VB Forum / General / June 2006

Every now and the I get a square box character in a textbox in place
of a vbcrlf despite the fact that the textbox is set for multiline.
Any ideas?

I have a collection class that I created to store LineItem objects of a
shopping cart.  End users can scan items into the shopping cart through a
barcode scanner and each item is added.  Users may or may not change the
quantity when they do this so it is possible to have one ...

I am a non programer.  I wish to create an app to launch office install and
apply transform.  button 1 = Office 2003, button 2 = Ofice XP ...
seems simple enough but nothing is working for me.
Please sugjest a very simple straght forward way to launch a setup with

i need to read a file with VB6.
the file has a variable length and number of properties in it.
the file is comma seperated.  but there can be some values like
"xxxxxx,xxxxx"

This may be one of the oldest questions in the books, but...
In VB6, how would I go about 'forcing' a Folder browsing control to
appear on screen with a specific folder already selected?
Thanks in advance.

I'm primarily an Access Programmer, plus I maintain a VB 6 App
written by someone else in 1999.
It has worked well..until today.  I added a Yes/No Field bound
to a Data Control.  Looks fine, except when...

This should be simple but ...
I need to come up with a way to let a user browse and select a list of
folders on their PC similar to the way the common dialog allows you to select
a list (shift and cntrl click) of files.

I am new to vb
I need help for the following :
1)
I want a   combo box with its style set to : 0 (Drop down combo) and

I need to write a Manual for my software, what program shell I use to
do this?
I use VS.net to write my software does it have a part to help write
Manuals?

VB6 and DAO 3.51:
I have the following code:
       Set tdLinkedTable = dbTEMPD.CreateTableDef("VinLinkedTable")
       tdLinkedTable.Connect = ";DATABASE=" & strDBAddr_p & ";PWD=" &

VS2005 ,VB.NET
I have MDIParent form with a Panel tool on the left . So when I tried to
open a child form  , it is hidden under a Panel ,
I tried Child.left=Panel1.left+ Panel1.width, however it has not changed

I have the following problem:
I would like to place a picture (BMP, JPG, ICO) on a form. The size of the
picture is unknown at design time. Then this picture shall be centered on
the form. Finally, some labels shall be placed visible (transparent

I've found a number of code examples that will play MP3 and WMA files but
not OGG and M4A files. I can get WMP to cope with OGGs but it does not seem
interested in the M4A files and anyway I'd prefer not to use the WMP.
Does anybody know how to get VB to cooperate with at least ...

Here's the situation. I have VB.NET 2005 Express Edition. I have a 19" LCD
monitor with the resolution set at 1280 by 1024. I want to create a graphics
program, say, displaying fractals that will run with the form maximized. Are
the XY coordinates on the form independent of the ...

I use a Button-Control array on my form, each button displays a picture
using the command1(index).picture property.
If the user presses a button then the backcolor(picture is smaller than
button size) should change to indicate that this picture is "selected".