VB Forum / General / October 2005

I'm trying to populate a ComboBox on Form.load with a list of the OU's pulled
from AD.  Here is the code that does not work:
Dim rootdir As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
_("LDAP://dc=corp,dc=abc,dc=com")

I wanted to include a parameter in a form_load event, so that I could
include a string that would be used in that event.
another form
Private Sub command1_click

Somehow, VB6 is no longer accepting keyboard shortcuts on my computer. For
example, it doesn't recognize F5 to run the app, F2 to bring up the object
browser, or the ctrl-arrow or shift-arrow keys while laying out a form.
How do I get them back?

Hi, i want to set up an Options menu.
So i created the form and put a checkbox.
In order for the program to remember wether the chkbox is set or not, i
guess i'll have to read from an INI or the registry. Thats fine. But I

Is anyone know here how to maintain "exact" size for the toolbar
buttons:
for example say I got 3 buttons to display, 2 with text (on right side),
and 1 with no text labels. The problem is the non-text ones always tends

I'm programming in VB .Net but this might be more a trigonometry problem.
i've been searching every maths book i can find and i haven't found anything
i can use with VB.
So, what i need to know is how to calculate the distance, between a line

Hello friends,
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I have a VB5 application (ftpclien.exe) which creates a flag file
(ftpclien_online.txt) when it is running, and then deletes that flag file
when it is finished.
I then have another VB5 program (mvmctrl.exe) which looks for that flag file

I've created one, with textbox inside. When I use it in my app on property
windows I have (for example) parametar Aligment as integer but I need to
have like in textbox "0 - Left Justify". The same is with appearance, border
style...

How to use Data Repeater in VB.NET?
Data Fields are
Employee Number
Name

I want to display the Amber Alert ticker on a form as a demonstration.
The code is:
   <!-- Begin Code Amber Ticker code. -->
   <P ALIGN=CENTER>

I have a user control in an MDI Child form that doesn't always repaint
itself thoroughly if another form is displayed over it--most of the other
forms are also MDI Child forms.  I have put code to refresh itself
everywhere I can think of, but I can't seem to make this one portion ...

I'm trying to develop a DLL for use as an ASP object in VB5.  When i go
and run the dll, it starts fine in vb and i see that it's creating a
temp instance of it in the registry.
When I run the asp page which calls that object through a browser

Ok, I'm in brain - lock.
What is the VB6 command that could take the following string:
Hello|There|World
... and create an array in which the elements were "Hello", "There",

I am wanting to create an EXE, that, when it runs, it loads in a .FRM file
containing the setup of all the controls on the forms (the actual program
code being already in the EXE). IN other words, it loads in the FRM file
that normally is part of the uncompiled application, but ...