VB Forum / General / November 2005

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We have a rather large VB6-Application with unsatisfying Error-Handling.
It is a mixture of countinouos err.Raise
and Return-Values the indicate Error
Trying to get it right, we found that we want to include automatic

Hello --
Please advise if there is a more appropriate group for this post.
I don't have the networking skills to solve this problem, and need some
help.

For the last five years or so, I have been using DAO to store data in one of
my programs.  I chose this route originally because the program deals in
thousands of records and it seemed the only solution at the time to be able
to recall, add, edit and delete records with any ...

I'm connecting to an Acces DB, in a Multi user environment. I've set up a
basic example shown below, to test my recordlocking. The rs2 connection
SHOULD fail, because that same record is already opened. However, i'm still
able to open, and even update that same record. Can someon ...

Guys Guys Guys
           This might be not new for you all out there  neither for
me but. still not able to carck this one
when im trying to asign the recoprdset to the flex grid this is givign

Hello, friends,
I need to have VB code to stop execution for 1 second, not only DoEvents. Do
we have a Sleep() function in VB like in C++? Thanks.

I have a resource file with custom data in custom sections (not
bitmaps, icons, cursors, etc).
Is there a way to enumerate everything in a resource file.  I would
like to make an automated routine that lists everything in the resource

I'd like to read the data starting at a specified row in 2 specified
columns in an xls file, without running Excel. Is it possible to do this
with just a reference to the Excel Object Library?

I was wondering how in .net you can create printers, delete printers and set
a printer as defualt.
i am looking at a ways i can simplify a few things within my workplace and i
am wanting to make a application that could communicate to a sql data and

I've got this sub -
Public Sub GetSettings(sApp as String, AppCmbo as ComboBox, CSCmbo as
ComboBox)
......blah blah blah

Thanks Tony for the "Error Call Stack" reply but this post is on a related
though different subject, so I felt it merited another Message Trail.
I would like to add line numbers to my test application but is there a way
to identify the number of the line you are currently at other ...

My App#1 is behind a firewall.  App#1 connect to a server behind another
firewall.
I need to have App#1 using a static outgoing port to the server.
Because I want to enable this outgoing port in my firewall.

I don't particually want to waste time re-inventing the wheel so does
anybody know of an
Instr equivalent which supports wildcards?
Best Regards

ShellExecute hWnd, "open", "mailto:", vbNullString, vbNullString,
vbMaximizedFocus
The above code opens the 'New Message' window of OUTLOOK EXPRESS so
that one can compose & send a message. NOTE THAT THE ABOVE CODE DOESN'T