VB Forum / General / May 2005

In a module I have a function that is called with a string like this:
Public Function SetIcon(strWeather As String)
If InStr(1, strWeather, "Mostly Cloudy") Then
   LoadAni App.Path & "\icons\animated\lwgnpjc0030.gif"

I'm a VB6 coder that has been forced to learn .NET.  Why has all the time,
money, and energy that I've spent over the past few years suddenly been
wasted?  I can still go to the garage and start my two 1966 Mustangs... buy
gas for them, back them out of the garage, and still ...

please help me with checking the spell mistakes done in richtextbox or
normal text
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ajay_gs

I'm converting some old Fortran to VB6.
The Fortran Data statement allows the allocation of disparate values to a
predefined array eg the Fortran Data statement
           DATA NSQ/64, 8, 99,9*0,12*5/

Hello, I'm using a TabStrip control for the first time and I'm having a
problem. Maybe  because of my lack on experience with this control. I have
several tabs, and I want to put some control on each tab. But when I click on
the tab I want to work on, the whole control is ...

I feel like a real n00b asking this question.  How do you copy the instance
of an object?  Using Set creates a reference to the same object, which is not
what I want.  I tried a simple clone function that took an object by value
and returned it, but it did not have any effect on ...

Hello, I'm in the process of updating a application I created in VB6. So it
looks more modern. Can someone tell me how I can change the Tabs on my form,
to look more like the tabs you see when you select Tools\Options in the VB6
IDE. Or any Windows application that have tabs. I'm ...

Using this api and function, ( got it from here only) i am loading the
folder name into my list box on vb form. i crated nearly 35000 empty folders.
after loading the folder names into list box its says count -30535. i dont
know why. anyone please explain me what is the problem.

I'm trying to develop a schedule. Is there a control in VB or information to
help me?
Thank you!

Hey all,
I'm trying to write records to a record set and I'm getting the following
run-time error:
       Runtime error -2147217887: Multiple-step operation generated errors.

I've been reading alot about the VB6 / .NET trouble. Unfortunatly, many
sources are telling opposite things. What i'm interested in is:
-Will VB6 be further developed in the future (i think there's a definitive
NO to that).

Hope someone can help us.  Apologies for the long post (below).
We are having problems with our merged HTML Help system (.chm file).
When accessed directly from Windows Explorer, it works fine.
When accessed from the application, the CSS and JavaScript

I am trying to automate some of my weekly routine.  Part of this
includes going to a public info site and putting in dates into two text
boxes, hitting the submit button.  I then import the information from
the returned table into a db.

What is the smallest Interval a Timer can use?
MSDN says that Interval can be from 1 to 65,535.
"Sets an interval (in milliseconds) that takes effect when a Timer control's
Enabled property is set to True. For example, a value of 10,000 milliseconds

For some reason, I cannot find how to set the menu color for both the menu
and the dropdowns. Any help would be appreciated.
Rob