VB Forum / General / June 2006

I am looking for code to accurately establish the number of
bytes/sectore on a physical disk but cannot seem to find this anywhere.
Unfortunately, most of the API's available provide a rough estimate
because

I have some old code in a program that is a localized error handler.  For
the most part it has always worked, but there have been and are currently a
few 'issues' with it.  Before I go making wholesale changes to it ('cause
like most everyone else, I'm part of the "if it ain't ...

I've made a simple little calander that I have sitting on my desktop.I
use the monthview control with two months showing,1 row 2 cols,and a
couple of labels showing local time and another city's time.The one
thing I can't find out how to do is to set the left month to be the

I have seen some program that are used to display ActiveX file details like
ActiveX DLL and Ocx etc. I think they uses the TypeLibInfoFromFile method of
the TLI.TypeLibInfo for getting the details of the activeX file .
But how can I know if the file name given to the ...

Can someone post a sample code for this:
I want to read a txt file which has about 15 lines. I want to read each
line and assign that as an element of the string array.
Thanks in advance.

Hello. I am currently using a vsflexgrid to show a lot of different
fields from a database. I have also made it editable so the data in the
cells can be changed and stored away in the database. My question is,
if it's possible how can i individually set the max character length

Is there a dll that will allow you to create excel files on a server that
does not have excel installed in VB6?
I found an article on how to create an excel9.dll but it only seems to work
in .NET. VB6 wont let me reference it.

I am trying to get the current file and the line number which is
getting executed. I used:
MessageBox.Show(New StackTrace(New
StackFrame(True)).GetFrame(0).GetFileLineNumber) which gives me the

I have a form with navigation buttons and a few combo boxes and textboxes.  
I establish a connection and the user can happily navigate through the
recordset for as long as they like.  (I am using VB6 and Sql Server stored
procedures.)  

I am so close, yet oh so far!  Here's the problem: I want to load a string
variable that contains HTML into an instance of SHDocVw.InternetExplorer.
Here's what I have so far:
   Function ShowMonTaxes(ByVal bTax As Boolean) As Integer

This error occurs in the VB IDE and the compiled version of this app.
I have a form with a Sheridan Active Toolbars control and a listview.
I've added a rightclick menu to items in the listview.
If I right-click on a listview item and bring up the menu, move my mouse

Hi, guys.
Since ADOBE(now macromedia) has released the translation code to create pdf
files, I wonder if Microsoft has taken advantage of this and made a pdf
converter dll

I have an application that was designed to run on PC's using
a resolution of 1024*768. Recently, there are 2 locations that
need to run their displays at 800*600. Of course, this is causing
them some grief as some of the application is cut of.

In VB5, opening just about any component returns the following error
Error accessing the system registry.

Can anyone suggest me the way as how to print report created with
DataReport or Crystal Report control (I am using CR8) in Fast printing
mode on a dot matrix printer.
I am developing a software for salary automation, everything is