VB Forum / General / April 2006

Is this possible (if so, how do I use it properly - I can't figure it out):
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I can do this no problem:
   If TypeOf tmpComponent Is CommandButton Then

is there a way to have different backcolors in a vb6-TextBox
e.g. some letter with red backgroud
thx
Peter

Here is what I'm trying to accomplish:
When my form loads it looks at a specific directory for a list of its files
and populates a combo box.
   Dim a As New IO.DirectoryInfo("c:\dir")

I have a problem with an application VB.net,
it export a call-back function with a structure oarameter
that is called in loop from a C language dynamic library.
For 6 time all it's ok, at the seventh time the application CRASH.

I have a rather complicated problem.
I need to move part of a string containing a date to the right of a
filename.
I have a directory containing some files which have different names and

I've installed Adobe acrobat in my system. my application will launch
Acrobat using Shell command.
visual basic code:shell "C:\program files\Adobe\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe"
I created a package of my application and installed on another system. In

i have several Paragraphs in an array or collection:
Can I regroup Paragraphs base on a  number? How to do that?
For example,
I have 3 Paragraphs:

I am using ms access to handle all our paperwork for cleaning up new
orleans....i need to run reports with the weeks starting on monday....i
have looked at the other posts about this but cant seem to get anything
to work right....can someone help me with an example of some code to ...

Dim ExcelApp as Excel.Application
Set ExcelApp = New Excel.Application - this doesn't work.
What's the trick I'm missing here?
Also, I saw in this group a while back something about quiting an automated

I currently have a class, Room:
Room
    sExit as String
    iType as Integer

I have an Activex control which has a picture box and scrollbars on it.
The picture box is used to draw a tree structure at runtime.
Since the tree can be very large we have scrollbars to scroll the
picture box.

does anyone know if it's possible to change the support for non-unicode
programs to another language programmatically? I know that it will require a
reboot, but anyway.

   Dim w As IWebBrowser2
   Dim ie As SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
   Set ie = New SHDocVw.InternetExplorer
   Set w = ie

Does anybody know a good VB6 sample code that shows how to parse various
commandline parameters?
I know they are available via Command$ but is there some existing routine
that does all the parsing so I don't need to reenvent the wheel?

is it possible to update a COM add dll file in that is already installed on a
user's system? Add-in was built in VB6 for OL2002