VB Forum / General / February 2005

Im trying to use ImageList_Draw to draw a image as transparent however im
not sure if im doing what im doing correctly. I currently have a form with a
imagelist called ImageList1 with one image of index 1 and picturebox called
picture1.Image.

I'm having an odd problem that I have failed to find a solution for.  I have
a legacy VB4-16 application that will be rewritten this summer.  In the
meantime I have some users that cannot run certain sections of the program
when they are on an XP machine.  The codes is most likely ...

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I've several flex grids that I use.  I've a number of command buttons
that act on the currently highlighted line of the grid.  Works a treat.
But I can't seem to figure out how to highlight a line when I display

I want to change the backcolor of the small white square
area where you checked a checkbox. The backcolor property
changes only the backcolor of the caption area, and that
is not what I need.

I need to link an excel file to a VB.Net program, so that the host computer
doesn't need excel on it to read the cells. I don't need any functions of
excel, just values from cells for viewing in textbox's.
I am trying to link the file using the database explorer, but, after right

I am not sure exactly how we install ocx files. When I load
my project there is an error message that Dwshk32.ocx
could not be loaded, even though I had copied it to ...system32
and I also placed another copy with the project directory, so

How can I tell if the time displayed on my computer is
Daylight Saving Time as opposed to Standard Time ?

I need to keep control of a network file so that only 1 User can have it
open for read/write. User A would access the file and get read/write access.
Anyone else, who tries to access the file, while User A has it open, would
only be able to read it. I would disable all the ...

Im trying to understand how this script is all working and i dont understand
what this code means. The line is
r& = ImageList_Draw(hImg, tSHFILEINFO.iIcon, pic.hDC, 0,0, ILD_TRANSPARENT)
My question is what does the & do?

I am new to VB 6.0. how to rename a folder using win API
Thanks in advance

I have an app that is headless and runs from the task scheduler.  
Periodically the process get hung, in which case I am trying to detect this
an not start another one.  I have tried the PrevInstance property of the App
object, but that only seems to work if the app is minimized ...

I need to write a program in VB6 that will launch Micorsoft Word, my
secretary will then type a letter. I need VB to know how long it took to
type and how many keys were pressed - or how many words were typed.
I am lost as how to do this? Maybe a macro in Word?

I do not think this is a bug but during my 6-7 years of coding VB I've never
seen this before, I cannot submit the code since it's probably several pages
long even if I cut out as much as possible, I've tryed to create a new super
small project and reproduce the strange behaviour ...

Im using "INSERT TO.." (vb6) to add record in SQL database...
my problem: I get error using Now function for a datetime column
If I use date variable with any date..get 02/01/1900 in datetime column
????????

Hello Friends,
I am working in an MDI environment and I need to a form to saty at the
bottom.  I have looked all over but have not found a solution.  I see plenty
of the "stay on top" solutions but I need a way to keep a form at the bottom