VB Forum / General / December 2006

I developed some features in VB6 project. They are based on using gdi32.dll.
My application works fine on Windows XP machines. User who has Windows 2000
Pro reported me the problem with that part of the application (Out of memory
message). I asked him to upgrade to Windows XP. He ...

I am currently developing some Word templates (office 2003) + VBA
I have  a UTF-8 encoded text file...I wanted to read and show the
values into a list box...
The charactors are getting changed while reading and filling the

I have a dynamic string array that stores filenames in each entry.
For example
filenames(0)="c:\program files\test\test.txt"
filenames(1)="c:\program files\test\anothertest.txt"

Right now I have a picture box on a form with a label that
programattically follows the cursor around. This label provides
readouts of the data at the cursor position.
Unfortunately, this label is bound to the form, such that if the form

Anybody know of any slider controls that allow you to change the
background and foreground (tick) colours.  I have tried subclassing,
but that does not change the tick colours.
Thanks

I am making a custom control that uses the mscomm32.ocx control. I have
the control working in most areas but I am unable to access the
controls tag property. I have done the following:
1) Added to the UserControl_WriteProperties Sub:

I have a DataEnvironment with "Connection1" and "Command1" containing "ID",
"Name" and "Address" (from an MS-Access database query).
Now, I want to give the "ID" to the program, and get the "Name" and
"Address". I wrote these codes, but seems like there are not correct. Please

I do small programs in VB6 used inside our company.  When those program
are placed on a network drive, they display a 'Security Warning' when
they are executed.  It says that 'This file does not have a valid
digital signature...'.  How can I sign my VB6 projects so that we don't

Is there a windows subclass constant for a mouse entering or exiting a given
hwnd?
The only one I have found is
Private Const WM_MOUSEMOVE = &H200

I have a VB6 program and want to download a text file from a server if the
user has an Internet connection.
This is a very simple case - no upload - just download.
Is there some VB6 or 3rd party, simple control that does this for me or do I

I tried to connect my VB6 prgram to an Access DB using a DataEnvironment,
and I had no problem doing this, but if I set a passsword for the Access
(mdb) file, and then go to:
DataEnvironment1> R-Click: Connection1> Properties> Connection> Uncheck:

How in ASP do you populate a dropdown based upon the selection made in
another dropdown?  Here is my current dropdown :
<select name="Enet" ID="Enet">
                <option value="">all</option>

First thanks to Paul for the reply in another group about project1 etc.
Next question: My texts suggest that an exe file isn't really standalone but
other files are needed to make an application run. My experiments so far
suggest that eg images on forms *are* bundled into the exe ...

Hello
Which of the VB versions (.net or vb6) is better for these works:
1- Data Managing programs (Such as Accounting programs).
2- Cd-burning programs

Newbie vb6
There is a BackColor and MaskColor in the property window but I can not see
a ForeColor for command button controls. I can change the back color but how
can I change the ForeColor to change the color of command button caption?