VB Forum / General / October 2005

I have code running in form 1 in a loop.  The loop calls DoEvents frequently
so the UI is responsive.  When I bring up a modal dialog by pressing a button
on form 1, the code on form 1 stops running until the modal dialog is closed.
Is there a way to keep the code in form 1 ...

I use VB6 to parse large text files. Currently I open locally saved text
files with:
open FileName for input as #1
I then read line by line and parse parts of the line:

How do I use VB to get the name of each file in a given directory?  (Once I
get the filenames I can put them into a string array on my own, I just don't
know how to get them using VB.)  Thanks.

I was trying to build a program for a class that im taking (which is basic
VB.NET) and the program is supposed to take a image that I create with
points and rotate it.
The problem im having is i used an if statement to move the image; but its

I created a BAS module for a VB6 project. Then I used the same BAS
module in another project but altered it by deleting some existing code
& adding new code & saved it. When I went back to the 1st project, I
find that the changes in the BAS module that I had done in the 2nd

Hi, Everyone!
I have developed an activeX control in VB6 and compiled it to ocx.
Using Frontpage, I have inserted the control into my web page. I tried
loading the page on my computer, and it correctly showed the activeX

When I run the following in the Immediate Window
Format(Sin(1 * 3.14159265358979 / 180), "0.################")
the output is 0.0174524064372835 but when the actual Form is run, the
output of the above Format function is 1.74524064372835E-02! Why so &

It is a long time since I did a shrink erap of a an aplication. In VB3
there was an aditional application that did a very basic shrink wrap.
This produced a source that could be edited.
I am on VB6 and need to shrink wrap. There is a Publish option from the

Hi,
I have an application with two forms. The application is often run in
background with form1 (maximized) and with for example Word on top. At a
certain time I want form2 to get visible.

I have a VB 5.0 program that reads VFP (Visual Foxpro 8.0) data files, and
is successful. It uses ADO with an OLEDB provider for VFP. However, it only
works when I read a DBF file (I understand this to be a 'free table' in
VFP).

I made a small program that needs to be scheduled to run every night.
On some ocasions however the program must be used manualy to e.g.
change the settings of for what ever reason. For this purpose the
program has a graphical interface.

Can any one help me to write a PDF file from Visual Basic 6.0.
1. Is there any way to write directly to a PDF file from VB
Or
2. Is there any way to export to PDF using Crystal Reports 8.0 from VB ?

I have a form that I display whenever the user needs to wait for some
time called frmLongWait.
It has a ShowForm method that takes a string argument that is supposed
to splash up before the various progress screens display.

I've got a text document which I display in a text box in my project.  The
document is fairly long so I read it in from a file at run-time by doing:-
Open App.Path & "\MyFile.txt" For Input As #FileNumber
... etc

   Please forgive my ignorance on this issue.
   I need my program to only run on one processor (for some
reason, Hyperthread screws up my text writes).
   In a previous post, a kind person showed me the