VB Forum / General / December 2005

I've been experimenting with making a simple "messenger" program (using
Winsock) and it has one error I just can't figure out--a certain timer, which
is supposed to send a message to all a server's clients to check if they are
still there, doesn't seem to do anything. It never ...

I have two command buttons on a form cmdOne, cmdTwo.
What I want to do is in the last part of the code in cmdOne I want to run
the code in cmdTwo without having the user click it (cmdTwo visible = false).
Is that possible using VB 6 code?

Hi, all. In VB6, I have to make a program that upgrades certain files in a
system where an initial SETUP.exe had been run.
In certain situations, I have to install new, third party ocxs. How can I
register the ocxs that have values, passwords, etc. using VB6.

When I open a file in VB, what really happens?  What I mean is that I
may have a file on a remote server, but still inside of our network,
that can be over 1 GB in size.  If I just need to open it to append a
small amount of data to it, how much traffic over the network really

           Baisc question.
I don't know the two parameter are what for ...
I almost can't feel the difference when I adjust them:
1. inputbuffer

When I set
InputBufferSize = 10240
and
InputLen = 0

is there a vbs script that allow me to quickly enable and disable
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS
if enable then disable
if disable then enable

I use CopyMemory() to convert 4 bytes into long like that:
Dim lMediaID As Long
CopyMemory lMediaID, b.bBytes(0), 4
lMediaID is a retrieved object handle used in another API.

Why is vb converting Val(&HB000) to -20480 and not to 45056 ???
Whats going wrong ?
Robertico

When i run my program on some machines I get a 713 error class not
registered msstdfmt.dll despite the fact that the file in in the
windows/system32 folder What is up?

VB6 SP6
Need to get sector size of any hard disk.
Running Win XP.
GetDiskFreeSpace can do this for older OS, however reading the help

         I am not sure how to use WriteFile() API.
Can I use string like below:
Dim lpString As String
Dim BytesWrite As Long

I have the following code snippet:
Dim strInfo As String
strInfo = "Login Name: " & fOSUserName & vbCrLf
strInfo = strInfo & "Computer Name : " & fOSMachineName & vbCrLf

-> Here is my Requirement
-> I Added the Microsoft Office Library in References
-> I Added the Microsoft Excel Library in References
-> I did the following Coding

         Is there API allowing to delete the whole section [] in .ini file?
For example: how to delete, or remove value after "=" for all keys listed in
[PREFERENCES] field below:
[PREFERENCES]