VB Forum / General / February 2006

Making a reference to the "TypeLib Information" type library and using the
property TLIApplication.TypeLibInfoFromFile("ModuleFileName").GUID it is
possible to get the GUID of any unregistered ActiveX DLL/OCX.
Is there any way to obtain the same result without using the "TypeLib

I have created a Windows service and I need to check the 'Allow service to
interact with desktop' checkbox by default.  There seems to be no
straightforward way to set this option using
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessInstaller.  I found a posting that can do

I've created an application which is user configurable to set up an
input form to generated data for a MCAD application.  In my base form,
I've got a text box, and the two different styles of combobox all
defined as arrays.

I am using Infragistics ActiveScroll Control 4.0 in my VB6 application. When
ever I scroll, the application locks up. What do I do to prevent this from
happening?
Thanks

I need a real quick check if current computer has internet connection open,
then run some processes. Have feeling there is a very easy solution.
Thanks,
Michael

I have a linked table in access97 database that links to a table on a
sql server.  Every month the table on the sql server gets dropped and
re created with differant column names.  What I need to do in my VB app
is drop the linked table in access and re link it.

How do I know which control (TextBox, listbox, Combobox) has focus in my
app?
The big picture is... my POS app (vb6 sp5) uses barcode scanner. Usually I
recommend keyboard wedge scanners in which case the scanned barcode is

Is there a registry key or some other hack to change the default project
folder from <Program Files>\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98 to something like
C:\My VB Projects
Thanks

Hi, can anyone point me to any examples or give me some tips on how to make
a MSHFlexgrid scroll to some position horizontally when I perform some
action (button click or otherwise).
Any help would be appreciated.

In VB6, sometimes when I'm on a debug session, I have to add a dimension
statement to declare a simple variable. When I click on F8 to continue
debugging in get the following message:
           Compiler Error:

I'm looking for a good solution for multiline tooltips. Í've found as class
that works perfect but the problem is i can have hundreds of objects with
tooltips and now the tooltips are created when the objects are created so
the program becomes very slow.

From my vb6 application, once the user click the live update button, I need
to check the user is regular customer or not, based on the registratio no,
the reg no is stored in application path. So i need to send this reg no to
our webserver and webserver should return about ...

Posted in m.p.v.directx and got no answer so I'll try here...
I'm writing a specialized audio application in VB6 using the DirectShow
interface. By default IMediaControl appears to use the default audio
device for playback.  This is fine for now, but eventually I would like

Hi guys, can you tell me how I can print a bitmap file from VB?  I don't
need a special control do I?  Thanks.

Is it good to place all files, including vb runtime files,
in app directory ? Personally, I do not like uninstall
program leaves unused files in windows system directory.
By placing them in app directory, I expect the program