VB Forum / General / March 2006

I was wondering if there is a way to unpackage a 6.0 executable.  
The VB project files, setup file for the application I developed were
removed and I need to make edits and do installations on other machines and I
do not the the install package or any of the project files to work ...

Aspiring VB programmer losing hair <And Sleep> over this problem.  I
have spent several days researching through the various usenets and
resources to no avail, and so now I am taking the next step.
Situation:

My son is asking if it is possible to program a program that pushes two
keys alternatively with 1 second delay when he is playing a game but has
to go and do other stuff? For example when he has to go and eat then he
wants the q-key be pushed and after 1 second the e-key and after 1

Thanks for any advice, help in advance...
I have 3 dropdownlist that populate based on choice in the previous
(nested essentially)
Problem is when I hit the back button and make changes it does not

Just a little confused here. Is Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition really
VB.Net - or is there really Visual Basic 6.0 - VB 2005 (an enhancement to VB
6.0)
and also a VB.Net.

Hi,
I have difficulties of getting user profile folder.
does anybody can help me with this issue
thanks

I'm trying to hobble together a script that will copy the contents
of one directory to another and it's not working and I'm not sure why.
The script is to fix up some profile issues we have with a number of users.
The UserID string is set earlier in the script. The creat directory ...

I'm new to the managed newsgroups and I'm trying to find terminology and
knowledge based articles on accessing a remote desktop through either HTTP or
TCP using .NET Framework 2.0. I'm a nonprofit and Microsoft MAR (Microsoft
Authorized Refurbisher) and we refurbish and provide ...

I swear I've seen a project in the past whereby extra files are
not included in the Modules section of the Project Properties,
but an extra section.
I thought I figured out how to do this in the past as well. This

When i am using the GetAttr, we will get the the integer 8225. But when we
set the attribute, we get a error message saying "invalid procedure call or
argument".
The below is the code.. Could any one please help me why this error is

I work in VB6 and I have a Delphi Dll that I must pass the main handle of
the vb application, not the form of the application. I don't know if the
VB's application have it. but in delphi 7 exist a Application object that
have a internal handle of the entire Delphi's app. because If ...

How can I tell what type of drive the user has selected in a
CommonDialogue.ShowSave box? (Hard Drive, Removable Drive, Zip Drive, CD,
Jump/Flash drive, shared drive)
In my application I have a routine that allows the user to back-up their

I have a CSV file that I am trying to read in as a recordset in my
code.  I have created a schema.ini file to help define the data types
for each field.  I have a field, MDFBRC (last one), that has long
numeric values that I need to read in as text.  Otherwise, it converts

Hi, I am doing a career project in my 7th grade English class I need to send
letters to programmers, interviewing them, and asking them about the career
of Computer Programming in order to get credit for this assignment. And I was
wondering if I could write letters to willing ...

Could anyone from Microsft site fix their site?
When I try to get somewhere in MSDN, specially in the download area and .NET
Framework area, the system is so slow that it gets throught, I don't know how
many html pages back a forth ,that I can go and have lunch and come back and