VB Forum / General / May 2008

I'm currently supporting an e-learning system written in MS VB 6 and it can
be compiled without errors. This system is constructed as below:-
1) There are forms to capture the data / information entered by end-users.
All these forms are equipped with graphics / animated Flash ...

I had a VB6 project named P1.  P1 had a form, F1.  F1 used some
builtin Microsoft control of class C1, variable name MyC1.  Everything
worked fine.
F1 had a bunch of code to use MyC1 in a certain way, and I wanted to

VB6SP6
Some time ago when I was a new newbie, I downloaded the HardCore source code
and persued the docs on line.
Now I am trying to understand StretchBlt and the like and saw that there was

How to initial textbox with data from a data file?
thanks

I've developed in VB6 for some time, purposely avoiding going over to
the "Dark Side" of .Net. That was mostly because I hadn't come across a
.Net (or Java for that matter) app that impressed me by it's speed at
all. My development has been for the manufacturing floor. While the

I have a collection of employee objects called CEmployees.  I can call a
load function and all employees will load into the collection.  When a user
logs into the application they use a username to identify themselves, but I
have to loop through each item in the collection to find ...

I am a newbie and am lost.  
I have the following script that does just what I need, except it opens
behind all other open windows.  How do I get the file dialog to open in front
of the other windows?

I am trying to populate the server list in a listbox as soon as the
user opens the application and then depending which server he/she
selected the databases within that selected server.
I am not sure how can I achieve that...I have the code posted below:

I need a VB5 application to POST data to a PHP script on a remote web
server. It has to be a non-COM DLL because I don't want to force users
to switch to admin to be able to register a COM control.
Does someone know of such a thing, and would recommend it?

        I have the following soap code to access web service,
Private Sub Command1_Click()
   Dim client As New SoapClient30
   Dim str As Integer

Ive been searching ways to create a deskband or explorer band i.e. a
small window/form that sits on the taskbar. Everywhere I search I find
people suggesting for Emorcillo deskband example. And this link is
given: http://www.mvps.org/emorcillo/en/code/vb6/index.shtml

We have a commercial application that crashes frequently, --- we do  not
have a viable alternative for it - yet.
I thought I could write a small VB app that would check the task list and
determine when it crashed- using karl Peterson's Ctasklist class.  I did

I understand that searching a dropdownlist in vb can only search one
letter.  For example if looking for pittsburg I can type "p", but if I
then type "i" it will move to the first "i" in the list.  I have
created a method to save the keys pressed and lookup the item based on

I am currently running VB6 sp5. Should I install sp6? I seem to remember
there was some reason to not install that latest service pack. Whats the
latest suggestions??
TIA

On several PCs, XP & Vista too, I have found that IE runs very slowly
acquiring a web page. Other PCs it runs OK.  Firefox and Opera are quick to
acquire the same web page on the PC with slow IE.
Now I ave a VB6SP6 app running the web browser control and it too is quick.