VB Forum / General / September 2005

I am to write a program to track files copying activities on a PC. From what
I understand  ReadDirectoryChangesW can only detect:
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAM
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME

I want to write a dictionary that will be able to get a word only when mouse
moving on that word.
which technology i should use?
thanks all

can someone please help me with some vb6 code. i need code for (or help
with) a menu. my aim is to use the menu as a typical menu eg. file,
edit, etc.
Cheers!

I had posted this on MSDN a few days back, but remained unanswered.
Will someone PLEASE help me in this:
On Running a project, in the beginning of the COMPILING phase (as per the
status on the toolbar) the message "Unexpected error (336)" with OK and Help

I lost my VB6.0 Professional CD.  When I buy a new computer is there a way to
install VB on the new computer from the old computer?  Does Microsoft have a
service to replace the lost CD?
Thanks for any response.

I have an application which runs as a service using the ntsrv.ocx control.
The application basically sits doing nothing until a timed event tells it to
check to see if it should update some settings. The app loads fine as a
service and will work if a user is logged in or not. If ...

I am running my application and getting a run-time error 5.
When I try to debug it, the error does not occur.
I checked on the run-time error table for the explanations and got a number
of them (attached below).

As I'd like to use a particular font in my VB app, is it possible for me to
distribute this with my app and auto-install it using say InnoSetup?
Is there any security issues in doing this?
Would a user's say XP machine stop this font installation and use from

I have added a pdf.ocx on my form in VB6 the first time I call the form I am
assigning to pdf.src = File Path and name, then setting the pdf.src = ""
Then I have to go to the next files to open and gets an error.
What is the best way to open a pdf file inside VB form be able to ...

Within VB6, how can I load a PowerPoint slide, select Edit, Select All, Copy
from the menu?  Then do this for all slides.
I really need just the notes AND their FORMATTING.  The formatting is the
trick.  I cannot find it in the PP object.

I am looking to have the desktop of a PC displayed in a web browser,
strictly viewing only as I dont need keyboard/mouse control a la VNC. Does
anyone have any advice on where to start with this?

Hello, All,
Sorry I just want to ask a stupid question: How can I read/write a
memory address like D000:0800 in VB 6.0? I am using win98. I found a
winIO.dll to read a physical memory address but I need to convert to

My code is getting the error '438 - Object doesn't support this
property or method' in my VBA Excel app that uses a web service.  I
suspect, however, that the problem is a basic VBA one, as I am not very
familiar with VBA.

I am using VB 6.0 SP5 and I am checking for Word and Excel.
I have no reference in my project to Word or Excel.
Here is the code.
Public Function WordVersion() As String

hey all,
anyone know where to get the Class Property Generator - or PropGen for
short - the mike d. mentions in his Advanced classes tutorial?  he says it's
available on his site but i don't see it anywhere.