VB Forum / COM / August 2004

Could someone tell me where to place a dll, I've tried c:/windows/ and
c:/windows/system and the application root also. Do I need to do something
in addition when using it in vb6?
Thanks

How can I read from the parrallel port in vb6?
Thanks

Is it possible to catch COM events in VB 6.0 if I know only the
interface
through which the events are sent? The actual type of the object that
implements the event interface and sends the events is not specified

I am writing a routine to integrate Word 2003's Forms capabilities into an
existing VB6 SP5 application (by "Forms capabilities" I mean that I am
managing the Document.FormFields collection).  I launch a blank "template"
document (not a .dot file, but simply a .doc previously ...

 I had my project compiling fine on my PC. I made few changes to a private
function and when i try to compile it again i get this error. If i remove the
binary compatability i able to compile the project. I do not understand as i
have not made any changes to the public interface ...

I have developed a COM component using VC++/ATL, which is to be used in a
Visual Basic client. The difficulty I am facing is with a connection point.
The following is the entry in the idl file for this:
interface _IOpmsInterfaceEvents : IUnknown

I am new to MSMQ programming. I couldnt find any of my messages which send
to a public queue (in a Win-2000 Domain Controller). Can you please advise me
how can I save my messges untill i delete it from the queue, it should be in
the queue even i shut down the machine? will you ...

I have a custom control which has been running fine until I recently added a
new property.
On the PC here there is no problems but on our clients get a runtime error
(mentioned above) appear's.

I wrote an ASP application in vbScript (OLD ASP, not .Net)
I have set up twenty nearly identical versions of this application running
on my
Microsoft 2003 Enterprise Server. It is a web content management system.

I am new to using com in VB,
I got an COM DLL which is complied in C++, I try to use VB 6 to build up
user interface for this COM DLL, how ever I don't have much idea on how to
make VB to work with this DLL, I did some search on web and its confuse me

I developped an app with vb6, using mschart.
I prepare the installation with Installshield express, including
mschart20.ocx (should I include also mschart.ocx ? what's the difference ? I
tried with both, but the result below is the same)

Is this the most generic Visual Basic newsgroup?  I noticed many subgroups
of "vb".  I have never used the actual Visual Basic program, but I do write
code w/in Excel vbe daily.  My goal is to use this background and knowledge
in --i think the code writing is called vba in excel-- ...

I have a VB Application.  From that application, I have to open a word document.  If I open a abc.doc file from VB, it is opening it in Microsoft Word, because, in my machine, MS Word is mapped as opening application for DOC Files.  But, I want to open that in Notepad.  For that, ...

I get this error when running VB6 application.
The error is: Error: the array is fixed or temporary locked
Any idea?

What is the proper name (or common names) for technolgy that displays a
distorted image of text and asks the user to confirm what they see?