VB Forum / COM / October 2005

Following code is creating a new toolbar for Outlook Explorer at startup.
How do I have to change this code to create this tooldbar on the
Email-Inspector when Outlook is starting?
Set myExplorer = Application.ActiveExplorer

I have no problem using IE automation from VBA to load web pages,
verify that pages are loaded (or available via Back/Forward), and I can
get at the Document object, but how in the heck does one do a Search
for specific text on a page, and then highlight it? Does anyone have

I'm currently using ShellExecute to open a report created by my vb6 app.  It
seems to open an existing browser thereby stomping on my end users work.  Is
there a way to easily open a new browser window?  Note, that I don't know
for sure exactly which browser they are going to be ...

I've written a little VB6 app that automates Word.  Each time I run a command
in my VB app I want Word to assume focus, i.e. be on top of all other open
applications.
I haven't found a reliable method of doing this.  Does anyone have any

I've developed some ActiveX components and controls which I'm using in my
site. I used internet component technology to deploy those components and
those components are digitally signed. When I'm trying to access those
components I'm getting the message:

When I create an dll in vb.net and I register the dll for COM Interop, is it
then possible to use that dll on a machine where de CLR is NOT installed?
Thanks,
Hendrik Jan

We are trying to get the registry key below on both the client machine and
the server machine. Is there a VB function to get this or is there any code
someone could help me with to get this information.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DataAccess\FullInstallVer

We are using third party software written in VB6. We also use same dlls
in custom applications. In the last version release software company
solved some bugs but introduces new once, which affect our custom
applications. My question is can I reference old version of those dlls

I wonder if any one can help with a Firmware update on an Oneil 2t Printer?
I want to develop a VB app to update the firmware through the IRDA port
and not the serial port via a cable.
Has any one done anything like this at all, if so can you help please?

Hi,
Can we call a Java web service from VB6?
Can anyone provide the infomation or sample code? Thanks in advance!
J G

is there a way to bypass the "private object-modules can't be
used as public params or return values of public object-modules"-warning
when you try to pass a VB.Form or another VB.Control type
from a Standard-VB-Exe as a COM-Client into a public method of

My computer just rebooted while I was working.  Now when I try to open my
main project which uses an OCX that I also created (PRShared.ocx), I get an
error "File format no longer supported".
I get that error when I:

i want to implement an http request using winsock control from vb 6
programme
many thanks

As same as subject, anyone here know how to make vb6 networked?

Is there a VB function or API which will convert a formatted date string
back to a date?  For example if you have a Date variable
dSomeDate=21/01/2002 and if you convert this to a string using Format
eg Format(dSomeDate,"dddd  dd-mmm-yyyy") you get a string sVal="Wednesday