VB Forum / General / May 2005

I want to create a desktop shortcut in VB6.  I have found code referencing
the STKIT432 dll that came with VB4 (and one for VB5) that uses
"fCreateShellLink()".  When I register the dll I get the following message:
... STKIT432.dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point ...

I have written a program to do some probability calculations.
The problem is that I need a 38-deep nested loop and it doesn't seem to like
it. The program is not even compiling!
Is there any limit on the number of nested loops you can have in VB?

I have a vb form (VB6 SP5) and I have some code in the _Resize event. Until
now its been dynamic (i.e. just called straight from the resize) but I'm
wondering if I should change that, because it can be very slow (Its
re-drawing a Regis graph)

I just made an ACtiveX DLL using VB6 and packed it. Then I sent the Setup
Package to a customer he is using VB.Net to make program. But he said he can
not get it running.
I wonder the ActiveX DLL made of VB6 can be referenced by VB.Net?

I am writing a VB6 App and I need to allow the user to enter a valid
registration code before the App is activated. Is there any specific code to
do this ?

I am "enhancing" an already existing app and found that in the initial
form
load event the app opens an INI file using OPEN, getting the file number
from the freefile() function. The file number is kept in a public

Anybody has links or knowledge of shortest path(s) algorithms for use in
public transport, with maybe source code in vb6?
Thanks,
Ivan

Is there a way within VB6 to get a PC's CPU serial number, or some sort of
other number (MAC address was suggested by somenone I know) that would be
unique for that PC that I can base a license password on?  I already create
a license password based upon customer name, address, etc. ...

I ran into the automation error in VB when I tried executing my DLL.
I instantiated the DLL:
Public withevents objLogin as cLogin.Login
Set objLogin = new login

Is it possible to save a form as  text in VB6 like you could in VB2?
What is the equivalent for VB6?
Thanks,
John M

I have a VB6.0 program which is doing copy and paste data. I use
Clipboard.clear to clear the clipboard, but the data still stay in the
system clipboard and can not be deleted. Could someone know to how to
make program delete the data in system clipboard?

I need to develop a visual designer for xsl style sheets. The user must be
able to type in the design surface with rich text, draw in tables, images and
drag and drop data elements. Imagine ms word - you can type and format text,
layout tables, drag and drop images and other ...

How do I set printer properties in VB6?
I wrote a program that sets the printer properties (landscape, duplex...)
with the OpenPrinter(), GetPrinter(), SetPrinter() commands, which retrieves
the properties with level=2, and copies the properties into a PRINTER_INFO_2

I'm on day two of vba here, so go easy on me.  Here's my issues:
1) I want to extract data from reports I receive as .rtf files.  I currently
open them in Word and do a ton of copy & paste into Excel.  I have NO
control over the format of the file I receive ( I used to only get ...

I have one form with a command button. When the user click on that
button, it will call a second form (which borderstyle = none) where I
must enter the password. But it happens that when I minimized the first
form, the second form (borderstyle = 0) still remains in the screen.