VB Forum / General / January 2005

I thought this would be easy.  What I need to do is make my tooltips on
multiline and display longer. How can i do this?
Thanks,
Brian

I am getting an error 481 when trying to load an .ico that is an XP style
icon.  Is there anyway to load these?  Thanks.

I have been working on a program which uses IRC and want to be able to break
down the arguments of a string such as

I realise that it is possible to check by cycling through each character and

Howdy,
  I've just started using ADO objects and am in the middle of debugging my
work.  It involves setting up three tables and then joining them all into a
single recordset.  After executing the join (while the debugger is running),

My app uses a resource file and LoadResString to select the appropriate
language.  The problem is that I have users that are running in an English
regional setting but want it to speak Spanish.  Is there a way to force the
LoadResString function to select a different column from the ...

I am trying to use the Shell command to open Word and Excel documents.
My problem is that if the path or the file name contains spaces, it
tries to open part of the name as a file...that is if the Word file is
named "My Word Document.doc" it looks for My.doc, Word.doc, and

I know how to use the FileCopy command, but I'm wondering
if it's possible to compile a project that includes the
files you wish to copy instead of having to reference
them externally.

I am writing a measurement program that instantenously draws graph of
measured data. In order to do that I use PictureBox object and Line and PSet
functions in it.
This thing works in general OK, except for one thing.  If form losts focus

I have a structure with a lot of tests like If (A and B and C and
D).......then do something. The structure is deep and there are many
branches.
Is there a more visible method to do this?

I have an application that has been installed onto 50 machines across the
country (all part of same domain).
I have set up a system to copy updates ocross to all machines overnight.
This has been working great until the latest update. Unfortunately, the

I am using VB6 and am trying to put a shortcut onto the desktop,
programatically as well as delete it.  How can this be done?  I am not sure
how to reference the Desktop and to create/delete shortcuts?
Any help would be appreciated.

Is it possible?

Hi NG,
How can I implement another error-window instead of the standard dialog
? I would have an error window with more details about it.
The project is really big (40 forms, 300 sub/function).

Is it possible to create a custom toolbar (like that of Yahoo!, Google etc.)
for Internet Explorer with VB6?
If yes then any hints about ActiveX component, URL's etc.?
Thanks,

I have a form with two tabs and I need to programatically clear texboxes in
tab(0)
I know
  Dim ctl as control