VB Forum / General / October 2004

I want my VB program to read text. What should I use?
I don't know where to start with. Any help greatly appreciated.

I'm writing some image functions, for applying filters and other effects to
pictures. Basically, I need to loop through each pixel in a PictureBox and
change it's color. Currently, I'm using the GetPixel() and SetPixel() API
functions to do this, but it's pretty slow especially with ...

There might be a simple solution but I am new to VB 6.0, excuse me if its
too basic question.
I could print text on a VB form using Print statement. but I want to print
the text angled or inclined at 45 degree or so.

I'm not sure if this is possible so I'm hoping you VB experts out there can
advise me.
I would like to start working on a client P2P chat program in VB6 that uses
a HTML page to show the actual chat message. In my mock screenshot, you can

I am trying to do a simple program but yet I am lost. I am using http to
download a file from the web. there is a ASP/ASP.NET  username and password
requried
I need to download the file and save in a specfied folder example

chr(100) returns the string "d" (I think).  Is there a function such
that SomeFunction("d") returns the number 100?

Hi People.
I'm trying to use the GetAsyncKeyState API function.
AllAPI.net gives the following instructions for this function,
"If the most significant bit is set, the key is down, and if the least

Hey all,
quick question here. I'm a newbie programmer and the boss has me working on
a legacy app written in VB6. I find "DoEvents" scattered a few times
throughout the code. Question: what exactly does this function do? Yes, I

Is there a way to have the column headers of a listview control appear flat,
i.e. not 3D gray button like.
Thanks,

I'm writing a programmers utility to return a date in different optional
formats and/or parts of a date/time to the command prompt window for use in a
.BAT file.   Obviously, I will be executing the VB program from a command
prompt window.

Randy,
Thanks for your reply.
I get a message thet "Your system administrator disabled
the display control panel" It is with the title "Display"

I am programming a Floor Plan Layout in VB6 and create multiple instances of
a picturebox at run time. I am able to drag & drop 1 at a time but need to
select multiple controls and drag them to a new location. The function I am
looking for is the same as dragging multiple controls ...

Please could you help me here, I am trying to get an external program to
open up in a MDI form along with a few others ( kind of like a program
manager envoriment )
It has a splash/loading screen which does go into the MDI,  but then once

I have a bunch of debug routines that use MsgBox to display various
information. I would like to put the name of the calling procedure in
the MsgBox title so that I can easily see where it was called.
Is there any way to obtain the name of the active procedure? I was

Hi group,
This may be the wrong forum for this question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway
and hope someone can give me some insight.
We have an application that calls the GetComputerName API and displays this