VB Forum / General / March 2005

I'm trying to identify characters that are appearing in text files
that are creating a problem when the file is retrieved in a word
processing or text editor program.  The characters appear as ^A or ^E
or ^@ or a small square among other characters or symbols.  They look

I made a simple game program for my kids that uses some .wav for different
events.
My question.  What is the best way to deploy these files with the
application.  The wav files are about 6K each and there is 5 different ones.

I am trying to transfer a value to a spreadsheet every 5 minutes .  My code
is
Application.OnTime     Now    +    TimeValue ("00:05:00"), "
do_something_sub "

I want to be able to send and recieve messages between two applications.
Sending seems to be easier than receiving. Is there an example of this on the internet?

I got the following error message when I tried to open a file for output
Run-time error '76';
Path not found
Here's the abstract of my code and I'll explain what's happened at the

I have a rather large application which has a number of different databases
with different processing methods (e.g. in the retail mode versus being in
the wholesale mode).  Most of the features are shared by the different
modes.  In fact, most of executables are shared.  The app ...

has anyboday tried running VB6 Apps on Longhorn, do vb6 apps work on
Longhorn ?
thanks,
AB

In one DLL, I'm calling a function in another DLL that returns an
array of UDTs. When the first DLL is running in the IDE, all is well.
When I run it compiled, it seems the returned array is somehow
corrupted so when I access elements of the UDTs, some of the Long

I am trying to understand and use VB6 and thought using a "Password
Entry" code snippet from any one of several code sources like
planetsource.com; vbcode.com; and others would be a good start to
understanding "how" VB handles hard data in a table and the interface.

trying to place code in sub-main to check and see
if a REGISTRY KEY exists  before program loads.
Depending on that existance is what determines program
behavior..

I am using VB6 and using following code
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Set oPPT = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")
Set oPPTDoc = oPPT.Presentations.Open(sPath, , , False)

Labels have property AutoSize, which if set makes Label to auto-size
itself depending on the contents of its Caption.  Is something similar
possible for non-Label controls, i.e. OptionButton?
I guess there might be a way to call sub-fuction of Label control, which

I've been studying the sample at
www.vbexplorer.com
on different sort methods.
also many other google pages on different sort algorithms.

using VB6 (not .NET) i want to get notified when user is suspending or
restarting or shuting down the system!
thanks

Does anybody use something that retains colors (blue definitions, green
remarks, etc) when printing a module?  I would think that given the number
of years I've been reading black text off the printer, somebody has come up
with something better.