VB Forum / General / April 2005

1 Is VB6 still being sold by Microsoft? I thought they dropped it when .net
came out.
... if so will Microsoft continue to upgrade it for those that don't want to
go the .net route?

I  know that using option buttons on a frame under xp style, all you see is
a black control. One solution is to place the option buttons on a picturebox
and that pbx on the frame.
But is there a better (API) way?

I am using GDI+ and there is a flag for saving bitmaps to file as
progressive JPEG, but the MSDN doc is rather unhelpful and says that this
feature is not supported in GDI+ 1.0 which I think is the current
redistributable version. Is there another version yet or coming soon and

Is there a possibility to read information about tiff image (number of pages)
via API or free active X ?

Does anyone here even know of someone who actually prefers VB to do "Banker's Rounding" ?
I'm sure it's possible.
Maybe even common.
I'm just curious how probable.

Can anyone suggest how to disable Maximise button of MDI form?
Thanx in advance for information.
avb

I want to change the mouse pointer on a command button. Can I store the
image in an Imagelist which should store the image in the project or do I
have to lug the image around with the project as a seperate file?

Dear Pals
Can someone advise me whether it is possible to resize an OCX control at
runtime using a mouse. I have a container OCX that I would like to be able
to resize, but I can't see a similar example or advice on the internet on

I have created a vb form that has back, forward,  and print functions. The
application mainly provides a way of launching a website within the form. I
have run into a issue that if a website launces a new window it creates a
second instance and therefore the vbapplication is ...

Hello Friends, :)
I was wondering what is the best way to empty a temp folder that my app
uses.  I want to delete all the folders and files inside the temp folder but
not the temp folder itself.  I found alot of examples using fso but they

Dear Group
I am trying to create a picture control array at run time with the picture
in Picture(1) to be the same as Picture(0). When I run the code below I get
the message:

I am using the following query to import SQL table into Access but i got
error "Could not find installable ISAM" while executing ASP page.
set lcnn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
lcnn.Open "Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};" & _

Need some help please. I have a VB Project that uses about 20 .jpg Images
placed on the various forms. I want to load these all into an array when the
application starts so that the display of the images will not slow down the
application as it runs. This array will have to be ...

I thought I had this problem of keyboard input causing a beep whupped a
couple years ago, but it's back.
Here's the situation:
1. An MDI form with a menubar. Each menu has a mnemonic (Alt+<key>).

Situation:
I want to delete a hard disk based MSACCESS file.The application is
running,as such a temporary file called "<filename>.ilb is also formed
alongwith .mdb when Access runs. The .ilb is a lock on the running Access