VB Forum / General / August 2008

It appears that the operation of the Chr() function is language
dependent? This function is not doing what I expect on a Chinese version
of Windows. The problem appears when the Chr() argument is greater than
127. How can I code my application so that it works correctly on all

I have a form with a number of buttons and other controls. I have a
subroutine that determines which buttons and other controls should be enabled
at any given time, depending on what the user has entered or clicked. I have
one button (which is really a check box control that ...

Using the "Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation", how do I compare
two Folder objects to see if they refer to the same thing within the
Windows Shell?
Using "objFolder1 = objFolder2" doesn't work - it seems to just do

VB6SP6+Common Controls
Large program.
Main form from sub main()
Form ~600K.

VB6
I'm building Jet database tables.  Then I'm calling msAccess to open a
pre-existing report. Problem is that users are experiencing the errors
relating to invalid references. In this case the error is "Undefined

I was wondering if the .NET functions for GDI+ like MULTILINE and
WORDBREAK are newly created functions for .NET, or if they are somehow
available in VB6 for GDI+, too. I haven't been able to find them.

I tried to use the example in visual basic 6 in this page :
http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_ftp.html
it worked fine with me on my computer but when I test it on another computer
the files are uploaded but with no contents ( i.e. the files sizes are 0 KB )

I have to write application which will allow users to search vb 6
projects for occurrences of a given value. I realize it would not be
very difficult to write this but myself but wonder if there are any
existing components/libraries which will do such a thing. The perfect

I am using this small script to automatically created scheduled tasks
via Group Policy on each one of our servers:
It executes the command:
-   Return = WshShell.Run("echo ""N""|schtasks.exe /create /SC

What's the difference between the two statements
Timer1.Enabled = False
Timer1.Interval = 0
Wont the both disable the timer?

I am using this small script to automatically created scheduled tasks
via Group Policy on each one of our servers:
It does a to create the scheduled task:
 Return = WshShell.Run("echo ""N""|schtasks.exe /create /SC WEEKLY /D

Hi! Is there anyway I can obtain the dimmed version of an icon/image in a
ListView control?
I was trying to use the Ghosted property of an item, but it only makes the
item highly pixelated and far different from what I see everywhere else in

Suppose you have a program that display stock charts.
Suppose you can add technical lines all over the chart from various tools
within the program. One tool lets you draw just lines from point to point,
another draws parallel lines, another draws angled fan lines from a point

How to add the DateTimePicker Control when using VB6 in the project?

how to send a huge size of string using a winsock control? how to do
that in easy way? i read more about winsock but i cant figure out how to
completely get all the 1 million characters from the sender... please
help me.. my problem is to receive a huge number of characters from a