VB Forum / General / September 2008

I have been asked to work on an old program in VB6 and convert its database
from Access to SQL Server. It uses a Data control and a data bound grid.
I have changed the Data control to access the SQL Server data source via
ODBC and I can confirm that it works by stepping through the ...

How do I know when a user canceled out of Common Dialog control?

I am working with the sample shopping cart code from Stephen Walther's book
"ASP.NET 2.0 unleashed" which I changed for an app I am buiding.  The problem
I have is fairly simple.  I have to call a function in a class in a namespace
from an aspx.vb code behind.  The class is ...

VB6 Sorry, I think this was covered before but I cannot find it.
When I open a project group I have many things open up and thery are opened
as not maximized so the screen has to sloowly paint each one.  How do I make
them maximized so only one gets painted and gets through this ...

How do I make the VB6 Browser the default browser (programmatically) and have
the OS pass it the navigation link?
Ideally I would like to have the OS pass the link to the VB Browser when the
VB Browser is already running.

VB6
Has anyone worked with the USB Modem (DSL like) Novatel Ovation U720 ?
It has GPS capability that works nice.
I would like to have it talk to a VB6 app.

I got a unique case here that i am having trouble finding any
information about.  Try to follow this:
I have two USB ports, coming form the HOST PC, both with splitters
attached.  Each splitter has a USB memory stick attached and a

Hello my friends,
Does exists any other tool (comercial or not) over there Package And
Deployment Wizard (relese in Visual Studio 6.0) for generate .CAB packages of
ActiveX controls developed in VB6?

Was looking for a routine that sorts variant arrays on multiple columns and
there isn't much available it seems.
I found one though posted by Bill McCarthy. Not sure if he wrote it. It
seems to work fine, but it is somewhat slow

Is there a API function that shows a small message that appear then
dissapear when you receive a mail in outlook
thanks,
Noel

I use VB6.0 and ADO in an application, and I want to export the data from
Access database in an Excel workbook(sheet) using some parameters like:
currentdate, How can I do that?
Thank you.

Using VB6 and MS Access 2003.  I would like to create a simple table in the
database.  I'm able to do this fine... but here's the catch.  I want to
create an AutoNumbering Index in my table as a Primary Key.  How do I do
that?  I can make it a Primary Key, but can't seem to set ...

I am using the FileSystemObject to display the content of a directory/folder
in a browser.
I am wondering if there is a way for me to get/show the file's title (this
is the one in the property of the file, in the "Summary" tab, not the name

What kind of protection can I create to prevent the programmers sell the
product ?
Because using VB6 I need to give to them the all source project.
Any dll? but on source they can disable it...

I'm having to reinstall my VB6 environment on a new computer, and besides
VB6 itself, I have several 3rd party controls that I need to install also
However, one of the is an ftp control from Mabry - - I tried going to the
website and it's not up and running.