VB Forum / General / October 2006

I recently lost my VB6 Enterprise CD during a move to a new location.
I have VB6 installed on a family computer and have not taken that computer
with me. Is there any way to transfer the VB6 program from that computer to
my new computer? I've looked on ebay for a new copy but ...

I know this is totally OT, but I also know that many of you write Point of
Sale applications and that you of course consider it important to provide
full documentation for your applications, so I thought you might be
interested in this little snippet:

Hey there,
I have only recently decided to use user controls mainly because there
was quite a few projects where they had simular i-faces, and i was
having to recreate them for everyone, so i thought that i may as well

I have the same problem as described in
http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/browse_thre
ad/thread/aef2035839e64c2b/2dcf50488c99fdba?lnk=st&q=VB%2Bzip%2Brecurse&rnum=2&h
l=de#2dcf50488c99fdba
Although Mark Alexander Bertenshaw seems to have found his ...

in the following choice is there a perferred syntax and if so why
If Not val = someval then
versus
If val <> someval then

I am using Visual Basic 6
I have created a form which includes a timer and lasts no longer than 15
seconds before the form closes.
I have added an MM control.

I have data in a string that I want to write to a buffer, to send it out
the serial port.  Whatever version of the MID function I try to use
gives me an error.  What am I doing wrong?
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I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with xp home edition on it.  I want to get
rid of this SQL server thing. When it doesnt connect i cant get on the
internet or anything and then everything runs so slow. then It causes
nothing but problems. Will my system still run ok if i erase this? Is

I have a client that wants to convert a VB3 project to one of the latest
versions of VB.  We have Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio 6.0.
Considering upgrading to VS 2005.
The main reason for this is because the programs will not run on fast

I'm having trouble following the units of measurement in printer API
coordinates.
For instance, the defult is twips, which is what we use:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbaac11/html/ac
proScaleMode_HV05188022.asp

hi..
I would like to get IE's Favorites List (file) with VB.
How can I get the file path Favorites List ?
Is there any API for Favorites List?.

I am new to VB programming and I'm having trouble canceling out of a loop. I
have one Command Button that starts a data acquisition loop via RS232. I have
a second command button that I wish to use to stop acquisition. The problem
is, once I start the acquisition, the stop button ...

Does anybody know, or have any resources, about how to make
non-standard windows interfaces like Windows Media Player, iTunes,
Quicktime, etc, with VB6.
I would apprecciate any information that sets me on the right path.

Hello,
I want to disable the popup menu of a textbox. Someone provided codes using
"temporary disable control" apporach, i.e, force the textbox ro lose its
focus when right button is pressed. In my application, the textbox must

I have an OCX control (written in VB 6) that wraps a windows service
(written in C++).  I need the OCX wrapper in order for a Powerbuilder
application to receive events from the windows service.  The problem
arises in which the service might get stopped but the OCX still thinks