VB Forum / General / November 2004

I've used modified code from a tutorial
(http://skaiste.elekta.lt/Books/windows/VB-HOWTO/index2-7.html) off
and on for a while now for putting images into menus and it's always
served me well.  However, for some reason this code isn't working on a

I have a program written in VB6 that has installed successfully at many
sites, but I have two sites that return "run-time error 76: path not found"
when attempting to access a particular part of the application.  I have
checked the file structure and everything is exactly as it ...

In a previous post I asked how I could convert a large hex number (16 digits)
to double since using the string conversion numbers (CDBL,VAL) in NT4 fails.
With help from these posts I managed the following code:
Private Function ConvertHexToDbl(ByRef pstrHexidecimal As String) As ...

I have an application that needs to run in the background and send emails to
staff  when various conditions have been met.
Using the following code (or similar) with Outlook 2000 worked fine, but now
that we have switched to Outlook XP, a couple of dialog boxes with the

How can you tell if a Data Report is loaded or not loaded?

Using the code at the end of this posting, I get a nasty "Microsoft Word has
encountered a problem and needs to close..." error message after the Sub has
completed. Some of the details from the error message are:AppName:
winword.exe    AppVer: 10.0.5815.0    ModName: msctf.dll

Most likely this has been "solved" many times ... there are a number of
postings at the Google group but I still have the problem.  A VB6 app
.. works like a champ on the development machine (SP5) (Win98).  A
package assembled with the packaging wizard installs easily on another

I have an app, when query unload, to goes to the SysTray, and if somebody
needs to exit the app, the just right click for a menu, and just clicks exit.
The problem I am having is windows will not shut down untill I exit the app.
I wanted to know if there is a reliable way to ...

When installing a .DLL, how does one decide whether to put the file in
\System\ or \System32\?
Does it depend on operating system?
Stan Hilliard

I would like to know the right way to set a vb TextBox uppercase, so when I
type soemting in it, it is always uppercase. Same for lowercase and proper
case.
I am using something like this :

Trying to get the correct app.path in a user control but get the path
of the control.  How can I get the path of the application that
contains the control?

           I have written a MFC ActiveX control that returns a unicode
string in one of its method. But when i try to read the string from VB i
dont get the unicode string but instead get some corrupt value with lots of
question marks. Please guide me regarding this

Anyone knows how to print over the A4 sheet length (to print on a continuous
sheet)? Pls help!!

   I'm looking for options / methods for setting user / group permissions
for directories I've created through my application. I have admin access to
the systems this app is installed on and have full access to user and group
and group names that need to be used. I've just had no ...

I downloaded a sample of a multi-column treeview and have been playing with
the control.  It works great for the task I would like to apply it too.
However, the custom windows message handler (typical Hook function) is
conflicting with our applications message handler that this ...