VB Forum / General / August 2006

I draw some icons (StdPicture's) on a forms picturebox and want to add
a tooltiptext
when the mouse goes over the image. Can this be done?
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Id like to save the column width setting for a listveiw...so on
application restart the widths are preserved. There doesnt seem to be a
column width change event in VB6..so how do I know when to save the
widths?

I am using vb6.  I want to make a copy of a file, how do i do it in code?
The idea is if i have a file such as test.mdb, i can make a copy of it
called test_(todays Date).mdb.
Any ideas?

Could anyone give me an advice on how can I run an exe without
installation?
I know win XP dont need to install vb runtime.
I use adodc, flexgrid and sometimes dataenvironment.

A database search result appears in a textbox like this:
Johnson, John         1234567890       E-22233344455      01/01/1990    
01/01/2000
there is no known number of spaces between different strings except the last

I am trying to display various images on a form. ThHe images vary in
size, both height and width. Lets say my form is 640 x 480. What I want
to do is scale the image to fith the linits of the screen and keep the
aspect ration of the image intact. First off, should I just be

When ever I exit VB 5.0(an ocassionaly during) i get this error
ERROR SIGNATURE
Appname vb5.exe   AppVer 5.0.37.24
ModName UNknown

How to programmatically highlight entire row in Excel spreadsheet?
Jack

I've run into this before but I can't remember the cause and how to
stop it.
The problem happens when showing and later unloading a second form
from within a form.

I have a ComboBox with style "Dropdown List". I want to flatten the
look of it. I changed its 'Appearence' to "0 - Flat" but it remained
same (3D like) at Runtime (and even at debug mode). So any special code
to flatten it?

Does anyone know where there are any real details of
1) p-code used in Visual Basic 1, 2, 3, 4 (16-bit)
2) p-code used in Visual Basic 4 (32-bit), 5 & 6
I am mainly interested in p-code for VB4, 16-bit.

may be this is known ..
Note: NDoc is incompatible to .NET 2.0. Here is a workaround now.
With following link you can download updated files to fix some bugs. Save
your NDoc (Version 1.3.1) .NET 1.1 installation in the programs directory

I made an OCX component and registered it. Now I removed some classes and
added them in a new ocx. When I registered new OCX without unregistring the
old one, I can still see unused classes in the registry. They have no
connection with the new OCX. How can I remove them?

I am using a Listbox to show the results from a database search. I am
wondering if there is a way when I click (or double click) on one of the
results demonstrated in the listbox to take further actions?
Thanks for any comments in advance

I draw some line and icons on a form.
When I resize the form the icons get multiplied and I end up with a
bunch of
icons in a row which I don't want.