VB Forum / General / April 2008

I've tried several Caller-ID programs on my XP-Pro system but none of
them have worked and a modem test I ran seems to indicate the modem
driver does not support this function though I have it from the
telephone company. It would be nice to see the Caller-Id info on my

I'm working on a project that converts files from all sorts of formats
(doc, xls, ppt, pdf rtf etc...) into
plain txt files. Now I want to search these text files word by word
for special words that I store in an access table.

Hey guys! Here  is a too long stroy to read but what can i do i have
to explain you a problem. i knwo c++ language and dne work in WIN32
console application, and now switching to MFC. I am just begginer in
it and started work in MFC Dialog based applications. When i ask

i'm looking at the next problem.
i'm trying to get the names of attributes of object or of types.
example
class test

I need to export some data from my VB app into a new Excel workbook. However,
if an instance of Excel is already open, I need to create the workbook in
that instance. I know how to find out if an instance is already open (ie. use
EnumWindows API) but I don't know how to then ...

I'm desperately looking for a list of first names in all languages.
Can anybody help?
Thank you.
Nick H.

I am writing a program that sends keystrokes to another application. How can
I target sendeys to iexplore and keep my main app active?

VB6SP6
Where can I find an explaination of the usage of [] in an Enum?

We need people who are expert users of Excel to participate in a paid
research study this week in the Palo Alto area.
In a hands-on session, you will be asked to perform a variety of tasks
using Excel, including advanced tasks.

I am trying to figure out how to open a tiff file and then print to a PDF
converter but capture the name of the tiff file to name the PDF file.
Goal:  I need to convert hundreds of tiff files to PDF.  I have a PDF
printer (CutePDF, creates a PDF file).

I have tried to call lstscript_keydown(49,0) and it does not seem to work.
What I am trying to do is not repeat code and my keydown event will take
care of this just like the user pressed 1.

You can retrieve the physical serial number, model number and firmware
revision given a drive number, (0, 1, etc..., where drive 0 is the primary
master.)
How can I get the drive number associated with a drive letter?

Ok - seems I have to post "on top". (first try)
...
Ok, now with changing the Subject line. (second try)
My following reply was not "going through" in the original thread.

For those of you using a newsreader that doesn't notify you when new groups
are added, there's a new on for VB6 called
"microsoft.public.vb.vista.compatibility"

I know I asked this question already and got some 300 replies or so but I
think everyone did a stellar job of avoiding answer the question. 300
replies and no answer must be some sort of record :-) So here's the question
again. What I don't understand is why recommend against ...