VB Forum / General / February 2005

is there a way of reading in from a text file and ignoring extra white space
in that text file??

i'm having a bit of trouble with the following code, i think it has
something to do with using the Listview control as an argument, but can't
figure out how to correct the error... it works fine when i declare the
function to be a private function, but then i can't access it from ...

Sorry if this seems really obvious but I need to display basic text in a
windows form that is structured nicely.  At the moment I have loads of
single text labels which seems silly. I just want to be able to do multiline
text which is surely easy???

Just a general question?
Can I use vb6 to wriet appliation for a PC tablet and use the screen to
accept input?
Like create a bunch of check boxs and have a user check them on or off?

I have a small program that has a richtext box.I have made my own printer
dialog with certain features not found in the commondialog printer.
Anyway, I need to find a way to print different pages, ie. if the text can
take up 5 pages I want to be able to to print then 5th page only ...

i have a string that holds a line of xml code.
I want to extract values from it. Is there a way of doing this? I dont think
the split() would be sufficient, but maybe.
For example to extract "word" from msg bellow

hi, everybody i know this is a silly question but i have to ask this
one cuz i don't know the answer .. i'm just a newbie in programming and
i don't refered to any that's why i don't know this one ... my question
is WHAT is bug in visual basic , and how can i find bugs in my ...

How can I read a file from a website ?
For example, I would like to read
http://www.website.com/news.htm, can I do that ?
Thanks.

I don't know if anyone has a date routine configured already
and I'm looking for a recommendation on how to handle and
validate dates entered into a text box. The IsDate returns
True for the following inputs (see below signature for more

Good morning people!
I refactored a project and now I want to know the metrics, to compare this
program before and now.
Do you know some software that calculate the metrics of program (velocity,

Hello Friends,
I am working with some shapes and all is going well except for the jagged
edges on circle shapes.  Can these be smoothed out...?
Thanks. :)

I've created a short app that has a sub main.  The main creates a new
instance of a form and then calls the show method on that form object in a
"modeless" manner.
My question...

We are using Winsock control to send a LOT of data to
clients. The data is string, varies in size from 2.5 meg
to 250 meg. We notice that when sending data, in the
beginning of sending data, the data is being sent out

I have a routine that builds relational datasets. Just a little
something to make my life a little easier.  I have a test harness with
a button I click.  I click the button and it works great. It builds a
three level relational dataset which I apply to a datagrid.

As the subject says, I am looking for a way to place a filled in circle
shape into a picturebox control and save the contents of the picturebox as
an image.  Currently I have been working with demos allowing me to draw
inside a picturebox and then save the image.  The problem I ...