VB Forum / General / November 2005

i just finished my vb6 app, which is developed on windows xp sp2, vb6
sp6.
i was testing my app on Windows 98 using MS Virtual PC 2004, i copied
the exe & dll etc and ran, but windows 98 is not registering any dll

I'm trying to create thumbnails from an image.  The following code throws a
"out of memory" error in the "system.drawing.dll".  The file that it's trying
to work with is only 3kb.  I have rebooted the machine, but still throws
error.

This has been probably asked before, but, since I can't find anything
relevant in a search, Is there a way in VB code to minimize all windows to
show the desk top??

I am trying to send email from a VB ActiveX DLL in COM+ on a Windows
2003 server using CDOSYS.dll.  Occasionally I receive the following
error:
Error Number: -2147220960

When I execute an exe from Dos prompt, I receive a message / error "program
too big to fit in memory". I have some frm files alone along with the exe.
But when opening them, they open in a module and I couldn't find any coding.
Instead some junk lines are there. May be frm file ...

How does one go about grouping several lines of code?

My VB6 pulldown menus constantly need resetting by right clicking the tool
bar, then Customize and then I select the standard and menu toolbar to reset
and they come back.  I do have MZ Tools and SmartIndenter installed.  Maybe
that has something to do with this problem.

Hello, friends,
In a Text field of our Access DB, we have DWORD (unsigned integer) data
stored in Hex as a string. e.g. "&HD2BB"
We need to assign it to an integer variable in VB code. However, in VB, the

How do I set up the datagrid on a line by line code basis to determine
which columns that should have wordwrap capabilities?
I want column 2, 4, and 6 to have wordwrap capabilities.  how do I code
it up?

I have created a popup menu on a Treeview and after it has been display and
cleared it leaves a grey rectangular un-redrawn area. Is there any way to
force the redraw of the treeview control?
Private Sub tvwFees_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As

Hello, I have a form with multiple text boxes and a some shapes used to
plot a graph.  when the printform method is called, the form prints
with the textbox controls, but the lines and circles plotted on the
shape do not.   Any suggestions?  tks!

I'm the lone IT guy in a company right now, and I'm sorely missing the
ability to bounce ideas off of my peers.  Can someone help me out if
you have time?
I'm writing a "Decision Engine" -- basically, you input a set of values

I've just upgraded my IE 6.0 with all updates from Microsoft.
On almost every page I visit now, I get an error message about
objects, generally that an object is expected.  Does anybody else get
this a lot?

Hey all,
I'm writing a program where I need to perform a task after a
user-specified event.  Problem is that the timer only allows up to a 65
second interval.  It's very unlikley that the user will be picking

       Im just going to start a project which wil contain about 20
00,000 records.
what i am looking for is best way to generate the 9 - Digit serial
number for product