VB Forum / General / February 2005

      I want to know, how to create a resource file and when and where to
use the resource file in vb. I use SqlServer 7.0 as a backend.
I thank in advance for those who help me learn this.
thanks,

VB6, by default, converts string by CodePage which currently defined in
Windows.
For example: this code below has a different result in ACP=1251 and ACP=1252
  MyString="ÔÄÓÔÖÒÉ"

I read help of my object browser about "Trim" and "Trim$", but I couldn't
understand its usage. (I don't have VB help files to look it up in there)
I tried to test it. For example I wrote this code in my form codes:
Private Sub TextBoxf1_Change()

What is the fastest way of finding out the total number of files in a
specified folder (may include subfolders)? I need this as I want to provide
the user with the progress bar. Counting files using FileSystemObject is
slow.

I get error "License information for this component not found" when I try to
make an exe file.  Is there a log to tell me what component VB has a problem
??
I unzipped VB6CLI in a directory called  vb6cli  and

How can I programmatically copy a file from my http:// web site onto the
user's PC without user intervention (i.e. silently). I can use a web browser
control to direct the user to the file, but he must then click on it to
download it.

Hi i was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction on
how to create a simple program that will automatically open an exe from
a specified directory and  on the computer? I need to mask a button on
a progra that i didn't write. When the button is clicked it runs a ...

How do you check if the path with the filename exists?
for example
C:\ASOS\replymessage.txt

Having a problem I hope someone can help me out on.
I would like to return a value in a parameter I pass to a SP that deletes a
row from a table.
Basically a 0 row value would indicate an invalid selection and generate a

In VB6, I am trying to get a list of all directories and sub-directories on a
specified drive.  If the directory has NO subdirs, then the program works
fine.  When a subdir is encountered, my program just loops endlessly at that
point.  

I am changing a program from C to VB. It is quite easy,
but I have not found a good way to do a "continue" from
C's for loop
e.g

I'm building a graphic application that uses VB6 graphic functions(i.e.
line, point, print ,etc) in a picture box control.
The application works well in my machine (Windows 2000, 16 Bit res, 1024x768
screen). It also works well on another Windows 2000 machine, but it doesn't

I'm writing a VB app to process data in a Microsoft SQL server database using DAO. All of my attempts to set up a proper "connect" string have failed. When ever I issue the OpenDatabase statement a dialog box pops up forcing the user to select a .dsn and enter the database, ...

In 2001, I wrote a small app in VB6 under Windows 98. A few hundred copies
have been sold with very few tech support calls ever coming in. Installation
problem reports have been almost nonexistant.
Last week I got a call from someone who was having no success trying to

I am learning VB6 through a self study book. I've reached the sections on
database connections and contols. One of the excercises was to walk through
using the Application Wizard to connect to a database and also have it
generate the forms.