VB Forum / General / December 2005

I am using WinIO from www.internals.com and it seems to be working OK
except for one thing.  It only runs from an administrator account.  I
followed the instructions for using under a non-administrator account
but it isn't working.

I would like to check with you guys before I go inventing the wheel again.
I need to improve my VB applications reporting / previews and consequently
the printing procedures. so far I managed with simple paper prints without
first showing the report on screen, or using separate ...

Is the length of the string the factor how long the statement:
Len(string)
will take time to execute?
Your thoughts please,

        I am using the code as below to receive com port data but in
ASCII string format.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sMessage = StrConv(MSComm1.Input, vbUnicode) & MSComm1.Input

           We can use len(String) to get the length of string.
But, how to know the length of array ?
Thank you very much!
Best regards,

I can't believe that nobody has asked about a falling snow screensaver this
year.
If anyone is interested I have one, including source code, based on Larry
Serflaton's Snowfall.

I have the following code for drawing a line on form......can any on
help me for drawing a line on picture box using the same followin
code.for information I faced the problem because Picture box has n
Load options....

         For x = 1 To Len(sMessage)
           Text2.Text = Text2.Text + Str(Asc(Mid$(sMessage, x, 1))) + " "
         Next
Why the converted value is always 0,when the sMessage is 0xC0 ?

I'm new to VB, but know a good deal about VBA. I've inherited a VB project
that attaches to an Access 97 database. I converted the database to
Access2002 (our current standatd), but now when I attempt to change the
Record Source on a form to the new database, I get the standard ...

When I run my VB application in production, exit and try to run the
application again,  the App.PrevInstance indicates that an instance is
already running. I do not get this in development mode. How can I make sure
that the EXE does not leave any process running when I exit the ...

I have an Access 2000 application that people want "upgraded" to VB 6,
preferably using an Oracle back end.  Questions:
Do I have to recreate all of the forms or is there a way to import them in?
I am certified in Sql Server 2000 (I really wish these people could just use

Do any developers have any tools to help them manage their individual
workload?
I have a list of tasks I am working on, with various priorities, some with
deadlines, some with dependencies. Every week these change to some extent

In the Mike Williams and Henry "Radial Text" supplied code that
I've been tweaking, the following code allows me to place multiple
lines of  radial text on the screen spaced .75" vertically from each
other. I first load a list box with the serial numbers and the read

i have a form with a subform in datasheet view.
each line, when double-clicked, opens another form with 3 groups.
depends on the line, one or two or all three groups are to be
activated.

VB6
Trying to determine proper constants for paper bins on a printer with
multiple paper bins. The printer object in VB6 has a read/write Paper Bin
property which may be set to direct using a specific paper bin. .NET