VB Forum / General / July 2006

VB6 application uses many Sheridan controls on its forms. It works with SQL
Server DB located on the company server.
On some workstations (all of them bought at different time and have
different features) everything works fine, on some of them some controls

This is a copy of old problem, however, even a year after I couldn't
find a solution for this simple issue:
(http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/VB/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/20
04-08/2102.html)
Hi everyone,

Is it possible to run VB applications in limited accounts.  I understand that
it's not possible to install ActiveX components in a limited account.  Is
there a way to make a VB application seen in every account?

Sorry if this is considered as spam and if it is I apologise
I am trying to find a strong VB6 programmer with a good knowledge of
Transact Sql in the Miami FL area, but it seems that no one wants to go
backwards.

I have been given the task of migrating complex reports from one site
to another. These reports have a vb2 front end, on top of crystal
reports, which extracts data from a Sybase database.
Unfortunately I do not know visual basic but i have been informed that

I'm putting together a package which guides users (kids) though the
process of recording a narrative with pictures. While the main aim is
getting the kids to think about narrative, it needs some form(s) of
output - actually, the more the better. I want to be able to output as

Well, what I hope to achieve is to be able to place a token in my code
such as %CURRENT YEAR%, that is replaced with, for example, 2006, when
it compiles.
I don't wish to use a constant within the application.

Is there an easy way to determine where an application is installed?
When I update an application I need to know where the user installed
it.  Of course, if they used the default location there's no problem,
but when they install in another location I need to know where.  

I am using an excel document which contains a column called "Colour"
I'd like to know how to apply this colour to the row containing this
colour.
I'm using the following code so far, but the whole row has the color

Just as I've predicted, m$'s foibles are just starting to come home to
roost.  Looks like they got caught with their hand in the proverbial
cookie jar:
http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/2775

The subject line kind of says it all:
If you were to start down the road of learning a new programming
language today (other than VB6), which would you choose... and why?
For example, which language do you feel holds the most promise for the

Using VB 6.0
I have a variable of type VT_I4 or Long.
Actually this variable is not an integer, but a IEEE single value, the
problem is just that it is not "given" to me as a Single.

I am trying to make my VB application accept different languages.
I read from a folder which contains ini files in there locales
(en_US.ini, el_EL.ini, fr_FR.ini etc)
The problem is that if the ini file is saved in ANSI encoding, the

I have a string that has text separted by comma's.  something like "12, 131,
32, 131, 434, 53, 23"
I what to find the number of groups of text i have there. 7 of them. 6
commas.   I can't remeber the best way to do this.  I was using the instr()

Why is it that VB requires a runtime library, but some other languages don't?
Some programming languages can create a truly standalone executable that
doesn't have to rely on external files to run. Why doesn't VB create a truly
standalone executable? The IDE creates an executable ...