VB Forum / COM / November 2003

Is There any COM+ sort of support in Linux
I mean there is any COM+ like Service available in *nux OS

I need to discovery the language of my system with vb6.
knows Somebody the solution?
Thanx.
Goku

How do you determine if a SQL transaction is active or
open in your Vb code?
cn.BeginTrans
Cn.execute

I use VB6.0 SP5. I want to pasword-protect my databases so that changes can
be done only through code. In Access 2000, using 'set database password'
menu, I set the database password as 'deneme'. I use this code to access the
database:

I have existing code that I need to interact with. This code is expecting to
instantiate a COM component, and it will use an interface that is out of my
hands. I have most of it implemented in VB, a requirement for the company I
work for (C++ would not be maintainable).

Hi, my VB6 app uses an Access database, but i'd like to upgrade to SQL
Server. I've been told that it is possible to download a free version of SQL
Server, not a trial but probably a version with less features. If you know
about it, could you tell me where I can get it.

does somebody know if there's exist a program or module to convert pixels to
twips.Tell me where i can find it please.Thx!!

Help! I hope I have the appropriate place for this question.
I've got a situation where I pass in a Byte array to a COM component created
using ATL under C++ and expect another Byte array back. I've managed to get
the data back into VB so that I can use it, but I have to jump ...

Hello community,
I have small questions, about the entries from a COM
module in the registry.
Each module take an entry in HKey_Classes_Root\CLSID. Is

I have some problems to deploy my eVB.net application for my WinCE.net
platform.
When I open a new project using the "Smart Device Application" template I
don't see my device in device list.

I'm trying to use the WithEvents with Word 2000/VB6/Windows XP.  If I create
a variable for Word with the WithEvents statement, everything seems to
freeze up and Word uses 99% of the processes on my machine.  If I try to
stop the program, I get a "Switch to" error saying the process ...

I have a visual basic activeX control which I have set the
binary compatability option and selected the file which
gets built. Every time I build the component it complains
about two incompatabilites and I cannot get rid of the

the following lines of code work on a WIN XP / EXCEL 2002 machine but
not on a WIN2K / EXCEL 2000 one. I get an ACCESS VIOLATION error and
an "error log is being created" by Dr. WATSON ... all this on a
Workbooks.Open statement ...

I have written a rating program in VB and made Active X Dll which I call
from asp page to work on web. It was working fine for a long time untill I
had made some change not the major one and updated that dll on server it
worked fine for a month and all the sudden it is not working ...

I know this sounds simple, but if I use the following code, the X position
of a form only moves the first time
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   Dim counter As Long