VB Forum / General / December 2005

I've got a product in the field, and for one customer, on his workstations,
I get a different result from a Format$() call than I do on all of my
systems in-house, his server, and all of my other customers' servers and
workstations (that I'm aware of, anyway).

To search for a string in a ComboBox, one can use the SendMessage API
with the wMsg parameter set to CB_FINDSTRING along with the
corresponding wParam & lParam parameters. I did like to have the
equivalent wMsg, wParam & lParam parameters for a ImageCombo. Any ideas

I have an application that goes to a FTP site and retrieves a file.
Everything is working fine, but I would like to give the user some status
information based on the response from the FTP Server.
For instance, if the site returns code 226 (Transfer Completed) then I want

I bought a piece of software and on loading it a message appears saying
Visual basic 6.0 tool kit has encountered an error and has to close.
I am running Windows XP and have service pack 2.
Does anyone know what is causing this please? Do I need to reinstall

I'm using an mschart control to display 1-3 columns of data using
.ChartType = VtChChartType2dLine, and I'd like to place a vertical line
on the chart the full height of the charted data at a point between the
left and right edges of the chart. I haven't found any examples of this ...

what do i have to do to my vb6 app, to make it work on foreign versions of
the OS? i have an .exe that works on 99.99% of the machines it is installed
on.
it installs (via inno setup) on a japanese windows machine. but when the

(Note: Reposted it here, because I somehow posted it to the wrong group
first.)
Hello folks,
during my past years with VB, I occasionally stumbled across the "out of

I close the workbook
i set worksheet, workbook, xlapplication to nothing
quit xlapp
still cannot close it..!!

In the various code that gets run at compilation time (such as
UserControl_Initialize), is there a way to detect (during execution)
whether it is compilation time or not?

Is there any built-in function in VB6 that allows me to delete a folder on
the network without using filesystemobject?  I have a routine that moves
files from one folder to another and I need to remove the "source" folder
after all files are moved to the "destination" folder.  I ...

i want to create a class that has properties that are classes,
themselves, that also have properties (much like
userform.controls.count).
i've never had the need to do this, but now i want to know the best way

Hi, i am creating a system where i want to connect to a database and ADD,
AMEND AND DELETE things such as products, suppliers etc.
I have been adviused previously not to use the ado data control and use ado
objects such as connection and recordsets. i have started to look at these ...

Is there a way to trim an integer?
Say I have a number that is 45.5
I would like to trim it to just 45
Dont want to use round because 46 will not work

I am importing all addresses existing in users' Outlook Express Address
Book in a ListView (the Form which houses this ListView is a part of a
web browser project). The ListView has 2 columns -the 1st one lists all
the Contact names (along with an image; that's why I am using a

Microsoft Visual Basic Studio 2005 Express Edition
When I try to do a Search on "Customize the News Section", it generates an
error message, “Search Failed this operation is only supported on Windows
2000 SP3 or later operating systems.  Click help for more information.”