VB Forum / General / January 2008

I have an type library written CSharp that I instantiate in VB6.  The type
library is added to the GAC and I expect that when I call createobject and
that call fails, that I get one of two automation errors:  Error 429 can't
crate activex component or a general automation error.  ...

I'm trying to compile my VB6 project into an EXE which I've done many times
before but I get this error now...
System Error &H80004005 (-2147467259).  Unspecified error
Any ideas what it means?

How can I detect if a user has turned on the High-Contrast
Accessibility option. (This is for people with vision problems.) The
control that I place on the bottom of the form is placed at
mycontrol.top = Me.height - mycontrol.height. My control is now buried

I am looking for the best way to end a process that is not responding.
I can see it in the task manager and end it there but I need to do it on the
fly with out user intervention.
I know the exe that is not responding but in some cases it is responding so

I have an irritating problem that I can't explain, which means there must be
a simple answer out there.
I have a timer on a form which is enabled with an interval of 1000. The
tmrGeorgeMax only runs for the first time and then never again. The timer

I hope I have the right forum for this question?
I am having trouble building an exe from the vbp through our source control
software when relative paths
are used to locate references. For a bit of background I am developing an in

This is odd, I cannot figure it out.
I have some sample code here, assume everything is properly declared.
hWin = GetWindow (Wnd, GW_CHILD)
'// hDWord is the value of HTCLIENT and WM_MOSEMOVE

I am trying to loop through ALL the combinations and count the number
of occurances of the last digit for each of the combinations in a 649
Lotto.
There are 10 categories of last digit :-

I have a vb6 app.  Where should I store machine wide data so it can be
accessed by users
on the same machine?
Sharrukin

I have a project with an existing form; frm1
I want to clone this form and use it as a starting point for some
modifications/texting.
I did a SaveAs on frm1, saving it as frm2.

I am trying to pass a string and the length of the string to a dll written in
VB. When I pass the information I am getting a failed return value from the
dll.  Can anyone rescue me from drowning here.  I have tried everything.  
Below is the function I am accessing:

Perhaps a little off topic as well.  Windows XP.  How can one disable
on one's computer the various pop ups such as the MSN sign- on-window
which happens fairly often when one is doing work offline?
AlexM

I can store a backup copy of a DB File to various Drives but if I backup to C
Drive I can Burn to CD from XP, but can I do this from within the VB Program?

Hi! I use VB 2008 and I want to ask you how I can replace the text
that is between "*" and "*" in a text file?
If text file contains this:
*dog*

I have create 5 autorun applications with vb(one for each of our
products) which uses a com component
in order that vb executable can use this component i am calling
DLLRregisterServer on the component and than uses CreateObject to