VB Forum / General / March 2005

I'm getting the following error while tring to login my application on Win
2000 proffesional and application is in VB6.0. I This is a standard windows
message box with 2 options - Switch To & Retry. The cancel option is greyed
out. I am trying to figure out what is causing it so ...

How to change the default printer setting such as printing orientation? Is
it activated once I changed the setting in run time? Thanks.

HI i'm trying to make a form that displays a few standard parts, and a couple
of variable parts, depending on if some checkboxes is true or false I use
word 2003.
This is my basic plan:

I've got a question i want to write a value (variable x)in a textbox when i
press a commandbutton (for the first time). And when i press that button
again i want to write same variable (x) to another textbox, without
"deleting" the older one.

I have VB6 app that uses a MS Access database to store information.  In the
past, I placed the mdb file in the Application folder.  With XP SP2, however,
no one had write permissions on that folder and they cannot open the database
(because the ldb file cannot be written, I am ...

I have a form with the contents of a mdb displayed on a flexgrid.I edit
the mdb on a seperate form,how do I update the flexgrid after I close
the edit form.I've tried the obvious like Flexgeid.refresh but its not
doing it.any pointers appreciated.

I am showing some messages in a MSHFlexGrid and I would like if the
messages are incoming and unread then to be displayed with different
collor.
I have also set the SelectionMode to be by row and to highlight by

I wish to use VB6 with the older VB5 common controls, so that my app
uses the XP theme.
My questions is: does the "common control 5" ocx require the VB5
runtime?

I have a frame with other frames on it. On top and bottom of those frames i
have labels with MousePointer = Size NS. When the user clicks on a label and
moves the mouse up or down the frame should move but i can't get it to work.
Does anyone have a working example?

Can I make the windowless application without buying 3rd party control?
Thank you
Felix

Could be a lost cause here, but I will try.
I want to somehow have user input start & end date, then calculte the TOTAL
days LESS the weekend days ??? Then have this number appear in my form
somewhere, maybe textbox, then use the value to in another calculation. This

I was recently asked to build a small VB6 application that runs against SQL
Server.  The application contains highly confidential data so I need to be
sure it is secure.  Up to this point I have identified the following
approach.....does this seem to be on the right track?  I ...

Need to install an app in two machines, in the same network.
Do I have to install it in both or can I install it in one and use a
shortcut to the app in the first machine in the another?
thanks,

I have code I put in most forms, so that, if 'Escape' is pressed - it
unloads the form:
   If KeyAscii = vbKeyEscape Then
       Unload Me

I need to add activation security for my app, and I figured the simplest
way to create a per machine activation will be to get some machine
dependent values and use MD5 to create a unique key for that system.
I wonder if anyone got ideas about which machine values I should look