VB Forum / General / December 2004

I need to delete lines from a text file where certain values in the first 5
characters of each line exist. I would like to do this by running a batch
file.
Is this possible? Any help would be appreciated.

Given that college algebra was 50 years ago I have basically forgotten most
of what little I knew.  I am trying to develop a VB formula to solve for X
given the existing formula as:
   278.13 = (31100-(X * .5))/48

I'm new to vb but have a little experience in vba
im using vb.net
my question is with comboboxes
the fist combo box lists the manufactures when a selection is made the

I have been trying to use a Access table for a bar chart but i
encounter some error.
Please hlep.
Here part of the code.

Im using 3D Studio Max R2 (its waay old but i got it for free :D :D so its
the best! as far as im concerned)
I need a little help cause im a newbie with these modeling thing. I created
a cube with 25 height, width and length. I want to apply different texture

does anybody know how can I reach the following effect.
I want to format a floating point number like 45,233 in the way that only
two digits after the comma are show, but they should be there even when the
number in an integer value like 4,00.

What property determines the SSTab control order?
I mean, it would seem that if I am on the second tab and compile my program
and launch from command line... the second tab has focus instead of the
first.  Does order change or something?

I want to pull out XML files from a web service using VB6/(VBA). Also,  the
web service needs the user to login at the beginning. Any help?
Thanks.
Yolande

I have a Splash form that has an image on it that is 331 high and 434 wide.
I have frmSplash setup using Twips and the form is a bit larger than the
image.
1) Originally, on my development machine, I had the form exactly the same

the lable control does not have a hWnd
is there anyway to get the handel of a lable

I am facing a logical problem here . i want a floating window in my mdi
based application
Say i have 2 forms . Form1 and Form2
as form1 is a mdichild , I can't use then statement

I'm working on resizing of all my forms at run time depending on screen
resolution. I have a problem with controls which are invisible when form
appears. I have Tab control with several tabs. Each tab contains several
other controls. First tab is active and all controls on it were ...

I'm a beginner of VB6.
I want to design an Exit button for my program.
What code should I write in its click event?
I wrote "Unload all". It only unloads some of the forms. I also wrote

To find out the length of strings the Function X = Len(String) is used.
Is there any Api or other method available to find out the length of strings
in other scale units such as twips?
Thanks in advance,

Pardon my newbieness, but here is a simple question for somebody:
How do I launch an executable from a script? For example, if I wanted
to launch the Calculator (calc.exe) from a script file.
tod