VB Forum / COM / August 2003

Is it required to register COM component in MTS in every
client machine if I will develop a application with COM
and MTS(Windows NT). If NO, then how do I make these
application avilable in all client machine without MTS

Using VB6 I want to write code to simulate keystrokes for
example toggle CAPS LOCK on and off or PrintScreen

I'm using VB6 and I would like to know how can I code a program that will
send an e-mail via SMTP server that I have.
Can anyone refer me to a spacific document?
Thank you very much in advance, Uri.

I'm using VB6 with OLE automation of MS Office 97 (i.e. using file EXCEL8.OLB).
I can do most any formating needed except applying a NumberFormat to a cell.  I
created a macro in the Excel document manually to detect the code it created
which is ...

Can i scan paper document from Visual Basic? any control?
Thanks
Mustapha

Hi Group,
If I build a serial port component and installed on a remote server under
COM+, can I use it from a client machine and control the serial port on the
remote machine? If not, does anybody know how to control the devices on a

Please give me your suggestions for making a scrollable form larger than the
screen resolution.
Thanks in advance,
Bob Hanson

Urgently need help:
I need to call an executable from VB and I use the Shell
function to do this, it work OK. However, the problem I
have is the next line of VB code will start immediately

My development environment is Server 2003 which has ADO 2.8.  2.6 & 2.7 are
also present.  But there is only one version (2.8) of msadox.dll.
My VB application originally was written on a XP system which referenced the
2.7 version of msadox.dll.  In order to build I had to change my ...

I am developing one application in vb6 where I am creating the
objects using external Active X dlls. I wanted to know what are the
properties and list of method at run time. I wanted to display all
this in combobox.

How can I  - using VB - launch a program on a remote computer on our
internal network from my pc?
Jim Crawford

I'm trying to convert a program that writes directly to the
printerport (port 378 and 37A) to use a USB to parallel convertor.
Has anyone a sample snippet (in visual basic) how i can write raw data
to the USB001 driver ?

Ladies & Gents,
I have a application where I need to send messages to a device via a serial
port. My PC is currently running Windows XP, and I would like to include a
GUI. I'm therefore thinking of using VB.

I have created a dll with name 'XMLConfigUtility'. It contains a class
'HXMLParser'. This component is a C++ dll.
I am using this dll in VB as given below.
It works if I make it early binding. ( as follows )

please tell me how to develope COM DCOM objects in vb, it seems i need more
learning in deepth.
any online book or site for free to help me? please help me.
with best regards