VB Forum / General / June 2005

We have a VB 6 application that calls an ActiveX exe (this ActiveX exe
has a timer with time interval = 1, so that it right away exits out of the
ActiveX
exe and let the main application be free to do other things). The ActiveX

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I'm using VB6-SP5 under WinXP-Pro SP1.
We've started deployment at our beta sites and have run into a problem.
The installer dies horribly under Win98, asking for a reboot.  Trying

Using vb6 with sp5.
Here is the background:
Have a class that I use to call a public function and I call this function
multiple types because I am in a for loop.  Inside the function I have the

What is the most efficient way of handling run-time errors your VB program
creates. Is it best to handle the errors with a standard Select case
statement on the err.number object in each sub or function or is it, open up
a form with the error details and ask the user what has ...

I am reading data from an external file and writing this into a list
box.  I would like to show the listbox neatly formatted with all the
data in columns, sized to the widest data item in that column.
Is this possible without padding each data item with spaces to the

I am new to VB and have designed a form as a "Menu" with several command
buttons to open specific program files i.e. exe files, text files etc.  can
anyone help with some easy code I can use to do this please.  I guess what I
need is code that would do the same as double clicking ...

This doesn't directly address the use of the SOAP Toolkit 3.0, but it
does address the question of VB syntax:
For example:
Nodes is an object...

I have a two mshflexgrids on a form along with many textboxes, labels,
frames, and a call to SetParent which shows the form's picmain picturebox in
a picturebox on the parent form (which remains static and allows the user to
switch from form to form - call like: lRet = ...

In the File Open and File Save common dialogs, is there a way to specify the
folder that should be presented when the dialog is displayed? Is there a way
to specify a default file name that is highlighted in that folder if it
exists?

I want to list a set of folders and store the properties from each document
in them in an Access table.
Most docs are Word or excel, but there will also be pdf's and images.
Checking through reference documentation is proving long winded, so can

Not being more technically minded when it comes to writing detailed code,
was wondering if somebody could guide me in converting a short piece of HMTL
(vbscript) into a form in vb6 comprising of 7 checkboxes and a command
button to run code. I can create form and button, but not ...

In VB6:  Does anyone know of a very efficient and fast way of altering the
Contrast or brightness of an image (in a picturebox) on the screen.  The
image does not have to be saved.
Thanks.

Can somebody advise best place to get support for comm communications in vb6
cheers

Using VB6 (Pro, SP6) in Visual Studio. For some reason I have lost my
control toolbox and I can't see any option/setting under View or Options to
get it back. I am talking about the standard control toolbox here to add
buttons etc. to forms.

I have a program that calculates some numbers.  Now, it there a easy way of
determine if any of the digits in the result is not repeated? For example, if
my result was 156285640, I would like to know that number 6 is twice in the
result.  Any help would be appreciated.