VB Forum / COM / September 2005

I have problem in reading text from pdf file by using VB.net. All I get is
encoded characters.
Please help.
Thanks.

I want to use the category and the EventID parameters in the WriteEntry of
the EventLog. How do you define the EventID and Category?
Thanks

I would like to know how I can place textstrings that include tabcharacters
into a labelcontrol. Doing that, the label shows a square box at the place
of the tabcharacter. I can't use anything else than a labelcontrol, because
the control has to be autosize and transparent. I ...

I'm having an issue with a .NET COM Interop Assembly within VB 6.  When
I try to create a new instance of a class, in VB 6.0, I receive the
following error: "Error 430 - Class does not support Automation or does
not support the expected interface".

I have done a test that shows that if an application creates several
MTA threads calling a VB COM DLL all calls are serialized and there is
only apparently one thread at a time that can execute code in the VB
DLL.

Hey all,
I have a windows form with a list boxes. I have data binded the list boxes
with data from my sql database. I want to use drag and drop to allow users
to choose different options from the list boxes on the form and drag them

I have an ActiveX-DLL for validating user-entries from UI-Controls (mostly text-boxes)
The validation-method is very basic.
It validates whether the data entered matches the expected datatype (int, long, double etc)
and optionally minimae and maximae for numeric and date values or ...

I'd like to put the space in a Textbox
the space is about 10 pixels.(one letter)
Let me know .. please
How to put the space in a Textbox

Hello experts,
I am trying to detect the 'Del' key in an MSFlexgrid control in order to
clear the selected line when Del is pressed..
I tried to subclass the flexgrid control by getting the WM_GETDLGCODE and

I have a project by hand, which consists of serveral ActiveX subprojects,  
some of these subprojects are related, what's meaning? for example, I have a
ActiveX dll DllA, and ActviecX dll DllB. I have to build DllB first or the
DllB wouldn't be built. And I built the necesary dlls ...

Hi World,
I have a fairly large VB6 project that up until now has always compiled
with no problems.
We made quite a few changes to it in the last month or so and have gone

i know vb.net have a "FolderBrowerDialog"
but there is "FolderBrowerDialog" in vb6???
or something similer
how can i use it??

  I have a dll to control a device. It is written in C (as usual!). I want
to write a VB interface to (among other things) control the device. How can
I use this dll in my VB6 program? Somebody mentioned writing wrappers around
the C version. I do not know C (very unfortunate!). ...

I use VS Installer to create Installation setups for VB6 projects. Lately
something has happend and I cannot build any projects anymore. Even for a
VB6 project where there is only one form with just a text box on it I get
the same "Build Failed (No such interface supported)" ...

Sorry if this not the right group, I'm new to OOP and OLE. I trying to find
out if I can automate the sizing of all the columns in an Excel worksheet. I
have managed to open the workbook I want, add a new sheet and format and
copy several columns from sheet2 to sheet1. What I ...