VB Forum / General / November 2006

I've developed a vb.net application that contacts a XML Web Service on a
server.
When I place the vb.net application in a directory on a local client
computer, everything works just fine.

I need to write an application to enumerate a DFS root and export it into a
file but can't find any information on whether this is possible and how.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
I can't use any standard MS tools as I do not have the necessary access to

anybody know how to eliminate the "ding" sound whenever an "Alt-" + key is
done into a textbox control and the form in which is contained have menus ?
For example:
I have a form with a textbox and a (simple) menu. This menu hasn't any

I'm copying a MSChart to a RichTextBox control, using the following code:
   MSChart2.EditCopy
   Picture1.Picture = Clipboard.GetData(vbCFMetafile)
   Clipboard.Clear

I have both VB5 and VB6 Enterprise Edition installed on my computer.
Today I opened a project I hadn't opened for a few days that used the MS
Common Dialog Control (ComDlg32.ocx). When I ran the project, I got an
error that the control didn't support a method. When I tried it out ...

I'm trying to link to Datagrid using ADO control to display data stored in
my database. But I have been trying out for some times already, thing still
can't work! Or was I done/set something wrong
Could anyone help to guide me in this matter?

I have a problem with Visual Basic 6 ActivexDLLs under Windows Vista RC1, My
DLL is working fine under IDE (in Vista) but refuses to register with
regsvr32.exe and throws out the following error ;
[Window Title]

I want to put all of my ADO recordset clean up code in my unload
method, but I can figure out whether a rs was ever opened.  The ADO
2.8 API Reference Recordset Object Properties, Methods, and Events
unfortunately has a lot of properties that show no additional

How long will Microsoft give support to Vb6?
How long will Microsoft give support to COM?
(please, let's not get into the argument between VB6 and the .NET).
Will we always be able to run VB6 applications under Windows platforms?

I'd like to have a program to figure how to make foursomes for a golf trip.
There are 16 players divided into four groups. 4 A players, 4 B players, 4 C
players, 4 D players. The goal would be to have each A player play with each
B, C, D player at least once during the 8 rounds ...

I have a background form that takes up the whole screen and various forms
that display in front of it.  When originally designed, the background did
not have a maximize or minimize button.
I have a request to change it so the background does have the maximize and

I tried searching for this topic, but I just get too many results that
don't apply.  Here is the problem I have.
I have written a C++ DLL in VC6.  A program in VB6 calls the DLL and
sends over a byte array that consists of a LZW compressed file.  The

I've got my app so it will export the selected data to Excel, but it always
creates a new worksheet.  I found the code "out there" and modified it to
work for my app, but can't figure out how to select a worksheet that is
already there.  I can rename the worksheet to what I want ...

When I run my app with a regional setting other than English this part of my
code doesn't displays any data from the file.  What am I doing wrong?
           Set fsoVWSDaily = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
           Set tsVWSDaily = fsoVWSDaily.OpenTextFile(frmSetup.txtVWS.Text ...

I hope someone can help me out with this.
I'm trying to add a function to a button when it's right-clicked , but I
can't find any way to do it.
Is there a simple property in VB 6 that allows me to write a function when I