VB Forum / General / September 2008

Strange responses before so I will try again since I am having the same
difficulties.
Working in the IDE I run into not being able to ( for example get the file
size using the API ) after I have closed a file Close #lFNbr that was

I want my app to check for updates of itself.
1. It downloads a .txt file which is located on my server, then compares
its own version number to the one stated in the .txt file. If the
version number in the .txt file is greater than its own, it will

   I just need to try and understand why this happens?
   In my databases will 10000k records, it has worked perfectly,   then the
other day i started to get a vb 3021 error - no current record.    not
changed anything in the database or programming.

VB6
Working in the IDE I run into not being able to ( for example get the file
size using the API ) after I have closed a file Close #lFNbr that was
previously opened with Open sFileName For Binary Access Write Lock Read Write

Well, really complicated for me.  Ok, here is the story.  I am trying to
access some features of a 3COM PBX via the TAPI 2.x interface.  That is
working ok since everything is done via the documented TAPI (though
massively VB unfriendly) functions, which work, more or less.

This is a long shot but, might as well ask!
Im writing an app to play wav files (I know there are lots but we have
a specific application) but suddenly realized all the built-in stuff
would NOT play 24 bit wav files. Does anyone have any suggestions on

Hey folks,
I’m looking to do something seemingly very simple.  I have a
RichTextbox.  All I want this RichTextbox to display is the contents
of a log file.  The log file is constantly being written to by a

I do some .net programing and need to work on some vb6 code  I am
trying to center some frames in vb6
I know why this does not work  (vb6 assumes a blank is  .text) but how
do I correct it

Does anyone know where I could ge code that, if i know the hwnd of an
object Ican  deternine the object type and if there is text WITHIN the
object (not the title) I would like to be able to retrieve it
regardless of object type

As teh topic says, I would liek to programatically get the current SSID
(any any extra information on the connection if available) from within
VB6.

I did this test where I ran sort of a looping "If/Then" benchmark VB6 EXE on
my old P4 at 3 Ghz (478 pin/400 mhz. bus, not 800!) and a Core 2 Duo 2.4
Ghz. (65 nm) and the P4 always runs it a good deal faster than the Core 2
Duo.  Very strange since I'd the Core 2 is suppose to be ...

I make a dynamic array v something like this:
<Script language=vbscript>
Dim v()
Dim iCnt

Anyone know why this is or how to make it not be true? <g>
All my vb(6) code runs at least twice as slow from a thumb drive as compared
to an external drive(both usb 2.0)
I would have thought a thumb drive would even be faster than an external

i just spent 40 minutes trying to post this question, pressed 'Post', only
to be told the 'Server is too busy to process your request' and then i lost
the whole message. nice.  this time I'll try and be brief.
i am trying to run a 16-bit Windows program that was written in VB4

Got VB code compiled into .OCX. What do you normally need to make it work? I
mean do I need to install the VB runtime before I could register this OCX?
We have experience that in some computer without VB software installed.
Registering this OCX is not possible, we need to install ...