VB Forum / General / December 2005

I have a .txt file containing many lines.  Each line has many fields, comma
separated.
How do I read in just the first field into a variable?  I was doing a line
input and working with the whole line but I really want just that first

I have a .EXE file that I created in VB.
This .EXE file is called from some code in Excel by using a Shell
command.
After running the shell command, it interacts with the EXE using the ID

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Is it just me, or has MSDN recently done a complete purge of all VB
'Classic' downloads and Articles.
I have been having trouble finding 'older' stuff over the last couple of
months, but usually one could ferret it out in the 'Archives'. Today I

I am having a wierd issue when trying to type VB code. Sometimes as soon as
I type a letter () appears and I am unable to delete the line unless I
highlight the whole line and hit delete.
If I close the window and reopen the code window, I can type as normal but

Hope I'm posting to the right group for this, if not please let me know.
What I want to do is search an Excel 97 workbook for a string and display
information from several adjacent cells if the string is found, and let the
user know if the string isn't found.  I would prefer to ...

     In VB6 I was able to utilize labels as arrays; this was very
useful for my students when we created some simple games.  However, I
have not been able to create arrays using labels with VB.NET; does
anyone know how to do this?

Hi, just was wondering what would be the best way to open a .txt file
to clear out all the data.  I guess deleting and remaking the file is
an option too.
TIA,

Hi!,
Anyone help me how to design a Data Report with 6 to 7 levels of Grouping. I
managed upto 2 levels.... but unable to go further. . Please help....
thanks..... in advance........

How do I populate the addresses existing in the Address Book in a VB6
Form?
Arpan

I need to display information from visual basic but the documents that I
create should be read only, that is, information will be available to the
users but they cannot modify them.
I think creating a pdf document from inside visual basic will solve the

Hi, when i use this in my code: "Dim fso As New FileSystemObject"
I get this error: "User defined-type not defined"
Do i have to do something to my set-up to allow the use of this object?
TIA,

I need to write a SELECT statement (DAO v3.5, iirc) where the WHERE
clause is an arbitrary list of strings.
What's the best way to do this?
My immediate thought is to brute force it by concatenating a whole heap

I have an app in VB6 that is connected to a MS Access 2000 database. I am
connecting to the database with DAO. I have a field in one of my tables that
contains pictures in possibly JPG, GIF or BMP format (usually JPG though). I
am trying to get the image to display on a form when ...

Sorry for asking such an easy question but is there any easy way to rename a
vb project (VB 6) that has numerous forms and modules?
Ta
Andi