VB Forum / General / February 2005

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
??

Is it possible for the user to input, say, the default path in a Visual Basic
.exe file and have the .exe file maintain that path in the .exe file? I would
rather not create a text file to store the values if at all possible.
If so, could someone direct me to where I might find ...

How do I set and read command lines in VB?  For example, I want to shell out
to another exe file and send along command variables like "myprog.exe /a xyz
/b abc" and have it read the value for a as xyz and value for b as abc.
Thanks.

While debugging my project I notice that the more edits I make the slower the
time to Run and Quit and the the wait time is exponential.  Eventually VB6
locks up
and I have to restart my computer.  If I close VB6 and reopen before it gets

hello all I have a vb6 app that connects to a access db. In an attempt to
archive the db I contructed a function that creates a new timestamped table
in the same db and moves all of the info in one table over to that new table
it then clears the original table. At the time I ...

I am building an application using VB6 (Enterprise). I use a "Print Setup"
menu item to allow the user to change the default printer. When this menu is
clicked, a Common Dialog Box coltrol will show up the "Print Setup" window.
The strange thing is: Any change to the "printer ...

Hi newbe here,
How do you create and use a .INI file?
Thanks!

In vb6 how do i do the following
I have a picture control on the form connected to a .jpg.  I want to fade in
a character onto the picture.  When the process is complete I should still be
able to see the picture in the background and the character on top.  NOTE:  

I am looking to create a scaled down version of our program for a handheld.
I'm venturing into uncharted territory, so if anyone can point me in the
right direction I would appreciate it.
We have an app written in VB6 with an Access backend. I would like our

I am an Access VBA Developer.
I have examined a VB6 App (someone else wrote) where opening a Form does NOT
run the OnLoad event which has the code to populate the Form.
I have run code when leaving another Form to find the Form in question which

Is it possible to execute an rpg 4 progarm held on the as400 from within a
vb6 application. Please advise.

I have an application that uses the VB Printer object to print a report to a
network printer. The network printer is defined as the windows default
printer. Occationally, I get an error # 482. Can anyone tell me where this
error originates. I know it can occur when the remote ...

I wote  a VB application for updating record into database. The data entry
screen consists more than 30 forms for data entry before a record is created.
After registering 10 records, the PC becomes very slow and user must restart
computer to resume. Note that user needs to create ...

I've found numerous examples of this and understand its use but what I
need is the opposite ... something like "SetDetailsOf" that will enable
me to programatically set Comments, Author, Subject, etc. I'm running XP
Pro and would prefer a VBScript (CScript) solution.

In Visual Basic 6.0, besides hitting the F1 key, how do you lauch a .chm
helpfile.  I would like to offer it as a choice when the user on the help
menu option.