VB Forum / General / November 2007

I'm not quite sure how to explain this, but I'll give it a shot.
I am retrieving a number from a file on an AS400.  They are passing an
order number down to us.  The order number in the system is -000854,
however when retrieving this from the file it appears as 00085M.  I'm

Hi, is it possible to call a window service public service from a vb
application and get the result? Thasnks.

My project is using dll  (COM object) which is listed under References.
It works fine.
But, accidently when browsing the Components list I have found the same dll,
listed under the same name but it is not selected (not checked).

is it possible to know which user and which groupe he belongs who's
logged on a domain thru active directory ??? thank u for ur help.

I am copying the contents of a picturebox in bitmap format to the hard
drive. It is working great but sometimes the users open other forms or
toolboxes which may be on top of the picturebox and when they save the
contents of the picturebox, the parts of the form or toolbox which ...

I have tried:
Set appExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
appExcel.Workbooks.Open App.Path & "\data.txt"
....

i want to be able to provide a open file dialog in my app to allow the
users to specify a DLL. i want my application to automatically detect
the properties, methods, etc. and build a user interface element that
will allow the user to configure input and methods to use from the DLL.

Then I realised I didn't need to. Happy Days!

OK, I've an application that produces two executables based on a
compile (build) time setting. I use conditionals to control things
like string values, etc. (Think of this as a multi-language
application--it isn't but that model works).

My apologies if this has already been asked/answered but a search didn't
turn up anything specifically to what I have been asked.
I understand that he VB6 IDE will no longer be supported beyond April of
2008.  The runtime will be supported with the version of Windows that it

I have a control array with 37 picture boxes and an image list loaded with
jpg picture.
How do I load the pictures from the image list  into the picture boxes -
everything I have tried fails.

I have created a VB program which opens a DAO database and recordset.
When I use the program in runtime there is no problem but when I
compile the program
and try to run if again I'm getting the error 91 Object

I have the Oct 2001 edition of MSDN installed on my computer such that
when I click on Help in VB6 it reacts. However, as I'm paging down
through some subject, it often prompts me to insert CD #2 or CD #3. If
I do that, it all works but I'd like to not have to insert CDs all the

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I am hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction.
I have an application to develop where it would be really helpful if I
could detect mouse clicks made on another application.
I know I can hook the event/message system in windows and detect mouse