VB Forum / General / February 2005

Calling all gurus
I am trying to to export data from a legacy application for a client. The
data files show three types:    .btr, .cch, .int  (the main data file
appears to be the .btr  (eg members.btr)

I have been using a control GTMaskDate that has worked fine with win9x or
win2000.  The control is like a textbox with a date mask plus a drop down
that has a calendar that shows the current month and the current day
selected.  The current values come from the system date.  With XP ...

Ok, so I want to have an app that opens up notepad.exe, then when you press
ctrl+g it closes notepad.exe.  I am a relatively new programmer so I haven't
figured this out yet.  I have a feeling I have to write a new event that
handles ctrl+g and tells it to close notepad.  Am I on ...

I wamt to write information from the db to a file in a
formatted manner. Any ideas how to do it or any links to
sites with samples.
Thanx

I want to create a common form using an ActiveX Dll. The main ctrl on the is
a MSFlexGrid. Looking on Internet I was able to find the right code to
expose events and methods but I'm not able to manage properties. For
instance, how could I expose the read/write property TextMatrix ?.

I want to be able to set the index of an item in a list box that is to be
highlighted when that list box is displayed, but I don't want it
automatically selected. When I sent the ListIndex property to the item number
I want, it automatically generates a Click event. How can I set ...

 At a customer site, we installed our app on several of their machines for
testing, and everything was going smoothly. For the past few weeks, however,
they have been getting ODBC errors of "Communication link failure".
 The app uses a Data Environment to connect to a SQL server ...

I have posted this to the vb.net newsgroup as well, but its relevant to
both, so heres the crosspost.
I have a program that puts a box around a window of an external
application.  I can turn the box on and off.  I need my program to be

I'm stumped on this one, and am posting it here because I'm not sure what VB6
newsgroup would be most appropriate (suggestions on that point are welcome).
I have a VB6 group of projects (.vbg file) which include one exe, several
dlls, and several ocxs.  When this group is compiled ...

Hi to all
I would a bit of help here. I have a server client simpler application but
seems could not connected. I do not know why. I am not an expert in visual
basic so I would like to understand what happening here. I try to transmit a

Im running vb6 ( sp6)
Im trying to create a control array at runtime using the follwing test code
 Dim ctrno As Double
Check1(0).Visible = True

I would like our clients to be able to download an update from our ftp
server and run an update program after it is downloaded. I already have the
download working from within our program, but I need more automation instead
of talking everyone through extracting files, locating them ...

I have a new application that I need to find out what the SQL Server 2000
server name is when I start my application.  I am using a VB6 exe and have
the name hard coded.  Our users are getting a new SQL Server box and I would
like to be able to set my connection string using the ...

VB 6 SP 6
I have a list box containing x number of items . The listbox is set at style
1- checkbox
Is there a way i say use a cmd button and return the list index for the

Hi, all:
Suppose that in a VB6 form I have:
Private Type Names
   Name As String