VB Forum / COM / November 2003

How I can store pictures-graphics
from form to .wmf or similar file?
pozdrave vsem

I'm brand new to VB.NET and this is my first time posting
so please bear with me.  Hopefully, this is the proper
venue.
My problem is trying to figure out how to get the numbers

'if I create a character variable:
dim str as String
str = "A"
'then I want to get the ascii value:

I was using VB 6 to automate Word 2003.
In effect, I have an identical class that can be used in VBA or in VB 6,
however, there seems to be a problem automating Word in VB 6.
The code below is designed to work unchanged in VBA or in VB 6.

I am using Automation in VB6 to open an Excel
spreadsheet, read in it's contents and then I want to
close it down.  I use appExcel.Quit and the set appExcel
to nothing.  The Excel object still shows up in the Task

VB6 Enterprise SP4 Windows 2000 SP2
I'm having trouble moving my EXE Server App from my test
machine to the real (standalone) machine.
My Server XYChartingTask.exe calls another Server

Hi and thanks in advance!
I want to move existing VBS code from asp web pages into an activex dll to
aid code reuse. The existing functions can be grouped into three broad
groups.

Does anyone have any research, or links that I can refer to regarding
compiling VB6 DLL's on XP, but deploying them to NT4-SP6?  I am told that
this is supported, but I would prefer more then hearsay.  These DLL's are
placed in MTS package, and provide the middle tier of our web ...

I have created a Web application with ASP and COM+.
The ASP will call the COM+ component to perform Inserting/Updating/Deleting
to database. However, we have experienced that the COM+ component have hanged
up and no response for all new call from ASP. We want to find some monitoring

Does anyone know how to do x^y in vb?  Base raised to exponent?  In java
this is pow(x,y) but I can not find any information on this in visual basic.
thanks
Gordon

I have a problem and the best way to describe it is by an example:
Application "Farm house" uses create object to create "Dog", "Cow" and
"Food", both objects "Dog" and "Cow" have a reference back to "Farm
house" and also to "Food". "Food" does not reference "Farm house", the

I would like to search for a file.  I have the search algorithm but how
would I go through all the sub folders and sub-sub folders without using
File System object.  I tried using Dir function with the recurrisive call
but you cannot reset the Dir function.  I'm writting a small ...

I am not sure if I am posting in the correct group.
How would I programmatically know if SQL Server 2000 is installed on the
computer?  Also, I would like to know if MSDE is installed.
Thanks

Hi, I have a VB DLL to run in COM+, how can i access the
same from a client PC.
I mean i have the VB Dll running in COM+ on SERVER1  and i
have a client PC where i need to access/ instantiate the

I'm not sure how to explain all of this or whether or not im using the
correct terminology so pls bear with me.
I want to access the data from a msflexgrid that is part of another
applicaiton.