VB Forum / General / November 2005

My code looks like that:
   rtn = ReadFile(ComHwnd, indata(1), 65536, nbr, ByVal 0&)
   rtn = GetLastError
Function GetLastError returns 6.

Hi there, to any one
I'm developing a small program in Visual BASIC 6, to manage and control my
collection of post-cards of ships.
I own an EPSON 2840 Photo Scanner, and I was planing to use it to scan my

hi..
im writing an application that uses tcpclient/tcplistener to send file
via network, what im doing is dividing the file into small parts each
part equals the buffer size (8192) and send the parts sequentialy.

     When I used vb6 I was able to make labels into arrays simply by
clicking on them and copying them.  This allowed me great flexibility
with my students when we did some game programming utilizing arrays.
     Unfortunately, I am not able to create labels as arrays using

Regarding the .Flags property when using Common Dialog.
How can I evaluate the returned value in best practice?
For example:  
let say I set the .Flags = cdlPDReturnDC Or cdlPDNoPageNums

I have no idea where to start with this question or even if it is right for
this forum. But here goes.
Q. My client has a standalone system that does not have outlook express or
outlook installed. They want me to do the following.

I want to Shell to another application. The other app is in the same folder
as my MDB Access DB, which is the "BW" subfolder of "My Documents"
When I msgbox curdir, it prints out the path to "My Documents", not "My
Documents\BW"  This seems strange. Why isn't the CurDir the same ...

I have a software written in VB6, running in about 80 machines at the same
time. The EXEs are located in a file server, and all the machines run the
software via a network share. The main EXE is about 3MB, and it uses a couple
of ActiveX EXEs having about 200kb each.

I'm having problem using the Common dialog (Printing dialog)
If the user is picking another printer for the print job it also affects
"Default printer" selection wich is not very nice.
I'm sure I have seen an article about this long time ago but I cannot find

I install two modem on my pc in (port 3,4) and i want to work with
Mscomm on them
But its impossible or (i cant) open them  on one time (together)
please if you can descriaip for me... thenks

I defined a DLL project and in design mode I have no problem in using it  
after having both in a group project and the program execute successfully.
Is there anyway to have this .DLL in runtime (after compiling) without  
having the physical stored file of this DLL?

I am creating a single user VB/ Jet Database and I was wondering if anyone
had any advice on whether it is better to cache a connection object for the
duration of the application or is it better to open and close when needed.
The speed of opening and closing the connection is not ...

Hey troops,
What other VB type boards are there off MS's server that you guys frequent?
- Kev

OK... I need a simple way to throw an error code to the operating system
in a VB.NET Console application. Return is not allowed.
Any ideas?
Thanks,

I changed a TextBox control to a RichTextBox (RTB) control when some
text we were using exceeded the 64k limitation.  Now, the form no
longer responds to key events.  I have four combo boxes, three text
boxes, the new RTB and three buttons on the form.  When am in any