VB Forum / General / September 2005

Hi, I need to send information from a text box to the default printer
but dont want (at this stage) to go into advanced techniques or use
PrintForm. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

can any one tell me that how can i pass a text & integer combined on this
line
Open "c:\a.txt" For Input As #rsProduction("Job_No")
as im getting error of type mismatch if its integer it work fine but whent

I have a userform in which a user enters data into various test boxes.
It also has a number of command buttons which perform various options
and become visible or not, and control the flow of the program. I also
have data validation for when a user enters data into text boxes.

I'd like to find some examples, with code if possible, of menus with a
little flash and pizzazz.
Everything I create looks just like I created it, functional but boring.
Thanks,

Does anyone here know if its possible to read dbx files from visual basic.
Im trying to write a program that can sync all emails between my desktop
machine and my laptop. Any advice or guidence would be great.
Thanks

I have never seen such a bizarre situation and I need some help to ensure my
future sanity.  I was working on the Form_Resize event on a project and
Me.Width comes up with this error.
Compile Error:

in VB6, how can you tell whether you are in debug mode or running as an
executable. This would be from the main form or main sub routine. I know
there is something you can use in a control by way of ambientproperties, but
I cant find anything for the main forms or modules.

I am having an error 53 file not found when I file I am trying to copy looks
like this
f = "C:\pdf995\output\Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer - " & strWhichRpt &
".pdf"

I am using VB6.
We have users on a network that all use Outlook as their email program.
Is there a way to tap into each persons .pst file and pull emails for a
certain email address.  Once I get the emails I want to write a record for

Is there any way to enter a Tab Space in a multi-line text box without
setting all the other form contols with TabStop property to False?
It doen't seem logical that there would be a way, but thought I would
ask anyway.

I have a form which contains a tab object and a number of check boxes. I wish
to be able to move these tick boxes from one tab to another. However when
when click and holding the pointer over a tick box I am unable to drag and
drop, instead the tickbox is checked. If I change to ...

I've got a barcode font installed on my machine and I'd like to use it to
dynamically create a graphics file containing a barcode image. Any ideas on
how to accomplish this?
Thanks in advance...

Is there any way to modify the contents of a variable that is declared
as a local variable in another subroutine?
I realize I could do this by making the variable global but I'd rather
not do that if I don't have to.

I have a visual basic exe that was working on older versions of windows
(95-me).  Now I am using XP and I get a run time error '6' overflow error
when I try to run the .exe.  I think it might be the floodfill command. Any
light on the matter is appreciated.

How can I see whether the CTRL-key is pressed during my Sub Main.
This app has no windows on startup, only a Sub Main.
Thnx ...