VB Forum / General / January 2005

Not drag and drop.
I've got a trace displayed across the screen. Say it's a sine wave in Yellow
on a Black background.
I want to select a section of that trace by clicking on X=100, holding down

apologies in advance for bugging you about this - i'm sure you've
forgotten all about the code you posted (
http://www.mvps.org/vbvision/Super_Collections.htm ) all those years ago.
but... i /think/ i'm finding one or two bugs on the outer reaches of the

Can I call sub "Sleep" for < 1 milliseconds ? Thank you.
Private Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)

Can someone tell me if there is a way I can go back and look for a few old
messages dating back about 1 month ago??
Thanks

I am referencing an exe in my project using
set exe = new Myexe
It works fine in my computer but when  i run the application on another
computer, the above statement does not create an instance of  'myexe'.

How do you connect access to vb ,and the control of next record an
previous also the saving,adding,and deletiing sample code can any on
help
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I created a simple exe which uses mscal.ocx.  During runtime, is there a way
to gracefully detect if a component (in my case the mscal.ocx) is not
present on the user's system?  If it is not present I can just disable the
functionality of that component.

When I use the ListView1.Clear in VB.net, it clears all of my data
including the colum headings.  How do I make then headings persistant
yet clear the data?
thanks

How can i get the author of an excel or word document without opening it?
tia,
John

Is there an API call in VB6 to convert an ANSI string to unicode?
uString = UNICODE("Hello World")
Thanks,
Charlie

Hello all,
Recently my vb6 application buttons have not been functioning properly. I am
using the Command1_Click() sub routine, but it does not work unless I click
the button twice. It almost seems as if the first click sets the focus on

How can I execute a Exe, without using ("Wscript.Shell"), and wait until the
programm has end running?
Thanks for every help!
Nijazi Halimaji

I sent this message to another group also, but had no reply. So i am trying
here also.
I want to create my personal calendar app which shows birthdays and first
name celebretion days.

How do Interface to the Internet ?
With WIN 98 SE and VB6 I try this code :
Dim IE as New InternetExplorer
IE.Navigate " http......etc"

I am used to working with vb 6.0. Recently purchased
visual studio 2003 standard edition. When trying to
connect to sql server 2000, I got an error trying to
connect to a sql database. Message stated that this