VB Forum / General / December 2006

I'm not sure if this is where I should be asking this question or not
as I am, yes, one of the few who still develop in VB 6.
My question is. Is it possible to run a VB script file from within a VB
program? I have tried using the SHELL command but that doesn't work.

I am trying to change the text in a set of text boxes. here is the code
w1 = InputBox("Input Word")
   TXT = Int((12 * Rnd) + 1)
       If c(TXT).Text = "" Then

I have a picture box on Form1, and I want to provide a sample readout next
to the cursor position as I mouse over the picture box.
In another thread, a number of folks suggest I handle this by placing labels
on a borderless form and then using a combination of the form.move and

I have 2 files that I need to compare. I started by just using FILE I/O to
do it, but it was very slow so based off of a suggstion from another NG'er,
I decided to dump each file into an array and compare the arrays. This is
what I have so far. The CompareArrays function is ...

  We currently faced a problem in supporting multi-language. Our
software must support English, Japanese and other add-in languages
later.
  Our solution is moving the form, control, message to a resource of

Is there a way to test within the Visual Basic 6.0 IDE whether multiple
instances of the application being developed are running?
I am using the app.prevInstance method in my form_load event, but when I run
the application I can't seem to figure out how to run a second instance.

Hi all. Is it possible that while browsing in Internet Explorer I could
retreive the HTML from each page visited using Visual Basic 6? Any
pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.

I have a normal EXE program that I want to run a dual processor PC.
Currently, it uses 50% of the CPU power.  I'm trying to convert it to
an AX EXE so it will thread out new objects that are created so I can
take full advantage of the dual CPUs. I think AX EXE will do this for

I'm running a VB 6.0 app to interface with an Oracle HTMLDB table.  The
application runs fine on Win2000 PC's (like mine), but on WinXP
machines, when the user tries to bring up a record, we get the
following error message:

A refreshing little problem.  I have a process that write a log (a
physical text file) and I want to have a text box that displays the
contents of the file in real time.  I am using VB6 with sp6 and the app
is a SDI.

             I have a form with some DDE linked text box controls.  The
text of the controls change exactly as expected when the form is in design
mode, but do not work at all when the program actually runs.  Does anyone
know what the issue is here?

I'm an unskilled user who'd like to keep the window I'm working in on
top of all others (whatever they may be).  Is there a way to do this?

I am using an *old* audio effects plugin (a DLL).
I can use it in a player without having to install it but it registers
the equalization settings that it applies in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
(HKLM) hive.

I want to get my programme to notify my user if I have posted a new version
of the exe on my website, a reminder to update, if you will. Obviously, I
would imagine that I would need to get the file version of the users exe,
and compare it to the file version of the exe on the ...

In order to make a template for a task that will be used often I need a
way to set the mail-subject with the use of a script. So far my script
can insert some standard text that is needed. But I want the script to
set the subject also.