VB Forum / General / January 2007

I am trying to open an excel file that has a known password with Visual
Basic.  Is there a way that I can integrate the password into the code
so I don't have to type it in everytime.  Please Help.  
Thank you.

I need to save a file that is as follows: first 25 characters is
information about the file, second is a txt file, third is a jpeg
file(or two or three or four). the format is then saved as a custom
file type only readable from my application. Any ideas on how to do

I'm trying to construct a graphic menu structure, by using graphic buttons
rather than the normal top-level text menus. Using PopupMenu, obviously, to
pop up a menu when a key is pressed. But with that decision comes an
apparent loss of a lot of functionality. Pressing Alt does not ...

VB6 SP6, MSDE SP3
Project References: ADO2.8, XML4.0
I have a form that refreshes every minute (Timer) which contains an
array of 20 UserControls (specialty buttons).  After some time, usually

Hey All,
 We are currently upgrading a vb6 development to vs.net.  We use the
sheridan datawidgets v3 ocx extensively throughout the program.  My question
is, can you generally use older 3rd party ocx in an application, and has

All the examples I can find show how to serialize to a file.  How do I
serialize to an xmlnode/document?
i.e
dim ser as new xmlserializer(gettype(myobj))

Hello, friends,
I am using VB6 and ADO 2.5 to query an Access database. I am using filter to
get certain records I need after filling up a record set:
recSet.Filter = "gbkeycode = '" & keyCodeStr & "'"

Hi group,
If I have a large binary file (say 100 MB), is it possible to directly
read a specified section of that file, for example bytes 98200 to
98300, in an efficient manner?

I'm working in vb.net 2005, and in a project we're working, we have a
main form and a few other forms with different settings. One of them is
User setting form with 3 settings, and one of them is application
language with 2 values(languages). When I choose one language and click

I have this piece of code:
With WdDoc.Shapes.AddLabel(1, X, Y, 20, 60).TextFrame
  .TEXTRANGE.text = "some text"
  .TEXTRANGE.Bold = True

OS: Win2KPro SP3
running VisualStudio6 Enterprise + SP3  (  =NOT=  .NET)
To get my output formatted just right I need to right-justify things in
a fixed-width field.

I have a VB6 program that receives data using socket and save the data to a
SQL Server 2000 database.
It  has Windows 2000 SP4 with all hot patches in it. It has 2 gig of RAM.
The program had been running for years with no problem, but for the last 3

I'm looking for a customizable Office-style menu control that will let me
use bitmaps or icons for the top level menu, rather than just fonts. I
bought Arcadia's PowerButton, and while it can look like I want it to, it
doesn't really "act" like a menu control (does not highlight ...

I am trying to write a macro In Word 2003. My goal is to automate
filling a word template called Document 2 with three pieces of data
(access no., Narrative, Report no.) from Report Doc. I want to run my
macro from any Report Doc. All the data starts at character position

A quick question; speaking of VB6 which one is fast? A collection object or
array when it comes to searching for a certain string in either of them;
when I have a key for a collection element and want to confirm if there is
an element with the matching key on the other hand I ...