VB Forum / General / October 2006

i have a recordset called rs_table. i want to set the value of the combo box
using one of the field from rs_table but not using combo1.additem method.
at this moment i set the combo box value using this code :
with rs_table

Hi there....I am a beginner in Vb6.0......I am using combo1(index) in
my project ( total index =0 - 5).......I want to check for a condition
..
just imagine combo1(2) is having some text and i am using BACKSPACE or

I get a collection of objects and then loop through the collection,
adding listitems to a listview. When the collection count is as large
as 4000 - 5000, it becomes really slow and I was wondering if any of
you have any suggestions for improving performance.

I wonder if anybody can help.  My son just started Programming course
at school and they use Visual basic 6.0.  They are currently using SP5.
i want to buy exactly the same version, so that he can work at home.
I have done many searches and just cannot find where to buy the VB6.  I

I am running a bunch of If...then...else statements inside of a
for...next...loop. If on of the statements is true I want to increment
my counter (restart at the top of the loop) and process the logic
again. How can I jump to the next increment wil in the middle of the

Can anyone describe how to pass instructions to collate to the VB6 printer
object?  I can reliably obtain the collate setting from the printer dialog,
but since the printer properties do not include a collate property, can't
figure out how to pass this to a printer.

I have multiple forms open at the same time in the applicaton. The user can
swich focus between them. For example, I have form1 open, then I open form2
(while keep the form1 opening), now the form2 is the active window, I would
like to have a way to retrive the name of previous ...

My application has been running for over a year now. I designed it in VB6
with no Service Packs installed. The program interfaces with a MS Access 2000
database. Today I installed SP5 and ran the program again and received the
following error message: Run-time error '9': ...

please explain the following code
       Dim rt As String =
"{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0
Arial;}}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qr\f0\fs20 "

My Win 2000 with IIS and interDev 6 worked fine. I installed Win 2003
server and interDev 6 (together with bachoffice componets "MD Data
Access", "Remote Machine Debuging", "Frond Page Server Extensions" and
"Visual InterDev Server"  as I did in win2000). Now after starting

I have seen it sometimes advised to avoid (where possible):
- Nested ifs
- GoTo's
with that in mind, if you have the following multiple tests as a requirement

I want to prepare a report in vb with the help of MSWord.I am drawing a
table at run time in word but there are 31 columns in table ,only 13 or 14
columns are displayed and rest are cutoff from the page.
Is there any way by which i can control the the display of table i.e. 10

I have a small problem with the picture of my command button.
After I click on the command button, the picture will disappear.. I
don't know why...
All I did was after clicking the button, it will close the form and show

I'm in trouble with using SHAutoComplete in a VB6 project.
There is a modal form with an edit box. SHAutoComplete is applied to the
edit box. Autocomplete works all right BUT the dropdown list does not process
mouse events: moves and clicks. I am not able to select an item from ...

I have made an application using VB6 SP6 on my XP computer. The application
stores several data related to medical imaging tests performed in a radiology
department. The application requires the operators to enter the patient
identification data (including type of exam, patient ...