VB Forum / COM / October 2003

Hi,
Could someone tell me how to call another DLL from a
DLL?  I'm using the "New" keyword to create the object.
I'd prefer to just call the DLL class with the

I want to know how to retrun a recordset after i started an application by
SHELL command.
Thanks...douglas

I have a application that is RX'in data using the oncomm
event now I have to look for a SOF ond EOF byte (ASCII 01
hex for SOF and ASCII 04 hex for EOF)  The data contained
witing is then in a strict format of defined header

Hi, i'm writing an application in VB to be used to control a sensor (as the
mouse swith) conected in the paralel port but i don't know how can i do
this. i need than my application show an alert when the switch is open.
can anyone say me how to do this??? and what is the code??

i know this is going to be really simple for lots of programmer, so please
excuse me, for my lack of knowledge.
i have a vb code which checks for whether certain file exists in the
directory or else it should write to a log file, the list of files which

I have vb project that uses ado datagrid. How does one create .exe file to
distribute to pc without vb. Get message 'cannot find MSDATGRD.OCX'

 I'm writting a COM Class in VB.NET to be used in a VB6 project (Tired of
the VB6 hassles with cloning and with serializing an object).  All my
classes I need cloneable/serializable are now in a VB.NET class that exposes
those objects to COM perfectly.  However I ran into a problem ...

How I can execute exe file remotely.?
thanx

We have a C .dll and I'm creating an ActiveX DLL in Visual Basic 6.0 that
calls a function from the C .dll.
I'm using:
Declare Sub FUNC_NAME Lib "mylibrary.dll" ( params....)

I have a working VB6 application that starts up an embedded word
document. I would like to start up the document in a readonly mode
under some situations.
What is the property / setup I have to pass to word to achieve this.

Anyone any ideas why when I click the save button, or close a form with my
control on it, the WriteProperties event is not fired.  This is mega
frustrating as for no apparent reason the properties refuse to save on
random occasions - sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Does anyone know of any good sites for tutorials using
visual basic 6.0?
i currently have a few, these are:
plannetsourcecode.com

I am developing a COM+ component for a web application. The development
environment is W2k, IIS, VS6. The component is instantiated by VBScript code
on an ASP page. I want to be able to debug the component from the VB6 IDE
locally.

I tried to open a database through a vb module. I
succeeded once. Due to the .ldb file, I cannot open it
again. I am trying to build a small program to get access
to a Access database through this module. Anybody can

Probably really obvious this but I can;t seem to find it.
How do I find the Program Files folder location on a Windows NT box?  For XP
I can read: