIA

I am using ListView control in Report View mode and have a few columns in
it. How can I print the contents as nicely aligned columns ? Using tabs
don't do the job and I do not want to use non-proportional fonts. Please
help...

I am trying to rename a file using VB 6.0. The command I am tried using are:
Call Shell("Ren E:\PeriNew.log Peri.log", vbHide)
or
Call Shell("Rename E:\PeriNew.log Peri.log", vbHide)

Hi to all,
I'm using VB6 under XP. I need to save some text into an INI file; however
it is UNICODE text. So I'm using the API WritePrivateProfileStringW (and not
WritePrivateProfileStringA which is for ANSI text). The call to this API

I have made a program in VB6 that is hard coded to display a cross-hair in a
picture box (i.e. MousePointer = 2 - Cross). It works fine when I run the
program in Win 98, but in WinXP the I-Beam is automatically displayed,
instead of the cross-hair.