VB Forum / General / February 2006

I have a VB application which needs to extract data from an Access *.mdb
file. I just had a crash where it tried to grab data from a field that didn't
exist, as I was using an old *.mdb file that hadn't been updated.
What is the easiest way to check whether a field exists before ...

I have been racking my brain tryign to understand how to compare two string
in vb6. Can someone help?
I have a string E-DRA-SYMB that has to be compared to DRA-SYMB. As long as
string2 is found in string one, I want a return value of true. I tried the

IS there a way to add native rar file compression support to a vb6
program?

I created a WebBrowser in VB6 using the Microsoft Internet Control.
Suppose I visit a web page, right-click a link & open the page in a new
window by clicking the menu item Open In New Window which means that
presently 2 browser windows are open. Now what I find is while the web

I'm starting to play with VB 2005 (express) and think I'm missing
something with regards to arrays of controls.
I am in need of an array of text boxes on the form with a quick and easy
way to sort through rows and columns (I'm playing around with a matrix

I need some kind of code that can sort out dates which have been
written with all kinds of different formats.
I'm searching in word documents for a date string and want to convert
that to YYYYMMDD.

Still fairly new to vb.net and was wondering if it's possible to Dim a class
as an array.
And if so how do i store data to it.  I have listed my code below.
Here's my code

Does anyone know if Visual Basic has a command that positions the mouse
pointer to a specific location on a form?  
Thanks
KAB

I have a text file that is going to have a couple million lines or so in it.
I want to be able to search for a particular number (that number can be in
the file more than once) and then get the 10 lines before and the 10 lines
after that and write that to a file.  I have no ...

1.
Is there any 'optimal' number of timers can be used on one form?
2.
Which design will be more efficient:

Is there a functions that will shut off the monitor the way windows
does under its power schme?
Is there a way to wake a computers who's screen saver is on?

I'm making the jump from VB6 + ASP to VS2005. I have a lot of hours to
kill this weekend in a car and I was wondering what is the best book
for web development for VS2005. I've done a lot of programming with
SQL Server. I've done some with C# and a fair amount with ASP, and

I am working with VB6 and I use a user-defined DLL in my project. now I  
have some regularly changes in my DLL which makes me to refer to it in my  
project again and recompile my project too. how can have my new DLL  
without refering to it again via my project.

I have some additional directories and files I need to delete when the
customer uninstalls the vb application.
Reading the newsgroup I could:
Modify the install process by changing: Setup1.vbp

Is it possible to pull a track of a specific instrument from an mp3
file?
For instance, if you had an mp3 with Honky Tonky Woman by The Rolling
Stones, would it be possible with VB to separate out the cowbell sound