VB Forum / General / August 2005

I'm using VB6 and have the MSDN library 2005 installed.
When I hit F1 in VB it says
" The MSDN collection does not exist.  Please reinstall MSDN".
This problem has been bugging me for a while now, MSDN lib is re-installed

How hard can it be?
I've got a RTF field that contains some OLE objects (mostly shortcuts) and
text. I know how to get the OLE object from the RFT field: "Set objOLE =
RichTextBox2.OLEObjects(i)"

I declare an object as New FileSystemObject but when I compile it pops up an
error saying that user-defined type not defined. I guess I have to add
referrence but I don't know what it is. Would you please show me how to
overcome this error.

I have a VB6 application (COM Add-in) that creates (set obj =
application....) an object, used it add an item to a collection and then
destroys the object (set obj=nothing).
The problem that I have is even after destroying the object it does not

I'm prodused a vb6 database app and resently have discovered that my search
by date function is not working.
The user enters a date in the format of dd/MM/yyyy the field that they enter
the date into is in the same date format.  I then made a small function that

This is what I do
dim mut as currency
mut = 401264.01
AbsVal=Abs(mut)

I have a command button that starts and stops a timer. The timer starts at
12:00:00 AM, or 0:00:00 (h:mm:ss). The elapsed time past 12:00:00 AM is
stored in labels dynamically. Some labels are selected by the user to start
displaying time (starting with 0:00:00) later than others ...

This is sort of an Inno Setup/VB6 question, hopefully this is an OK group to
post it...
The VB6 system files required by all VB programs at the Inno Setup site
(http://www.jrsoftware.org/iskb.php?vb) are for VB6 Service Pack 6. I'm

On one of my forms, I have a MonthView control along with some buttons.
Whenever I display this form, even if I do nothing else (for example, don't
click anything in the MonthView control), when I click one of the buttons,
nothing happens. If I click that button a second time, it ...

Hi Group
I wonder how can I set the return value of a function as a byte array????
tnx alot in advance.

I want fo add a datacombo to component manager,but i can not find it in
component list.What`s the name of datacombo in component list???

Please send me an email on this if you have an answer.
I've created an FTP program (for website maintenance) as an ActiveX EXE
which works well. It can be slotted into any application which wants FTP
ability with 3 lines of code. The main window is 2 treeview controls which

I'm working on a project (VB6) which is going to send faxes from user
workstations via MS Shared Fax printer on the server.
I need to update a table in MS SQL Server database located on another
server.

How can I pass the value of a textbox or a combo box from form to data report?

In VB6, does anyone have an example of how to convert a 32bit number to
a 64bit, suitable to sending to a .net service that requires the 64bit
parameter?
I've tried the currency type, as it is a 64bit type, but it doesn't