VB Forum / General / December 2004

 Our company is looking for a way to scan a directory, and all
subdirectories, for any file changes and return the name (maybe path too) of
that file.  This needs to run continuously.  Does anyone know of a program
out there that does this, if not, do you have any code samples ...

I need to find Out the Size of a text when printed or
show on screen. I found GetTextExtentPoint32, that might do that.
But: How can I Select the Font that is used for GetTextExtentPoint32 ?
thx

I am having problems trying to stop a loop.  The loop either keeps on going,
doesn't start at all, or tries to read data after the end of file.  I tried
using the EOF method, but to no avail.  I know I'm missing something simple,
so any help would be great.  Thanks.

My challenge is that in a deployed VB6 data gathering tool, I need to allow
users/data imputers to be able to use the "enter" key to move to the next
available text box instead of using the "tab" key.
Thanks,

List:
I need to do something that the error trapping mechanism doesn't seem to
support.
I have some functions:  File access, "exist" methods on collection

I am new to vb.  I have visual studio .net 2003.  I have a textbox the user
enters information into.  After the information is entered, I have a button
they click and this executes code.  However, I would like for them to be
able to press the enter key on the keyboard and the ...

If a run-time error exists in my EXE program
then it stops with an error message.
My question : Is there any way to find
the location of the error

OK, I have successfully obfuscated the  .exe in my bin folder.  When I build
by deployment project, the obfuscated .exe is rebuilt to its original
unobfuscated state.  How to I prevent this from happening so that the setup
project has the obfuscated .exe?  Build SetUp Project ...

I'm new to these forums so I dunno if I'm asking help in the righ
place or not. Well, my situation is like this: I have a project fo
school whereby I have to write a program (using VB 6.0) and my progra
needs to read files which are of different formats, such as .doc, .pdf

My challenge is that in a deployed VB6 data gathering tool, I need to allow
users/data imputers to be able to use the "enter" key to move to the next
available text box instead of using the "tab" key.
Thanks,

Any ideas on how I can match the form view size to the screen resolution of
machine currently being used?    I am using Visual Basic 6.0 (SP5) for 32-bit
Windows Development.    Our application is currenlty being used on Windows
95/98. Windows 2000 and XP.     The problem is that ...

I'm trying to write a macro that will iterate through all pictures on all
slides in a PowerPoint presentation (.ppt) and make a list of pages, picture
names, and sizes.  the size I'm ultimately interested is the size in bytes,
but I can settle for the size in pixels.  I can get ...

I am using vb.net (VS 2003) on an XP and get the following error message:
 An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in
system.windows.forms.dll
Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

I'd like to resize my controls on forms at run time. To do it properly I
need to use True Type Fonts. By default Visual Basic has Ms Sans Serif which
is not True Type. Which from the fonts is presented on all Windows and most
popular? I'd like to change fonts for all controls but ...

How can I set the properties of an object as default properties for all new
ones?
Thanks
Javad