VB Forum / General / February 2007

Does a VB6 program run with Windows Vista ?

I mostly create everyday macros.  I've learned how to revise them and create
new ones based on previous macros.
This is probably a silly question, but is there a list or chart that has all
of the available color values?  Not the RGB, but more of the basic.

How can I handle POP up windows in VB.
I know it can be done by using newWindow2 or newWindow3 event of window
class but I am afraid I dont know how to code.
Please help me to do this atleast.

I have a textbox in VB for which I want to make a format so that the
user can add an IP-address.
When the form is openend the user should see (   .   .   .   ) in the
textbox and only have the possibility to add numbers. I haven't found

Is there any way to run Shell command in VB6 app running on Vista with admin
rights?
I know that everything that worked on XP must be redesigned in order to run
on Vista.

I need some help. I've got a deadline for this friday and i'm stuck.  what
i'm trying to do is have 1 textbox, datagrid and 1 button then when the user
enter a search string, and press the button, I want the result to be
displayed in the datagrid.

I have run into the VB6 nuance where it does not reliably read current value
of a VarPtr exposed variable. I can see the foreign process successfully
incrementing the value all day but my client is not picking up the change. I
tried using Boolean = Variable but without success. ...

I am trying to start another EXE with my code and I want it to stay active.
The problem is that when the other EXE puts up its splash screen, it somehow
become inactive and no process has the focus. I Shell the other EXE like this:
PID = Shell("C:\Program Files\TestApp\vfe.exe", ...

Sorry to post this here, but I haven't been able to find anything online
about this one.  I've had a small client/server app. for years where the
client just uses WSClient.Connect to automatically select a free port and
connect to the remote system.  That's great and is how I want ...

I want to take a snapshot of various machines that I maintain.  I thought if
I could read the installed programs I could tell if a new program was
installed.
I assume this information is in the registry but I do not know where.  Can

I've written a simple custom app that converts a file, by reading bytes,
into a text file, but I'm getting confused with my carriage returns and/or
line feeds...
I get my .txt file output, but if I load the text file into notepad, it is

GetObject gets the first instance of a program when there are more than one
open. I can determine whether it's the one that I want. But if not, is there
any way to get at another instance?
Here's what I've got for accessing AutoCAD R2007:

I get this compile error when i click my update command button "End If
without block If". However it does change the record that i edit.
Here is my code:
Private Sub cmdUpdate_Click()

I have a DVD player app in VB6 using the DX9/directshow objects MSVidWebDVD
and MSVidCtl. It works fine in XP, but with Windows Vista everything works
exept I get no audio on any DVDs. I know this is pretty obscure, but I'm
running out of things to try short of rewriting the ...

Hi Friends,
I hv just started learning vb.net .
When I was creating my 1st web forms appl., got follw. problem.
1. It doesn't allow me to type proj.name. Simply displays default one