VB Forum / General / March 2008

I would like to write a DAQ System using MS VB .NET which is something
similiar to a virtual oscilloscope. But I don't have any ideal where & how to
start the system coding part. Therefore, anyone out there who has this kind
of hardware interfacing programming experienced could ...

Is there a way to get a listbox to show all files including the ones in
subfolders?  I set the pattern to *.* but it is not returning files in
subfolders.

"There are probably as many strategies for downloading files from the Internet as
there are .NET programmers -- that is, no where near the number of Classic VB
developers, but still more than a mere handful."
Visual Studio Magazine Online | Classic VB Corner: Simple Asynchronous ...

I have two basic questions about dll's and I think they are related.
1.  What is the best way to distribute my DLL?  For example I have
three dlls (different levels of functionality) so i am going to
license them.  I was going to create a new EXE program (installer)

Did anybody else just get a bunch of duplicate headers?

==================
Repeat:
On Error GoTo Duplicate
<some code here>

I have no idea what I am doing in COM.
I have tried example after example and reading whatever I could find,
but I seem to be missing something fundamental.
I need to capture certain information from DXF files and send it to a

I have standard exe application that I have installed onto a clients server.  
Users access this from their local machines.  Part of the application
accesses a dll that I have written.  Use of this dll is licenced seperately
from the main exe.  My client is claiming that only 2 ...

I am using vb6 and the window media play control.
wmp_movies.openPlayer "C:\windows\clock.avi"
wmp_movies.settings.autoStart = True
This is the code above that I use to open the wmp.  From my vb

Vbasic's status bar occupies the full width of the window.
I have noticed that in Internet Explorer the status bar (at the bottom)
occupies only a part of the width of the window (the part under favorites
pane excluded).

I am a novice at VB5 programming.
How does one specify directories for the application's data files if they
are different from where the installer put the program directory?
What is the secret?  I have five books on VB programming (2 on VB3 and 3 on

How can I change the TwipsPerPixel under XP, please?
I noticed that one of my users has TwipsPerPixelX 12 instead of my 15,
and I would like to be able to reproduce what he experiences.

can someone post a working code for this
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Private Sub Form_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
If KeyPress(122) Then

I have the following in a VB program:
Dim aList
aList = Split(sList, ";", -1, vbTextCompare)
My question is aList a dynamic or fixed array? One thing I thought to maybe

I have a program that accesses an SQL Server Express database.  I access
this database remotely on a Windows domain and it works fine.  The server
machine is set up with TCP/IP and Name Pipes enabled using Surface Area
Configuration and I connect using Windows Authentication.