VB Forum / General / January 2005

Since this is the first post of 2005, I would like to wish you all a Happy
New Year from Scotland. Well anyway, sorry if I have breached the rules of
the group.
My question for this post is to ask for advice on the best way to create

I have a vb6 application which shows a modal dialog window
every one hour. The problem is that if there is another window
from another process/application, which is on top of my app,
then I don't get to see the dialog window popping up.

My system froze in the middle of a process and I hit the power switch to
restart it. Now it won't boot-up and displays error message "system was
improperly shut down or a new device was added... restart in safe mode to
correct the problem." Problem is it won't go to safe mode. What ...

I have an infrequent, but very troubling problem with an internet enabled
application we recently released.  We used Winsock.ocx as the core for
rolling our own HTTP client, and tested using our own web server.
We were on a tight production schedule, so the beta phase only lasted ...

I'm running VB6 Pro SP6.
Can anybody steer me to into for using Crystal Reports.
I can add the control via Components but can't find the editor.
Thanks, Dana

I am comverting a project I wrote some time back in VB6 to VB.Net.  In
the original project I had a toolbar linked to an image list.  The
images have been corupted and have lost their transparancy.  I have
fixed this but I cannot 'Insert Pictures' into the ImageList control, I

Can load an image
can size an image
Would like to rotate one (90 degrees left or right will be fine for
starters!)

How can I minimize the Memory use by a process created with Vb6
Thanks

Is there any way to track how many bits are sent and/or recieved on a
connection in real time. I have looked and looked and can not figure out a
way....please help.

When I run the following to check for idle, the CPU process jumps up and
goes to not responding. If I don't use it. My program runs fine.
Please help what is the problem?
Public Const QS_KEY = &H1

a hint pls
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app details:
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I'm getting this message.
One of subs in my "masterpiece" doesn't want to fire up.
And I have no clue why.(I'm just starting, so no wonder why:)
I tried a few different approaches - same story.

I have created an application in VB 6.0 That does the
following:
It is a Record Search Program that asks the user for
Search Criteria. (eg: A Last Name and A Zip Code)through

Okay everyone, I don't know what's going on but I'm about to pull out my
hair.
I have an ActiveX DLL which i'm compiling "for the first time"  I have
Version Compatibility option set to "No Compatibility".  I Build the DLL

Can anyone point me at a function that takes a numeric parameter and returns
a string containing the number in words?  I'm writing an app that prints
cheques so I need the amount in words, and I thought I'd ask before going to
the trouble of potentially reinventing a wheel.