VB Forum / General / July 2008

Looking for some direction on a new project I am starting.  I want to
be able to capture the data that is going to my sound card and save it
as a file on the hard drive.  Example would be listening to streaming
radio over the internet.  My program would capture this sound and save

I'm using VB5 to maintain an old software.
We can not buy it because it's obselete.
So, Must I have a valid license key for each PC ?
If yes, which license must I buy and use ?

First off, I'm not a VB programmer. I'm a Java programmer. I have been
asked by my company to create a new application based on an existing
application we already have. The existing application was written in
VB6, VB.NET, and C#.

i wanted use the "print" method/function  in VS2008 the same as in
VB6.0 so i am using the powerpack 3 , but some method/function
unsupported.
I found that there is  property Printer."TrackDefault" in VB6.0 but

Using FXCop to optimize and refactor application, how do I get rid of
the "avoid unused private fields" notification in the code below? If I
use one dummy field, I'll still get the notification.
Dim sHGBvalue, sHGBdate As String

I guess I was bored this afternoon?  So, here's a puzzle for the long weekend!  :-)
I was trying to codify the rules VB uses for including results in a Dir loop, based
on what attributes are passed to it.  This is the best I've come up with so far:
  Private Function ...

I currently have a vb 6.0 application that merges an Access data base into a
Word letter.   The app works wonderfully with both Office 97  & Office 2000.  
I am trying to upgrade to Office 2003 and cannot get the merge to work.  I
get the following message:

In VB6, how can I detect a 64 bit environment?

I am using the chrW function to display unicode characters. But this is
returning "? for value exceeding 382

Although I found this "problem" at the same time as my other post here, it
is actually unrelated (mostly), so thought I needed another post.
By accident, I realized today that an XP PC can have a Windows Classic style
set for windows and buttons, or the normal Windows XP style. I ...

(Sorry if this appears twice - I thought I posted it before, but I
can't find it.)
I'm using a laptop running Win XP Pro with a second monitor.  I would
like to make my VB app open in the laptop screen and Word open in the

we have got a setup  problem on a customer machine with windows xp.
the setup has run successfully many time before on many different
machines. (setup created with installshield 9)
error message says:

I have managed to corrupt a VBP file (don't ask), the project contains
a large number of objects and I am recreating the project from scratch
- does anyone know of any way of adding multiple files to the project
file at the same time, or do I have to labour through one by one?

Err.Description says: "Automation error"
What will be a constant name for that error?
Where to look for it?
Thanks,

a function expects an array in this form:
call Append_PolygonPTR(VarPtr(m_lPoints(1)), m_lPointCount)
and here is the function:
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