VB Forum / General / August 2005

I was not certain which group this should go under.
I have an in house system that we wrote in access and I am converting to VB6
I have a screen that selects a subset of the contacts in my system and
retrieves their email addresses into a text field.

I'm using VB6 for creating my first ActiveX component. When I run the
package and deployment wizard (to create an Internet package) I am able
to choose in which way the user will be able to download the references
to this project:

I need help with my latest project in Visual Basic 6. I have a program
that runs an external exe (eg notepad.exe). I wanted to know if there
was anyway my program could be minimized while the notepad.exe is
maximized when the Shell command is initiated. And when the user has

I am trying to open powercfg.cpl but it will not open:
Dim GS$
GS$ = GetSysDir
Dim lRetVal&

Maybe I haven't mention in deep details in previous email, please let me
explain again
I am currently working on a project which allows tutor to record a voice
comment on Internet Explorer

I am running a macro in Excel to import data into my spreadsheet from
specific directories.
One of my first steps in macro is to set the directory where the user will
find the data  (    ChDir "Y:\CSP DATA\Data2005\SKYE05\Rawdata\Site 1"  )

I am creating a vb.net service that will run AS SERVICE.  There is
actually a timer; so the timer will run every 2 minutes and see if
there are any new ERROR type logs in the APPLICATION logs.  And if
there are then it will send an email to me ( or whoever I want to

I am trying to process all combinations of 6 sets of numbers.  The
minimum number in each set will be 2 and the maximum number is
definable but will be the same for all 6 sets.  The increment in each
set is also definable and is also the same for each set.

I have a project that I'm working on that requires me to extract some data
from Outlook contacts and merge it with another database that contains
additional records that I need to populate another database. I've extracted
the Outlook data as a comma delimited text file, but it ...

I have a VB script that opens an instance of Excel and creates a Workbook
with 6 sheets.  The script does many calculations and when done, writes the
results to the 6 worksheets.  The workbook is invisible to the user through
this entire process.  When the results have all been ...

I've been tasked to create a new piece of software in VB 6 Enterprise
and I have run into a small problem.
When I dismiss a form from the screen (or the user does by clicking a
button) I need to add an effect to the dismissal. For example, the form

In the MSDN is written:
The interfaces you implement can have properties as well as methods.
Does it mean that you can not define events in an interface..?
Has someone an example for me...

I have a timeclock application I've written in VB6 and I do a SQL Query to
create a recordset of a particular user's timeclock punches that have not
been edited. If a punch has been edited by the supervisor, a new punch is
created and the original punch is marked with a ...

I have created a small dhtml application for an intranet. A simple
page with text boxes for displaying retreived data. The web page
displays fine on my box, the development machine.
I use the PDW to package as an internet package, then deploy the

I am wanting to use VB for Interactive Whiteboard Maths Use in school.  
Does anybody know of an algorithm code putting 7 random generated numbers in
increasing order of magnitude?
Any suggestions would really be appreciated.