VB Forum / General / June 2008

Several years ago I wrote an application which used Powerpoint Object
Library 11. Now I'd like to update the application for Office 2007 users.
While using Library 12 works fine in the app for users with Office 2007,
those still using Office 2003 receive an error (because, of ...

  I have a simple VB 6 app that I run two ways.  One, I launch it directly,
do what I need, then Exit.  The process appears in Task Manager, then
disappears upon exiting.  The second way I launch the app is through a Shell
command with command line arguments from another app.  ...

Great blog entry by Joe White (notes from a TechEd presentation):
http://blog.excastle.com/2008/06/03/teched-2008-notes-why-software-sucks/

VB6SP6
If I need to abort an app in the middle what items need to be handled so it
does not leave remnants in memory and possibly use CPU time or whatever.
unload all forms and in the process

I know some of this has been covered here before, and I've been involved in
some discussions as well, but while setting up my new computer I've lost all
that, so thought I'd start anew.
I have two requirements (two different applications) for a PDF OCX for VB6:

I have Windows 2003 Active directory, Exchange 2003 and LCS 20005 in my
current environment.
Now, we want to migrate from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 and Exchange 2003
to Exchange 2007.

I have a PostgreSQL database on my machine created by an app I
purchased.  I would like to read this database and extract some data the
app doesn’t provide, and create a report.
I’ve written a number of VB6 apps but haven’t the slightest clue where

I use vbasic Setup Wizard to create the setup program.
Why Windows Data Execution Prevention is triggered by it?
Jack

My 32bit VB app needs to check for the existence of a file located in the
system32\drivers folder on a 64bit system. Because of file redirection my
app cannot see the file. I am aware of the API
Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection. I make a call to it before checking for the

Still looking into a .tlb for the 140 or so Windows API's I use and have
come across a problem
with GetOpenFileName when I do a file multi-select. I have this working fine
when I use the normal

Does anyone know where I can obtain a hand icon either the same as or very
similar to the icon that appears when you hover over a web page link in IE
or Google or whatever?
Mike

I want to save an Access File in a Folder called myDataFile I copied this
from from MSDN but it fails.
My.Computer.FileSystem.CreateDirectory _
("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\NewDirectory") changed

I asked in an XP group but users there are not technical.
So I will ask the real experts to
1) tell me where to ask if no one here knows
2) how to select a browser to open a URL on the WIndos Desktop.

Hi
Has anybody written a book or paper on beginners guide to Inno or
an E-Book would be most useful, I am trying to use this product and
I am having some problems.

My app is doing rather heavy stuff like moving screen sized graphics
around using BitBlt. Why? I am animating a book with turning pages (it's
for kids).
Under normal circumstances it works fine even on computers that are like