VB Forum / General / August 2005

  I am using VB 6 W2K SP 4.
  I need to extract last 3 digit from numeric value from Oracle
Database , for example :
    Dim l_value As Integer

I have try to set col(4) date form from mm/dd/yyyy to dd-mm-yyyy or
dd-mmm-yyyy(1-jan-2005)
but also fail.Pls help me to change it.

Dear Experts,
I am VB - Database Programmer with 1 Full Years' worth of experience. Please
can you give leads as to how to transit to VB.Net - Database Programming. I
might have to start from scratch and i haven't saved up enough to take a

I’m looking for an easy why to position the mouse pointer on a form. Say
lower left.
Can any one help?
Dave

I'm using VB6 and a keyboard wedge barcode reader.
The barcode reader sends a CR after reading the barcode into a textbox.
I can't reprogram the reader to send a TAB as its used in other
programs requiring the CR.

I suppose Dick Grier may interject on this (!) but wondered if anyone
had experience of connecting vbto a bluetooth GPS receiver and
extracting the data from it???
(P.S. Dick, trying to source your book in the UK - is the 4th edition

2 questions:  How would I receive an XML file over the internet -- as
in, our vendor would send an XML file to http://myserver/myprogram.exe
...?
Next, how would I setup a test so that I can send myself an XML file

When I write to a simple text file to create an ".INI" type file, I've
noticed that VB automatically encloses everything with quotes (the variable
types I am using are strings).  For example, an ".INI" file looks like:
[SECTION HEADING]

VB6 Toolbox has the standard Command Button.
Am I able to jazz up my form by using a different shaped, different looking
command button?
If so, where do I get one from?

I am calling a stored procedure which inserts 85 parameters.
With iCmds
      .ActiveConnection = "Data Source= 'XXXXXX';User
ID='XXXXX';Password='XXXXX';" ' Connection object

I'm receiving the following serial data via MSCOMM.  What I can't figure out
is how to either parse this data to filter out the unwanted characters or
properly format the label it is being written to.  Here's an example of the
serial data I'm getting:

How do I set the Startup position for a MDI Child form?
Windowsstate = Normal
StartUpPosition = Center Screen ' returns an error.
Please advice.

it was my understanding that a c type short was equal to a vb type integer, and a c type
long was equal to a vb type long.
according to the tif file specs, the compression tag (259)  stores it's value (either 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 32773) as a short type (a vb integer)  but as you ...

Is there a way to close MDI Form by pressing Escape Key.
There is no MDIForm_KeyPress event in MDI Form.

I'm using vb6 sp6 and i'm trying to find a record in an access database
but every time that i'm running the project and hit the find button after
giving
the field that i'm looking for i take the message