VB Forum / General / May 2005

I have a UserControl that subclasses to trap messages.  If my program
ends unexpectedly, (i.e., because of an error, the "end" keyword, or the
stop button,) the VB IDE crashes and shut down entirely.  When I reload
the project in VB, I get a message telling me to check my min ...

oh man, i feel pretty stupid for having to ask this, but it's been a while (7 or 8 years)
since i've had to output to binary before.  i've been through the help files for "open"
and "put", but i must have missed something - even after the 100th time through them.  how
come when i ...

I have a VB program that builds an SQL SELECT statement and stores it in a
variable
as follows:
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE [CUST_ID] = '" & strCustID & "' AND

Just out of curiosity:
I am using the code below and noticed that in the collection the
function exposing the IUnknown is called [_NewEnum]
It ssems not to be possible to use names like [_NewEnum]

I am using ADO 2.8 and MS SQL. One of the fields type is set to text so I
need to use the getchunk method to retrive the value.
I know that the values are not blank and even if it was it would return zero
not -1.

Is there a way to retrieve the info of a user (or computer) from the AD as
specified in AD users and Computers Properties using MMC. Especially the
fields specified under tabs: General; Address; Account; Profile; Telephones
and Organization.

Hi group
I have a funny problem I used DateSerial function to get the value into Date
format. The input parameter is long and the return variable is in date.
Here is the code:

I try to delete a file in a for each loop. My code checks if the file exists
and if it does, it will delete the file and create a new file with the same
name.
The first time it works perfect, but the second time it gives me a

My problem is to set validation for real numbers in the worksheet.
It won't allow text, any special characters like /, % etc. If the user
enters data other than real numbers it has to force the user to enter
only real number (contents of  the cell should highlighted and the cell

i have managed to get the data from SQL server but how do i actually
populate the data into the data grid and i am not able to show a true false
in the data grid as i could not specify a true/false field from a query
appreciate any advise

Hi ! I am looking for an API which will allow me to use the Microsoft
Fingerprint reader which I hav,e for a bit more than just logging into
windows and switching user. I would like to be able to use it to record up to
about 1000 prints in a database which I can use to monitor ...

Greetings all,
   Just writing to get some advice and ideas on a project I want to attempt
in VB.  We have a Rec Center where we have 20 computers and 10 IP Phones.
When users come in, they are allowed 20 minutes of time to use the computers

I've written a VB application and I have it triggered using a scheduling
program each day at 3 am.
The program crunches some numbers, prints out a Crystal Report that uses a
ACCESS database as it data source, and opens the ACCESS database with an

Thanks to a machine crashing I've had to reinstall VB6 on a new machine and a
backup of my projects. One project gets this error when trying to "make" the
executable with the message noted in the subject of this posting.
I think I've tracked down the difference. On the old ...

i've got a UDT structured as such
Private Type DataListing
   Date                         As String * 19
   TimeZone                     As String * 5