VB Forum / General / January 2005

I have a variable that is declared as follows;
Dim strText As String
strText = String$(100, 0)
I then populate the variable through a 3rd party com object.

Windows Explorer displays the MS Office doc file thumbnail. How can I grab
that with VB?
pointer to documentation for DOM DocumentProperties would be great too.
Thanks.

i have the following line of code
SomeString = IIf(IsNull(rsClaimDetail("Value")), "0000000000",
Format(rsClaimDetail("Value") * 100, "0000000000"))
Now

I have VB program that creates number of PDF files by "printing" them one
line at a time to "Adobe PDF" priner. For each PDF file I get "Save as"
screen into which I have to put PDF file's name. I'd like to automate this
process and be able to specifily PDF file's name internally ...

I've inherited a project where about 50% of the forms have a .frx file as well as a .frm file.
How can I find out what is contained within those frx files?
- Larry Weiss

when using a form, I hide it then set it to nothing then call another form
up such as
Private Sub cmdOK_Click()
Me.Hide

Is there a way to put a picture on the background of a treeview?
Thanks
William

I was wondering if I can Open a file for Input or Output and set the file
number with a variable.
Thanks

In VB6, is there a (relatively) easy way to determine the currency symbol in
the current region (e.g. pounds, dollars, etc). I know I can format numbers
with FormatCurrency, but I occasionally need to display a currency sign in
a standalone format and want to change it according to ...

I need to be able to store filenames, with the ability determine
if a filename already exists so that duplicates are not inserted.
Is there any free class that will do this?

I have inherited a small VB application - one window and a number of controls.
I want to add some new functionality which requires a new set of controls. I'm
thinking of a TAB control. I found SSTab but its not intuitive on how to use
it. How do I place new controls on the 2nd ...

I have a Form that uses the ssTab control.
I did not create any TabPicures, yet VB is now automatically creating a .frx
fie each time I click on a tab in design mode.
This was not happening a few daze ago.

I am using the SetWindowPos api to force my modal dialog form
to be a topmost window. This works fine, but there is one small
problem. When the main form is minimised, and then the dialog
from is displayed (for example, after a timer event), then

Could anyone help in providing code that will convert a large hex number to
decimal using Visual Basic
e.g. E932AC87-->3912412295
I just can't seem to work this out !

Has anyone had experience of reading magnetic cards, i.e. Credit Cards
using a simple USB swipe card wedge.  I'm wondering how to determine
when a card has been swiped, since the characters read are of variying
quantity depending on the card. And there is no terminator character ...