VB Forum / General / March 2005

I thought VB6 had a steep learning curve... but attaching some "Help"
to an application is an eye-opener.
This is the first APP in which I am expected to include a Help-System,
and I'm not at all sure which approach I ought to use.

I have a few VB applications that connect directly to a remote SQL
Server, mainly (but not only) so that web site owners can update the
databases that run their web sites.
The people that maintain the web/SQL server have now said (quite

How can I open registry editor from VB6 code so that after it opens the
specified key will be opened.
Thank you in advance,
Robix

I was wondering if it is possible to script adding a user or group to a
shared drive? If so would someone be so kind to point me in the right
direction for information on this and possibly post some code for me to see.
TIA

I am having a little dilemma when I am running my program
under Windows XP SP2. To make it short, when I start
program, File Download window pops up with a question "Do
you want to open or save this file?". And I have to click

I need a fast and simple way to move around a Tax Table from within a loop
using an ADODB recordset (SQL Server).  This recordset will not be updated.
I looked at the Find method but it only allows for 1 condition and I need 3
each time I search it inside the loop and need to ...

Is it possible to not only change the caption in the title bar of a message
form but to also include a graphic such as a company logo? If so, how?
Thanks,
Barry

Any Sample code on how to add Scroll Bars to a VB Form.
Thanks
Dib

I have a number of arrays of classes with which i want to copy to data from
one element to another, but when i do the data in the first class remains
referenced to the data in the second.
Perhaps i can make more sense with this:

How can I find out the full path of a file if it is in the Windows path
(anywhere in the path specified by the path environment variable, not just
the windows folder).  For example, if I was given a filename XYZ.  I can use
the shell command to simply execute this (as in Shell ...

Can anyone point me towards any good tutorials, sites etc which deal with
using MS Word as a report creator within VB6.
We currently use word to create letters but now want to try and go further
with it.

How can I change the BackColor of a SSTab , I did change it in the
properties and it made no difference.
I am trying to change the Backcolor to White.
Thanks

Is there a way using Visual Basic to take a PDF and break it down to smaller
PDFs based on certain text that's in the PDF?

I'm using a label control (at present) to display a text string, but I
need to "mask" the lblLabel.Caption="2345-6789-1234" when the
string is actually "234567891234"
Can I mask the caption, or should I be using another method?

I am new to this, I try to get value by Multiply 2 textbox values.
  Public Function Multiply(A As Currency, B As Currency)
  Dim M As String
  M = A * B