VB Forum / General / July 2005

I am using a VB app to open a workbook called "DP_RBF" that includes a
worksheet called "Basic".
'Start the excel COM and make it visible
Set objExcel = GetObject("", "excel.application")

I have an internal application that gets routinely updated and it is
becoming a headache to maintain.  I was looking at designing it to verify
when opened to see if it is the latest version and if not download the new
version from the server and install it.  I know there are ...

I would like to import an excel spreadsheet into my access database. I can
do this from Access but now I need to do it from a vb6 application. Does
anyone know how I can do this, or know of any links I can visit that gives
example code?

  I am using VB6 in W2K .
  Any ideas how to sent status to the URL in visual basic 6 , as shown
below :
http://localhost:8080/libra/monitor/DeviceStatusFeedbackServlet?branchCode=BMCL&stationId=GT01&deviceId=STATION&deviceStatus=1

What is the best way to communicate with a SOAP server.
I have a XML config file with server information, How can I call this
through VB 6 .
Any sample code will be helpful.

I wish to do following.  delete a folder at a specific and fixed location on
drive c:
how do i create a batch file for above function. plz if its going to be done
by code then give me the script.

I am maintaining MS2000 server and MS 2003 server.
i want a script that would delete a specific folder on drive C: everytime
the server starts. the server starts in morning and shutdown in evening. it
is not a 24 hours working server.

Various windows (20% of time) appear truncated, could anyone give a
suggestion where I can present this problem or what is causing it.  I assume
it is a tricky virus that has been implanted in my OS.
Here are three examples:

I have text boxes on a sstab and when the user is entering data if a
pause occurs then the boxes are populated with original data before the
change.  What causes this?  I have played with linktimeout without
success.  There is no code associated with the boxes or the sstab which

I'm very new to vb and I need to figure out how to open a program from a
command button.
Any help would be great.
Thank You

Please can you help me as i am a newbie at winsock and have looked around to
try and find the answer to my query but no avail.
I am writing a chat program,  when a new user(client) connects to the
main(server) user i already have it counting up how many users are

   I am using VB 6 in W2K SP 4 OS .
   Any sample code in connecting to Oracle Database in the VB 6 ?
   Where can i download the Oracle ODBC driver so my program can
connect to the Oracle Database in my VB 6 application ?

I have an application "COM" that I'm debugging in VB 6.0 that seems to
really be having a tough time terminating. If I am in the middle of debug
and then hit the STOP button it can take as long as 1 hour before I get use
of VB again. Using Task Manager I can tell that VB is ...

I have a mdi parent form, and I want to change the values of its status bar
from child forms, I tried with public properties, but it only works in the
mdiparet, not from a child from...
... here is the code

Is there a limit to the amount of times you can 're-open' a single VB6
ADOBE.Recordset object?
The reason I'm asking is that I found in a routine I could do the
following: