VB Forum / General / February 2006

I have two dates that I would like to compare.
The two should be within one hour from each other. Sometimes date x is
older and sometimes date y is older. I tried:
For example:

I entered the following in my immediate window and expected to see a result of
4:00
Why is it showing me :12 ?  I want to subtract the 2 date/times and get 4
hours as the result.

In VB6, I need to make a form appears and got focus every, say 15 seconds. I
use code like following in the Timer event handler. But it doesn't appear
after it lost focus (only blinking on the task bar). Do you know how to
achieve the effect? Need to use Win32 API and ...

is there a vb code that will add a network printer? i am trying ti write a
program the the user just chooses a printer from th list and adds it. or is
there a way to run a vbscript with a vb program.

I installed the new Internet Explorer 7 beta on my PC today and find that
none of my VB6 projects which include web browsers work any more.
I get an error log as follows:-
Line 55: Class SHDocVwCtl.WebBrowser of control WebBrowser1 was not a loaded

I am using VB6 to write programs to control some lab equipment. I am trying
to read a keypress to end a routine in a click event. What I want is to have
a label that says "Press 'E' to end the calibration"  and return to the Form1
main screen. The operator would then click ...

I'm trying to save a record after leaving focus of a text box on a simple
form.  I have my retrieve & save file code working with Command buttons for
testing -- no problem there.
Coming from the Access/VBA world I'm accustomed to the After Update event,

I am trying to find a way to have MS Word do a mail Merege from a dataset of
a datagrid. I set the datasouce of the word.application but it errors out.  
If there is any way to do this inside .NET .

I have been reading the digital manual to find out how I can see the "main"
procedure and I find this line under "Main Procedure" in the documentation:
"Windows Forms applications run on their own. However, the Visual Basic
compiler automatically generates a Main procedure in such ...

Hi at all,
I've created a DLL with VB6(Sp6) and I'm using this dll in a 3d part
application and I've got a very big problem: how can I debug the dll
when error appears? I try this way (suggest by the developer help of the

I'm porting some VB to C# and have run into a conditional that seems odd.
Would one of you who understands VB conditionals better than I please
confirm if the logic is correct? I can't figure out where the final AND
binds to in the conditional.

Hello, guys,
Just wonder how to dynamically add controls into a frame, any reference
paper, sample source code? Thanks.

I have a program developed in Visual Basic 6 that uses an Access
database.  The program has almost 500 users now and someone called
today asking about a run-time error I have never seen before.  It is:
"Run-Time Error 3706: Provider cannot be found. may not be properly

Is there a quick way to see if a small pic in a picturebox is in a
larger one?
I think getpixel and going through about 4 FOR loops might work,, seems
like it would be too slow.  Is there a way to dump them in arrays and

I have created a CAB file of my VB program inc an *.exe file. If I update
part of a forms program can I just re-create the *.exe file and overwrite it
in the support part of the CAB file or do I have to start again. or How is
the best way to update without a new CAB being ...