VB Forum / General / May 2005

Is there a way to catch a KeyDown event in a MDI parent form?  I have a
special admin login prompt that only appears when you press Ctrl+Shift+A, but
currently I have to open one of the children forms first before I can catch
this key stroke.  I do not want this option to be ...

I've never tried using SQL server as my DB and i'm always looking
forward 2 a day 2 do dat. i guess the time has come.
Please anyone with links or tutorials to quickly put someone through
thanks

We run our home grown application is kiosk mode, which has back,forward,
print buttons on required pages. We are integrating a vendors application
that uses IE but like any typlical app use IE for the back, forward, and
print functionality.

         SendMessage() API takes as first parameter handle.
When SendMessage() is used in Main routine located in the module and at
startup there is not any form loaded yet,  what should I use for the handle?

Sorry for the newbie question, however this might be an easy one.
I have the following senerio
SFee = Val(Fees.Text)
Where in a text box called Fees.Text I have a string value of "1,000.00"

I need to trigger a VB app via a shortcut, which will pass a variable.
How can I read this in my app?
eg I need to call xyz.exe with the parameter 123
Mnay thanks,

  When I pass a UNC path to DIr command it errors out.  Is there a way to
use UNC path with Dir command?  An early reply would be appreciated.
Regards,
Venugopal

I have a procedure that accepts 3 variables.
in my procedure call I want to use a function on each of the three variables
before
sending through to the procedure.

I have serveral in house components that run in component services on a
server.  I export a msi package to make a proxy for the clients to use.
Does anyone know if I can convert them to a merge module to include in the
apps install package.  I tried using Orca but it didn't make a ...

I am restructuring a program and copied over some code for some properties
from a module to a form.  The code is in this style:
Private priVar as Boolean
Public Property Get pubVar() as Boolean

I am writing a usercontrol to work with a multithreaded .dll, and I am
using subclassing to intercept messages back from the .dll.  Subclassing
requires that I pass a window-handle to the .dll so that the .dll knows
where to send messages back to, so I added a form to the ...

I have seen somewhere an example of a custom written satisfaction/rating
bar, like the one on the article with Office Online.
Any links or ideas.
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Hello, I have a VB6 application that I created a few years ago. I would like
to update it so it looks like a XP app. With the toolbars, buttons, color
schemes, etc. Can this be done using VB6 or do you have to convert to .NET or
C#. Thanks.

I recently installed VB6 on a new computer running XP Home. When I fire up
VB6 with an already created project the Menu Editor menu option is greyed.
How do I start the Menu Editor so I can add menus to my form? Is there an
option to install the Menu Editor that I missed?

This may sound like a silly question, but I am having a very difficult time
getting the 5.2 mouse driver with a wireless explorer mouse autoscroll within
the VB6 IDE.  It works in the .NET IDE as well as Word and other programs.  
Oddly, the side-to-side wheel movement works, but ...