VB Forum / General / November 2006

I have a VB4 application that uses the Shell function to launch Microsoft
Word (WinWord.exe).  Since WinWord.exe may be in different locations
depending on the version of Word that is being used, I need to use an API or
some means to determine the location of WinWord on a ...

I have a listbox where I print an array(2 to 12), for every index theres an
integer.
2     4
3     8

I have a process that changes a bid to an invoice.  Simply by validatng
that the invoice number starts with B he code will then put the next
invoice number into the in voice field of the record.  this works great
code below.  I also need to change the value of the date field at the

I have developed a DLL in VB6 that wraps the .Net CryptoUtility as we
have a need for a developer using the Magic8.3 language to call the
.Net encryption utility.
According to the Magic developer he cannot call directly to a .Net dll

Hello group,
In a discussion about AIS coding in Base64, 6bit-encapsulated data,
Larry Serflaten proposed the use of a collection.
I tried the following code: and I get an error stating "This key is

I have a small app that allows the users to enter notes in a rich text box.
One of the outputs of this app is a web page that includes the notes
formatted as html output. I have a routine that does that for me reasonably
well.

I am trying to print some text, on a monochrome printer, in black on a light
grey background but failing miserably.
There are two problems:
I start by shading in the whole of the rectangular area with my light grey

I have a main form and a status indication in that form.

With few actions being successful in the child form, i should update
the status indication in the main form as "Success".

I have a winform in which webbrowser control is placed, i navigate a
url in that ( lets say www.test.com/a.jpg) , so picture comes in . but
my webbrowser has predefined width and height ( say 200x100) , but if
the image width is 250 then scrollbar is coming in the webbrowser , how

would it be possible to use vb6 to create portable applications - those for
use on a usb stick for example?
by using the CAB file created using the pd wizard extract the required files
runtime and any dll's & ocx's, exe files and other files ini & txt etc to a

What is the meaning of "Quote" keyword?
Jack

I have a plain 1-form, a couple of controls, VB6 executable, that, when
minimized disappears behind the DeskTop Task Bar. Does anybody know why?, and
What to do to prevent this behavior?
Thanks for your help

We need a file exists function that works.
I gather files using a Dir loop.
I then check later that the user has not renamed or deleted the files in
Windows Explorer using a FileExists function.

hi im using vb 2005 and am trying to export a reg key, code:                
procID = Shell("c:\windows\system32\regedt32.exe /e:a c:\\" & Sub_Key & ".reg
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\" &
Sub_Key, AppWinStyle.NormalFocus, True, 100000)

I want to write a VB program to create webpages for me with resized
jpeg images. I have searched for resizing and now I am completely
confused as to which way to go. Is there an easy way that I can resize
my images to create thumnails all in my application without using a