VB Forum / General / January 2006

i'm using the following to connect to an MS access database; however this
will not work when connecting to OPenOffice database file. Is it possilbe to
connect using this driver method:
Set cnnNWind = Application.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

Hello,
I am trying to connect to a linux server and pass data back and forth.  I
have a c program(On OpenVMS) that does this, but would like to do this in VB
in the Windows world.  Does anyone know of samples of doing this.  I've been

Quoting from the MS Help page on the timer member :-
"Implements a timer that raises an event at user-defined intervals. This
timer is optimized for use in Windows Forms applications and must be used in
a window"

We are currently migrating the OS of the client side (VB 6.0) of a client
server app
from Windows 2000 to XP SP2. The server is staying as Windows 2000.
The client software for the application is installed by running an

I must be missing something really obvious here.
I load a 16x16 icon into a StdPicture object.  But for some reason the
following code is returing a Width and Height as 28 and not 16.  Anyone tell
me why?

When I try to kill a file after use acrobat , I have an err 70 .Permission deny ?
Do you have an idea how to kill this file?
Then Source is
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()

Got Run-Time error:
-2147024894(80070002)
Method 'Run' of object 'IWshShell3' failed
how wshould i go about it?

I've written and installed a VB6 application for one of my customers.
After a while this customer requested some changes in the program and I made
a new exe.
In a stroke of genius I put the exe on the web, so the customer could

I'm developing a program in VB.  I like to stop at opportune times
and freeze development prior to adding a new feature.  That way, I
can use THAT version of the program - while I screw it up the next
version.  ;-)

Gents
I'm using VBA in Excel to created hyperlinks to files. VBA creates
absolute hyperlinks and this works fine. But when I save the file on
the same server it changes the hyperlink from absolute to relative,

I have to say that I hate how VS2005 uses partial classes to hide the form
designer generated code.  Rather, I prefer to have it in one place just out
of habit.  Does anyone know a way to prevent VS2005 from doing this?  Right
now I'm deleting the partial class and moving the ...

If the Shell function cannot find the file specified - what is the return
value? The docs only says "an error occurs".

I'm using the MSComm control to connect to a Scantron type grade scanner to
collect test scores.  I have it running OK but I'd like some ideas on the
best way do the following:
1. How do I detect if the scanner is connected?  Right now I have the port

I ran into this somewhat unusual problem today. I needed to configure
the SSDBGrid within the app that I have, so I selected the component,
pressed F4, getting the property dialog and then selecting the Custom
property. The button with the ellipsis (.) showed, but when I clicked ...

I'm creating an app that requires a toolbar of sorts...  I have a good
collection of 32 bit depth icons that I would like to use...  however, the
VB6 toolbar control doesn't support this color depth...
So...  what are my options?  Can I convert 32 bit color depth icons to 8