VB Forum / General / June 2006

Why is Bill Gates leaving us?

I'm writing an app that would be running all the time in the
background.  Having it listed in the "Applications" tab of the task
manager isn't really a big problem, but I'd rather have that clear.
How can I launch my program (or any program) as a "process"?  Can I

I need to know a user's Excel default data file path/location.  I
understand it's possible to use VB to access something called Excel's
Object Model to get things like this.
Anybody have a line of code handy that does this?  If not, can someone

Please compare and contrast this with
On Error Goto Somewhere
Big thnks!

I need to use the SetFilePointerEx api, which takes a LARGE_INTEGER.
Hence I need to pass LARGE_INTEGER not as a pointer. In vb
LARGE_INTEGER needs to be a user defined type, which must be passed
byref to any api, or else the program will not compile. So what do we do,

Is there a way that I could change a control option (say, the color of
a shape, for instance) in the code and then save it so that the changes
are applied to my program without having to run it?
I would like to save the changes because I'm loading thousands of

How can I connect to a password protected JET 3.51 database with ADO 2.6?
Every time I try, it seems to require some User ID. I have only assigned a
password, there not Users, Workspaces nor Groups.

I have a Search function that a long time ago for various reasons I made
non-modal, so that other windows could be invoked 'over' it.  Now, certain
users who will remain nameless but who would be better served with a pencil
and paper rather than a PC, have figured out that you ...

I am writing a conversion that takes clients from a table in a SQL
database and converts the data (only certain fields) to another Access
database.
I've got over 29,000 clients to convert and its taking forever. When I

I am playing with VB. I am trying to create two frames each with 3 options
buttons. I would like to have a default value for one of the radio buttons in
each frame.
I am able to creat the frames and buttons. When I select a value for one

I am creating a "Static" Window via the "CreatewindowEX" API and placing it
floating over an Excel Worksheet. I am changing some of its Window Styles and
it works just fine.
Problem :  I want to set the Color of its background to Red but I am finding

Anyone know if there's a patch/fix/hack or whatever that can enable me to
overcome the limit of 32000 unique identifier names in VB6 as I've been
battling this problem for 3 years and have reached the point where the core
project of our million line application can no longer be ...

How do I remove a item that's been selected from a listview?
I'm using Visual Basic 2005 express edition. Thanks

    I am trying to send/receive short text messages between programs
through a named pipe. So far with all my playing around I've been able
to receive some data but its all just garbage. Does someone know where
I could find information specifically addressing this, or source code

    Very Aregent..............
hi,
   ihave one textbox and button
     i give 10(any number)in textbox whenever i click button it create