VB Forum / COM / December 2003

i am just wondering if VB if i can have a function that
returns a pointer to another class..
what i mean is the following
say here is my "child"

I would like to use the FTP control from IE within my VB6 application.  I've
successfully gotten FTP to work correctly on my development system.
However, when I try and run the applicaton on another system without Visual
Studio installed, it cannot create class object.  I'm assuming ...

I have.dll file (COM object) on my server In the LAN and
I'm accessing this dll via COM+ from workstation machine.
I wonder is there any way to connect to that dll via
internet not via LAN?

hi just to make myself clear this time :)
this post is regarding to VB6, not .NET  ...
bascially  i am just asking is it okay to code in
inheritance in VB6? here is my code

i tried everything i can think of, how do you get a
textbox to only allow numbers and a backspace to be
entered/pressed? any suggestions? thanks

hey can anyone help with this
I can no longer debug a vb project.  All the debug options in the
project..properties dbugging tab are disabled.
TIA

can anybody please help me with this? I´m trying to add a reference to a  VB
.NET Windows Project but I get the error shown int the attached picture.
ooops ..the newsgroup didnt accept my picture so the error is :
A reference to "COMService" could not be added. Converting the type ...

What's the deal with VB6 interfaces and events? Are they supported? By this
I mean, does Implementing an interface provide the events defined in the
interface, as well as public methods and properties?
If not, not big deal, I can define the event in the class which implements

I'm having some trouble grabbing events from an instance of Word.
Perhaps someone who understands this better than I could take a look.
Class Module Code:
Public WithEvents appWord As Word.Application

I need to decompile a vb 5 application. Can anyone
recommend a good tool? Thanks

I am developing a project in VB.Net 2003 Pro for a
PocketPC 2003 device which requires a MSComm and a
MSWinSck control. Adding the ..windows\system32
\mscomm32.ocx and mswinsck.ocx creates items on the

When I am developing a program in VB and I reference COM objects on remote
servers why does VB pull the dll into my program when I compile it.  Doesn't
this defeat the purpose of DCOM.  I want to develop a program that uses a
COM object registered in COM+ on my COM server without ...

I am using Excel 97 and VB 6.
Hopefully, someone can help me with this.
I have a spreadsheet where I need to clear old data to make room for
new data. I created a key stroke macro and put it into VB. I made the

I am creating an excel object through vb and loading an array into the
excel.
It works fine.
I need to: