VB Forum / General / May 2006

I've been working on this app for a couple years now on and off but just
lately, I put WIA support in and all of a sudden after I run the program, the
IDE just quits.  Sometimes it happens while the program is running but I
think it usually happens after it has been run and ...

I am writing a program in vb6 to move a database and its log file from one
directory to another using sp_attach_db and sp_detach_db.
I used 'sp_detach_db mydb' to detach the database, moved it to the new
directory location and then tried to attach the database using the command:

Dear All,
 I have tab delimited Text file. Which contains around 10 columns and few
hundred line.
Do anyone know how to read column data seperatly through VB6.

I've created a ActiveX Control with several custom properties.  I would like
to put those in a "Custom" properties window similar to what you see with
the Image Control.  The problem is that I don't have any idea how this is
accomplished.

I am trying to create an application using VB6 to do the following:
-  The user highlights a word in Internet Explorer that they do not understand
-  They then click the 'Find Definition' button on my VB application.
-  This then opens Internet Explorer and passes the highlighted ...

Can I print the result of an IF statement in a Print statement?  Since
there's no ternary operator, so I'm trying IIF.  But does VB need to
store the IIF return value because it's "call by reference"?
I would like to implement this pseudocode in an Access module:

I am trying to enter a persons name and company name into set locations
in my templates. The document has [Insert Persons Name Here] and
[Insert Company Name Here] blocking the locations out. I want to insert
the names there, then have the document adjust the spacing in that area

Below is the way I close a form (myform).
Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, _
    UnloadMode As Integer)
If Me.MousePointer = vbHourglass Then

In our application we are resizing the form in code.
We are designing the form in Windows XP.
The height of the form and its appearance looks good in Windows XP style.
But when viewed in Windows classic style or in Windows 2000, The forms

When I started my project, I gave all of the command buttons unique names so
that they were easier to follow in code view.
Recently I upgraded the project so that the command buttons change color on
mouseover, mouseout, focusin, and focus out.

i am new to excel and i have made this macro in VB. using it i am
populating a dropdown list in the excel sheet.
now this list has some 1200 entries of names. i want a the user to be
able to reach a particular name by just entering the first letter of

I am looking email activex, which use to extract my email from my
mailbox.I have option I can use either email server or locally with
internet access
Like as i can provide POP3,SMTP, username and password then it goes

I am using VB 2005 Express to build a program and I have found that the
easiest way to generate a 'text page' (for viewing and/or printing) for my
app is to create an HTML page using the IE document object.  I know, it's
crude, but serves my purpose well (I use this technique ...

         I got a textbox which allows user to input data, I want to
validate the input. I want to restrict the user to input a 4 Digit
Number. How can I do that?
Thanks

Anyone know any Data management in VB6.0 and could help me?
please...
BTW I know vb6.0 is out of date, and I should be migrating but I havent
had a chance.