VB Forum / General / January 2006

I have a question hopefully somebody can answer. I’m not real good with code
I just kind of stumble my way around. Anyway I got this function from
Microsoft’s website in there reference database for elapse time and date
functions. I’m using this code in a query to get the down ...

I have a DLL file where i hav a type like the one below.......
public type Items
    ItemName() as string
    Count as integer

EXECryptor anticrack and antipiracy software protection tool is updated
to version 2.2.5
? improved: full multithread support. now you can use crypt_* blocks in
threads without critical section.

I have user defined type dim 1000 deep....This data is collected from a
comma delimited file....I want to sort the array with a method that requires
the swapping of the compared type....tryng this in vb.net I get a casting
error when I execute the swap of :

I use VB 6. Any method to check if service is started? For example, print
spooler.
If print spooler is not start
   Do something here

I have a module that connects to a database and creates a recordset.
The problem is that when I try to call the recordset in the form I get the
error that an object is required.
What do I have to set for the variables in the module to be used by the

I'm trying to write a small app that uses RTD to pull data from an application
we use for stock quotes (the application supports RTD)
Currently I use Excel with the follow cell formula:
=TONE(A7,,ILX|Q!'sp/z5 1300c,LAST')

Can somebody please tell me how to format my hard drive please?Without
any discs if possible. Can I do it through DOS?Thanks, Paul.

I am aware of three product versions for a .EXE:
1. App.Major, App.Minor and App.Revision  can be used to obtain the numbers
set on the Make tab of the project properties.
2. When one right clicks on a .EXE, the version is shown with a 4th

I've written this program that generates a file in "html" format.  I then
display this file using the file using Web Browser Control .Navigate
function to show the newly created file.
Now, my questions,

I am not sure how to describe this behavior but I will try.
Why sometimes after I do a replace in a textbox followed by a change
in selstart to the possition of a vbcrlf does a character that looks
lila box appear where the vbCrLf was. I know this can occur if a

Hi again,
Can anybody tell me how to do group headers in VB datareports? It is easy to
create the headers in the report, but I can't find anything in any texts
that do not involve using the DataEnvironment and the Copy Structure

I am using the mscomm object in a vb program to retreive infomration from a
Point Of Sale printer. The program has error handling and seem to work fine.
The issue I am encountering is occasionally coming across a few printers
that lock up the program. I have plently of error ...

I'm running a number of command-line utilities that require logging in
to run, so I wrote a VB app that will use WScript to call the function
and send the ID and Password.  This works okay if I run the utilitity
normally, but when I schedule it as a task or run it in an RDP session

I'm merely curious:  Is anyone else here British, or lived in Great Britian
for any length of time?
- Kev