VB Forum / General / February 2006

Is there a way to sort by a text field but have it sort numerically.
I have an application that I have a text field but some record sets are only
numbers. As you know the "order by" does not sort them the way it would if
it was a numeric field is there any way around this?

I hav ea problem with my program, I have done a programming code to
execute the Round Robin Algorithm and it's working but I have to
implement a differrent algorithm anything other than the FCFS, I donot
have enough time to do it. So I need some one to look at this code and

Does a procedure exist to generate the words Today, Yesterday, Monday, Last
Week, Two Weeks Ago, Last Month, Older etc. from a given date like emails are
displayed in Outlook.
TIA

I will be working on  a project to capture serial data from multiple -
different devices via serial ports.   Adding serial port boards to a
PC really can eat up slots and physical space for cabling.   Is there
a device that ... for example....  would be an external box with the

testing post

We use a program that can only print to the default printer.  Is there
code that would allow VB to change the default printer?

In our application written in VB6 we use 3rd party controls from a vendor
who is no longer in business.  The problem with the controls occurs only
under WinXP and happens when users would like to lock their computers by
pressing first Ctrl+Alt+Del.  They may choose to go back to the ...

this is mad... am trying to write a function to return the first cell
in a filtered list...
but while developing it I came across this...
these two pieces of code are exactly the same, except one is in a

I'm trying to figure out what I can use in place of the Gosub command
to accomplish this:
For S1=1 to 10
If somecondition then Gosub routine: goto NxtS1

I would like to determine if CTRL is pressed to activate a form move.
CTRLClick is a set option.
The movement works fine when CTRLClick = 0, but not when CTRLClick = 1.
I searched and found the Shift = vbCtrlMask thing, but that doesn't

Hope some kind person will help me here:
Looks like I may have corrupted Windows. In neither Access nor VB does
RaiseEvent any longer seem to fire the client class's event handler. I don't
have

How to cast number: 3874355765 ?
Is it possible to store that as a number (DWORD) in registry
or the only way is to use a string variable?

Hello, friends,
We need display user selected .jpg images (32x32) one line by one line in a
form. However, since the number of images could vary, it is hard for us to
decide the size of container control, say a panel, in advance.

I have 2 problems after installing manifest script from
http://www.vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/forms/vbidexp.htm
Labels located in a frame often flicker when mouse
is moving over the text boxes that sit within the same frame.

I have a vb active X dll project and would like to get a a type
library. I used MIDL but I am having problems. Also, what the
difference between type library and dll? Thanks
Bee