VB Forum / COM / February 2005

I have a VB6 app using the OLE container to drive Word and perform a
MailMerge using an Access97 database. The program works fine on my
development PC, but on other PCs the MailMerge fails with error 5853 -
requested object is not available.

I've wrote some EXE/DLL Ax and I would like to translate my documentations in compiled HTML.
Also I would like that when the user press F1 on a Method/Proprerty/Event of my objects
(in the code editor) the help could be opened on the selected topic.
Have any suggestions?

I've programmed for some time using VBA, and I have written some code that
works well when run on a particular machine -- it's hardware keyed. I would
like to call that function remotely from Access however.
I tried this using DCOM between the machines, but this has proven to be a ...

I am trying to execute an SP which contains cursors etc....but when I create
the RS using ADO, I seem to get an error?
Is there something wrong with executing SP's of this type through VB using
ADO?

I am trying to use the Transact SQL, but the site I used to look for tips is
OFFLINE. I'd like to know if somebody could suggest a good site to learn the
basics of this language.
Thanks

I have  COM addin that displays a modeless form.  When the user makes
certain selections, the modeless form is hidden and a modal form is
displayed.
Unfortunately, the modal form is behaving as modeless!

I have a simple for that shows a timer.  Is it possible to make the form
always appear on top of any other program?
running win nt and the other program that will be running will be microsoft
access.

I have the follwing problem: Im using a Java-COM Bridge and I try to add
a custom property to a document (which is in an OLE container) and set a
value for this property:
Variant result = propertiesAutomation.invoke("add", new Object[]{

I have written a VB program which generate mails.
For own reasons I need to put the "Courier" font in the body, only for the
messages issued by this program .
I have not found any methods to do it.

I have a subroutine that opens up a series of log files with the following
syntax:
   errlog = 3
   Open "D:\Program Files\Log Files\err_log.txt" For Append As errlog

Here's an extract of  some code from a custom collection
' members
Private m_cItemKeys as Collection
Public Property Get NewEnum() As IUnknown

How easy or difficult is it to intercept data values passing between a
client and server via a public COM interface? I've built an encryption
component (using the VB Blowfish sample) as a public class in our utility
library. As with all encryption, the secrecy of the key must be ...

    I have an executable file (C code compiled with MFC) which I have no
source code. I want to run this file from within a VB6 program.
   This executable has some text boxes requiring numeric data, check boxes
to be checked and command buttons to be pressed to run. I want to ...

I am lead to believe that a number is returned - where? depending on what is
clicked
what i want is
click yes - the program ends

I have a VB project which gives error "Can't find object or library" for
standard VB functions like left, right, command(), etc. If I try the
same functions in another project it works fine.
How can I salvage my project?