VB Forum / General / January 2005

I use commands
open "lpt1.dos" For Output As #1
print #1, text
...

I know some variables you need to delete eg DeleteDC for API function
becuase it sits in memory after the program ends.
Why do you set classes in VB6 to NOTHING when finished using it.Just
resetting variables to nothing as the program is ending has what beneift.

Dear Group
What is the best way to deal with storing the following values in an array:
Monday, 1, 2, 3
Tuesday, 3

I have a VB6 program that has a calendar control. I have packaged the
program up and all works fine.
However when i set up the program on another PC the calendar control itself
loads however the dates don't display.

In module declaration:
Public sCallerID(0 To 4) As String
In form the code:
       For i = 0 To 4

How can I get the date and time of a file from a website?  Say I wanted
to know the last time my site pages were updated, I'd use something like:
FileDateTime("http://www.mysite.com/index.html")
Any Ideas?

I add a saved file to the richtextbox control using the
code below.  Two problems though: 1. The associated
program opens the file in a different window; 2. How to
add icon so I can double click on the icon to open the

In the preparation of the wave file for waveOpen (when loading wave file
from disk to memory) I do:
hmmioIn = mmioOpen(inFile, mmioinf, MMIO_READ)
where inFile is the path of the file to be loaded

The Subject Line says it all:  Is there a way to programmatically
alter an existing file so that it becomes 'Read-Only'?
Thanks in advance.

This isn't a VB-specific question, but I'll start here. Does anyone use
change tracking software? I'm not talking about source code control, but
rather software that tracks customer requests for changes and also tracks
programmers' responses on what changes were actually made? I ...

I want to app to be always the topmost window, i.e. the user
cannot bring other windows on topof my window. How do I
set this up?

On my computer, I compile a VB6 project with Excel automation and run into problems if my version of
Excel is not the same as the version on the target computer. This is inconvenient to say the least.
How do I compile VB6 Excel project on a computer that has Excel 2003 and deploy ...

I'm trying to find an approache that might be used to create some simple
drawing functionality using VB6.
If you are familiar with PowerPoint, you know that you can create drawing
connectors between two shape objects.  These  connectors begin by activating

I have a few global variables in my form and I want to
place one of my functions in an empty module along
with some declare statements. However, it seems that
I am not able to access the form globals in the module.

I have a VB6 application that requires the whole screen area.  When I run the
program the taskbar always shows obscuring the lower part of my app window.  
Can I hide it programatically when the program starts and show it again when
it terminates?  How? I can't find a function or ...