VB Forum / General / May 2005

I'm looking for a fast method for adding items to a list, verifying if
the item is already listed, in order to prevent doubles.
Thanks a lot in advance for any ideas

I need to change the titlebar backcolor of various forms, say to red,
orange, yellow, blue, and green but cannot figure out how to do this on a
per form basis. API's or whatever. This is easy in Linux, Solaris, but I am
missing the way to do this in windows. I would prefer not to ...

I am looking for some clues, code snips, or any helpful hints regarding the
ability to ping an IP address and check the return (similar to the ping at
the command prompt in DOS). As far as I can tell, I can't do it with
winsock. Maybe some API?

I see a product from Aivosto Spftware called Project Analyzer that claims,
among other things, to analyze your VB6 code for various problems, locate
"dead" code, analyze call trees, and so on. It also claims to analyze VB6
code in terms of upgrading it to .Net. Does anyone have ...

Hello --
Can anyone recommend a utility or technique to rename an object everywhere
in my VB project ... Forms, Modules, Class Modules, and Designers?  I am
pretty sure the VB editor would work if I did not have to deal with

I've seen some online CHIP's that can be programmed using C++ but I'm
wondering if anyone knows of an CHIPs that can be programmed using VB? I'd
prefer not to have to learn a new language just to experiment with this.

I need to know which the property that indicates me total numbers  of lines
and Cols in the DataGrid?
Thanks
H.S

I am really racking my brains over this one.
I have some code as shown below, the PC`s it runs on are both windows XP.
The code below is to highlight a row in a mshflex grid just below another
one, but there are two outcomes depending on what PC its ran on.

I am trying to print a form from VB where the print offset on the page
is very critical. I have aligned everything properly using the Acrobat
Distiller print driver. Now, printing to a real printer I find that the
offset of the margins are different. Where does VB start his ...

I am writing an application that needs to determine what version of another
application running on a computer I have. Is this information accessible
using VB6?
If so, is there a VB function/Object that does the job?

Q:What's this ?
Data
.UpdateBatch adAffectAllChapters
.CancelUpdate

hi..
i have a vb6 application which uses a dll..
at time this dll generates a gpf or dialog message..
during batch runs i wanted to auto close it so i created a small

I have a VB6 Application that has a form that has 2 radio buttons and a few
other basic controls (drop down, command button, text box, etc).
On one machine these radio buttons show as black boxes.
Has anyone seen this before?

I want to place adjustable headings above a list box so the user can
adjust the field width as is done in many programs.  I can’t find any
examples searching with goolge.  I must not be asking the right
question.  Can someone point me in the right direction?

I'm in the process of using a resource file to store my pic, sounds, icons,
etc and I wondered if you could answer the below queries for me:
1)  Is there any 'close' routine that needs to done (like I usually would
with a COM) when my app finishes to free up the memory/resource ...