VB Forum / General / November 2004

I have a VB6 application that I would like to create an XP-style theme.  It
is my understanding that I have to create a manifest file and include with
my application, along with calling some API call.
Can someone give me instructions on how to accomplish this.

Hi, there:
When I intend to distribute my software, where do people store
the key and registration name when the user authenate it? Registry,
.INI file? or where?

I want to limit the user from picking more than 36 files in my file list
box.  The only solution i could come up with is loop through the list and
have a counter increment if the list item is selected.  Is there a better
solution?

For Windows XP, inactive system tray icons will be hidden automatically according to the user's OS settings.
I know I could send a "modify" message at constant time interval to prevent my icon from being inactive. However, I would like to be
more flexible....
When you right-click ...

Help appreciated.  How do I build the functionality, such as found in Visio
etc., to enable selecting (activating) something like a rectangle or other
shape, and then resize and move the shape?  Where/how do the mouse pointer
changes (from default to hand, double-arrow, etc.) ...

Help appreciated:  VB.Net  I would like to create an environment where the
end user can drag&drop images from an image pallette to a form.  I can handle
the d&d, but I am confused about how to allow the user to move images, one at
a time, and drop them wherever they want, onto a ...

Beginner looking for suggestions.
I began tryng to learn vb I found I needed a toolbox of utility functions to
take care of repetitive tasks without repeating code ad infinitum,
and to simplity the code in the project at hand.

I would like to write a VB6 program that I can run as a service.
Basically, the service will scan a directory for file(s).
Once a file is found, it will INSERT the file into a SQL Server database.
It will then copy the file to an alternate location to be processed.

I have a situation in a project (which I'm sure is  a very common one) where
I have to calculate the number of days between 2 dates, however I also have
to take account of (and not count) public holidays.
Does anyone know of a way to do this without having to read the dates from a

Hello, I'm trying to create a Activex DLL to use with my application. In the
DLL I would like to have  Functions/Subroutines that will use objects (Form,
Listbox, ComboBox)  as a parameter. When I try to do that I get the following
error, "Private object modules cannot be used in ...

Hello, I've create an ActiveX DLL program. And I was told that I could click
on "Add Project" to add in a project file to the DLL to make it easier for
testing and debugging. I've done this but I can't get the Project to load, so
I can test the DLL. I have the Project, Startup ...

.dfm files (delphi I think) tend to hold bitmap information
about delphi forms (I think). The way the information is
organized is as follows:
   Bitmap = {

I have a hyperlink field which contains the path and file name of a pdf
document (5.065-s.pdf) which I'm trying to look for in another table
that also has a hyperlink field containing a path and file name.
I'm using the Like operator to just look for the file name from the

I'm writing a GUI-application whixh is in fact the program which
'replaces' the User Manager in our shops.
So, It works almost ... just a last 'problem'.
In fact, when creating a user, I create also the Home-directory and a

I'm in the process of finishing a program for an assignment in class.  I'm
writing settings to a file then saving it in the application's root
directory.  The problem is that when I go to use App.Path, VB6 is not
recognizing the App object.