VB Forum / General / August 2008

I want to add a context-sensitive menu to a list box. Initially, the first
item in the list is selected. If I right-click on a different item in the
list (without first left-clicking it to select it), is there a way to detect
which item was right-clicked? The ListIndex property ...

Using SHGetFileInfo, I have obtained a handle to the system image
list, as well as the index within that list of the icon for a specific
file.
How can I now add that icon to a VB6 ImageList control?

VB6
Need an IsVista() function.
Any suggestions?
Need a Sendkeys for Vista That works like VB6 SendKeys.

Ever since I have my new PC with Vista I have
this strange flicker about 1 second after a form is shown.
As if a refresh of the form was performed.
This is only in the IDE but I think it is not a VB(6) thing, but

I'm having one of those 'brainless' days today.
I have a circle at coordinates X,Y (non-zero) with a radius R. I know there
is a point on the circle at coordinates X2, Y2. I want to calculate the
coordinates of the point that is THETA degrees around the circumference of

I am trying to log dataoutput of a unidirectional equipment which sends
out some data periodically. I have written code for pc as server which
receives data. Here I have a problem. The first data is received
normally in desired manner but subsequent dataarrival event is not

Trying to replace text in a large file
I exported the registry to a .reg file (81,821 k)
first i tried replacing with notepad
it starts then slows way down and seems locked

If a more relevant newsgroup is appropriate, please point me in the right
direction:
I have a VB6 commercial application I'd like to enforce a licensing scheme
for use within Terminal

Hello.  Is there a way in VB6 to instruct the runtime to post runtime errors
in the windows application event log?

I was wondering if it was possible to write out only part of a byte array to
a file.
I've read in the file, used the data and now want to dump part of the byte
array to a file..

What does it mean when user needs installation package as a .cab file?
To be installed on AT&T 8525 PDA
I do not understand that requirement.
Thanks,

QUESTIONS:
1)  Since a line endpoint is based off the scale, and the distance between
pixels changes when zoomed,  how do I track these changes so the line
endpoint

If a project reads and writes data to an Excel file, and the enduser will
never access that file outside the scope of the project, does Excel (the
application), need to be on that machine?  I have a feeling the answer is
'yes' but I just wanted to check here.

I've got a problem dealing with referencing current weeks to previous weeks.
What I'm trying to do is to locate the week of each prior year that
correlates with a week this year.
Each week is referred to by its 'weekending date', which is the Friday of

Well, after about 35 years of consulting, open heart surgery a few
years ago, and age in general I've reached the point where I'm going
to have to slow down and take life a bit easier... I've decided to
limit my hours to about half what I have been working.