VB Forum / General / March 2005

Hi everyone , i would like to ask what book should i buy that has a
topic about database and an explanation of  all api function ..
can anyone tell which is the best book to read ..
       please tell me the name and author of that book

Is it possible with VB to see who is connected to a share drive or
folder?
Thanks a lot

Consider the following code:
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim Cheese2 As String
Cheese2 = "Pie"

I sure this has been discussed before,I not sure what to look for in a
google search.How can I test so see if a stored string has been
changed.The context, I trying to make up a registration type test for
an app.Currently the app generates a random series of numbers,adds the

I "inherited" lots of legacy VB6 code from my predecessor, and I
noticed that he followed the same pattern for many of his functions,
subs and properties:
Public Function DoTask(ByVal strName As String) As String

I use the Windows-included Imaging by Kodak program for scanning.  Yesterday
I had a pile of documents to scan.  My scanner's got a doc feeder, but I had
to reset my preferences with each doc and save each scan.  I'm sure I'm
going to hit this again.  Does anyone know if and how I ...

I wish to download the FTSE index at regular intervals from yahoo.com
I have accessed the web page using :-
Dim web1 as Object
Dim xx as String

i have a sample program that used ado 2.7 library and microsoft jet
replication object 2.6 library ,, but my vb(classic) don't have ado 2.7
and microsoft jet replication object 2.6 library in the reference ...
how can i get ado 2.7 and microsoft jet replication object 2.6 ??? nid

I need a freeware program for
comparing the contents of two drives
or two folders.
Could any one show me the link where

My VB.NET program displays a system tray icon. It works fine and when I
start app it appears and when shutdown app it disappears.
However, when my app crashes the icon stays and only it gets removed
when I point my mouse on it.

If I have 2 arrays of same dimension, say 3x1, and I want to calculate the
product for EACH element in array. For example: Array1 (1,2,3), Array2
(4,5,6) -> result Array (1*4,2*5,3*6). Instead of looping through each
element by for....next, is there a vba function that can do ...

I have a text box that holds data like this 2-2.5 or 2.5-3.5 and so on.
How can I validate against when user enters 1.8 gm
I need to be able to set a warning if the value entered is greater that the
requried value selected which 1-1.5

I posted this before, but didn't get an answer, so I will try again.
I am trying  to add a bitmap to the end of a document, but it is placing the
bitmap at the top of the document.  Below is a sample of what I am saying.
Any suggestions?

Here I go again, pestering yall with my beginner questions.
I read "Design Patterns" by gof couple years ago.
Very interesting and of course way over my head.
Just finished "Design Patterns Explained" by Shalloway/Trott.

Hi, I got a main program that, among other things, that executes a bunch
of other executables.  I found the following code googling around:
Public Sub ExecuteAndWait(cmdline As String)
    Dim NameOfProc As PROCESS_INFORMATION