VB Forum / General / August 2008

I am creating my first Inno setup and as far as I can tell I want to include
mdac_typ.exe and I have been advised that it must be the same version that is
used in my VB Program.
The version I have down loaded from MS is Ver. 27.1.9040.2 while the ver. I

I have an application using a grid control.  I have set up user settings for
each column of the grid to enable the user to determine various properties
of those columns.  For example whether a particular user wants this column
Visible or not.  Everything works fine for this.

Is it possible to set a declaration say in VB so that Empty is never equal
to the number 0? Thanks.
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George Hester

VB6
Tried Library and can't find it under that string using NEAR.
Is this something that will gather all my project's files together in one
place.

Is there a way to have a program create another exe and run it in memory
without writing anything to disk? I write a lot of cmd and vbscripts and I'd
like to wrap them into an .exe to run. My initial thought was to create an
exe that has code to make a copy of itself and then ...

I would like to know if it's a known problem that when the IDE is halted
for more than 2 minutes the IDE will crash when a GDI+ token was
initialized.
Normally I don't pause the IDE so long, but I'm scared that this is a

In a VB6 app with no forms, how do get the contents of an internet web page?
Thanks

This is not so much a VB question as it is a math question, but any sample
code or link would be appreciated!  I've searched around on Google, PSC,
etc. to no avail.  But what I'm wanting is a simple routine where I specify
a start and end number (like 0 to 100) and it counts in a ...

I have a problem simulating CTRL+INS keystroke.
That key combination does not work if I use the following code:
   Const VK_CONTROL = &H11
   Const VK_INSERT = &H2D

I've spent that last 6 months or so learning VB6, knowing full well that
VB.net has replaced it.  So is this to say then that VB6 will someday be
non-functional as MS abandons support for the language?  I dont really have a
desire to move on but I dont want to waste time learning ...

If I put program data onto a usb stick, can a VB6 program to access
this data also be installed onto the stick, together with the
runtimes, and run from there so that the stick could be plugged into a
laptop to run the program, without installing runtimes etc on to the

It's been too many years since I needed to do this, and I can't find a
solid reference on the web. I know there are folks here who can help,
so...
I need to find, in Cartesian terms, the end points of N equal length

What is the best method to achieve this (I am relatively new to
vb.net)?  Should I use an ini file or the registry?  Is there another
option available in vb.net that is the preferred way?  This vb.net
application will reside on our network and more than one user could

Not compiling but organizing.
VB6
I am very unfamiliar with methods of packaging source code.
I want to take all related 'source' (including resources and other files)

I need to get records from an access table where the records have a
date field and the date must be within the current month.  So for
example if a date in August is chosen, I need to get all the records
in the table that have a date of August.  The dates would have a