VB Forum / COM / September 2006

Sorry about the cross posts. But the issue under discussion straddles
accross VB6, multi-threaded C++ Dlls, and (MFC) COM events - so it is
not clear which would be the most relevant group to target this post to
- though I suspect it is more relevant to (classic) VB (i.e. VB6) ...

I have created a Visual Basic 6 program, one final feature that i wish to add
to the application is to create some sort of macro which records &
demonstrates my actions.  Having recorded the macro i want to be able to
click a command button on my VB form and for the recorded ...

I am trying to reference a cell outside of my current spread sheet.  I
am using a cell in my current sheet as an input for the extension of
the file I would like to look in.  So I have this defined as LINK.  And
the value of link is something like C:\\Myfolder\ready.xls

We have an application which has been running as a DCOM server at customer
sites for several years.  Now, we are in a position where one important
customer (600 users) needs to use it in a network where the users are logged
into a Novell Network (Our piece will run on a Windows ...

i have one more problem that is i will be thankfulll if you give
solution for this.
can you tell me how to list string which comes just aftre help.
Example

I have written an MFC ActiveX control in C++. I want to use the control
in VB6. The component builds succesfully, and is succesfully registered
on my computer. I am able to reference it in a VB project and have the
component show in the "list of components" dialog.

I have a COM component written in VB and VC++ ATL. I wish to access it from
ASP.NET pages from other machine.
e.g.
Machine A -  IIS ASP.NET applicaiton

Hi - I am using a common dialog window to select a file, then based on
that file, I need to process it.
I can do the processing fine - I can get the file, do what I want etc.
However because it can take some time to do this processing, I want to

I've posted in 3 newsgroups because I was unsure which was appropriate,
please respond to all three if possible.
We have a blind friend who would like to play Party Poker and Poker Stars.
We have a voice recognition program that responds to numbers, bet, raise,

I am using Visual Studio 2005 IDE, I could not find MSMAPI component in
the Component list of "Add Reference" Menu. When I browse to file
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\mapi32.dll" then It gives error that "A reference
to 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\mapi32.dll' could not be added. Please make

I'm not a VB programmer but this is the only com group I found, so:
We've got an application that offers a COM automation interface so
that external applications can connect to it and do things to it.
This application also offers VBScript for GUI customisation and

At the outset, I apologise for the cross-post.  I have this baffling
problem that has nearly driven me crazy (i.e., I have an insanity
plea for my cross-posting (c: ), and I would appreciate if anyone
could shed some light into this matter.

At the outset, I apologise for the cross-post.  I have this baffling
problem that has nearly driven me crazy (i.e., I have an insanity
plea for my cross-posting (c: ), and I would appreciate if anyone
could shed some light into this matter.

I need some help again for my serial-port programming.
I'm learning to use the NetComm control (thanks Richard Grier
www.hardandsoftware.net), and my problem is that when my app crashes
(it happens a lot, during development), if the port was in open state,