VB Forum / General / October 2005

Thanx for all help yesterday Ken and Bob.
I have a listbox filled with names from database. When using command button,
I'd like to randomise the names and add to a textbox.
How to do anybody?

All,
This may be a very easy question (actually, I expect it is) but I haven't
found the answer yet. I'm developing a class wrapper for the Registry APIs
and while I get Intellisense for the Public/Friend methods and the

I installed Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta 2 and had to unistall it
because it was eventually infected with a virus.  I had problems unistalling
it; therefore, I did a System Restore and reinstalled it.  (I have
reinstalled it many times and reinstalled .Net Framework 1.1 ...

Is there any way for a subroutine to access a Dim or Const in the
caller's variable space without passing them as arguments?
I thought I read somewhere about a qualifier syntax, something like
routinename.varname or something.

I have an app written in VB6 that uses a DSN to connect to the database.
Worked fine and perfect at home and at my work. Each place has a DSN with a
different name.
Well, made some changes in the app, compiled and took it to work. It did not

Hi, when i am trying to "Start" an application given to me by a friend, i get
the following error:
Compile Error:
Can't find project or library.

I have 2 Frames, named Frame1 & Frame2, in a VB6 application. Both the
Frames encapsulate 3 Option Buttons. Assume that the 3 Option Buttons
in Frame1 are named, say, 'A', 'B' & 'C'. When the Form loads for the
first time, by default, the first Option Button in Frame1 i.e. 'A' is

Hi, i am new learner to visual basic. One of my main objectives in learning
vb is to create a retail system - to check stock, product, suppliers,
customer checkout etc.
Can anyone direct me to some useful wesbites where i can look at some

I have created a calculator in VB6.0 & converted it into an EXE file.
When I open this EXE file, the Calculator gets loaded in the memory.
That's OK but often it happens that when I close it, it still remains
loaded in the memory. I concluded this from the Task Manager in Win2K

Form1 has Command1, Picture1 and Text1
Command1 has Call DoIt(Me)
Module1 has sub DoIt with
sub DoIt(Obj as form) or (Obj as Object)

I have a process where I only conditionally open and run ADO recordset (see
sample code below).  If this code runs more than once, will I get an error
setting it to a "New ADODB.Recordset" ?  Or do I just set it at top of code,
whether I use it or not?  Thanks.

I am new to Visual Basic programming, and I was wondering if, when
building a project in VB, is it possible to have too many reference
libraries checked in the Project >> References window?
What does this do to the project, the more libraries you have checked?

I have been googling a few days trying to find how I can have vb6 go out and
get the UTC. GMT, world clock.
I want to get the correct time and notify the user if their PC has an
incorrect time.

I have created a simple test program using Winsock to create a TCP/IP server.
Once this has opened a connection and I close the application (even if I use
winsock.close first) the form disapears but the program remains running in
the Windows Task Manager. Have I got to do ...

Is there a way to make a form absolutely "On Top" whenever there is
another form (from the same app) that is "On Top" too?
I want to have that first form to be the "Master On Top" and other form
to be kind of "Slave On Top".  Is it possible to do that and how?