VB Forum / General / December 2007

I was just reading the MSDN Help for Image and PictureBox controls,
figuring it was time to learn them, now I think I have a use for one or
both.
   In doing so I came across the "Unisys LZW patents in September,

How can I create functions outside any class and call them without
creating instances of that class. Like str,chr functions in vb?

I have an MDI application which receives streaming data from a measuring
device. The MDI application consists of several child forms - each of
which contains a label for displaying text.
The data is of binary format - and consists of a header section, and a

Can WPF be uninstalled?  If so, are there any side effects on doing so?  
Thanks.

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Has anyone else had screen problems?
Start up a vb app as .exe and it looks ok at first.
Have the app perform some op that involve updating a listview and lables.
Then the screen goes crazy wild.

First off, I must apologize for the cross posting, and also, if this is
not the appropriate ng. I have searched, but could not find any ACTIVE
ng that specifically deal with ATL ActiveX libraries.
If you know of an ACTIVE (i.e. new posts within the last week) ng that

I have Visual Basic for DOS Professional 1.0 and need to create a text
control for a C editor and compiler front-end for cross-platform
compilers, but the included documentation doesn't contain such info,
and I haven't been able to find it on the internet.  I'd also like to

I have the following class
CPopulation
which could contain any of the following subclasses, dependent upon the
data being held

I just have a quick follow-up question. I added a manifest to my application
and after installation if a user (or me) goes to start the application, as
by design Microsoft Windows Vista prompts the user for permission to run the
application in elevated mode. That is fine. I have a ...

Hi NG,
I am working with Outllok data from an VB6 application.
That works fine if Outlook is not password protected.
Whenever there is a password protection I have to enter the password into a

For example, an equivalent to this C++ from MSDN:
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_InternetExplorer, NULL, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER,
                       IID_IWebBrowser2,(LPVOID*)&pIWebBrowser2;);
 hr = pIWebBrowser2->Navigate(bstrUrl, &vEmpty;, &vEmpty;, &vEmpty;, &vEmpty;);

I was wondering if someone could help me here.
Since I'm running an iMac, I, obviously, don't have Visual Basic (6)
installed. I need a small function that returns the number of seconds
between two dates. I need it for someone that doesn't have a clue about

I am running XP. I have one folder that has about 200 subfolders. Some are
subfolders empty and some have files in them. I don't want to delete the
empty folders. I am looking for a simple way to change the folder icon of
those subfolders which have files in them. The empty ...

Hi Ng,
can anyone post me a sample how to update existing contacts in outlook from
VB6 with changed data?
I only can create and delete contacts, but I need the same EntryID when