VB Forum / Controls / October 2003

Is that any way we can change the dull default color for the menu, so that
my program can have, a black menu instead of dull gray?
Please advise. Thanks.

I  get that error after a Winsock.SendData call. The Parameter to the call
is a string variable containing:
"GET //Auth/time.asp HTTP/1.1" & vbCrLf& "Host: 127.0.0.1" & vbCrLf&
"Authorization: Basic TAxMDAyMjIyMjohcG9sYXIyMg==" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf

When using the treeview control, occasionally, at an
unpredictable time, expanding a node will cause two
expand events to be fired.
The first event is correct and has the appropriate index

Is it possible to change the border style at run time?  I know the MSDN says
its read only at run time, but is there some API call or something that can
allow me to change the border style while the program is running?
Thanks,

vb6
is the following correct?
Form1.MyProperty = 1
will create an instance of Form1 if one does not already exist but will not

On a form used to print reports I offer a Printer Setup
button where the user can change to a different printer
before printing the report using the standard common
dialog box. The problem is that when the user changes to

I want my program to monitor a specific folder (or
folders), and, whenever a new file is created in that
folder, it copies the file to a network folder
immediately.  Can anyone start me in the right direction.  

I am trying to distribute an app that uses Windows Media
Player.  It was developed under XP using Media Player
9.0.  If I try to run it under Windows 95 or 98, it kicks
me out.  Can 9.0 be made compatible w/ Windows 95 and 98

Anyone can tell me where can i find a good animated gif control for vb 6?
thank's

Can anyone tell me how to automatically resize the font of
a label to display appropriately in different resolutions?

I have been asked to port a 16-bit app I wrote about 5 years ago to
VB6.  Imagine my consternation when I find that there's no replacement
for the graph16.ocx  Or is there?  Some threads here maintain that
there's a graph32.ocx but I can't find it on any of my Visual Studio

I know with the DataGrid control you can add new records
to the recordset, but I would like to insert a new record
at a user specified location within the datagrid.  For
example, if there are 10 records and the user wants to add

I have a modal form that opens.  The user selects some information.  It then
closes the form and puts the information into a textbox on the original form
that owns the modal form.  What I've discovered is that when the modal form
closes, the cursor moves to the first control ...

I have a grid matrix that is 10 by 11 although the number
of rows may be much more than can be displayed, i.e. there
are 200 rows but only 10 are displayed.  User can scroll
up and down through the grid and everything is fine.

I am trying to create a Listview that would allow me to sort images on disk.
I want to get a list of images and then allow the user to select one or more
images and re-order the images by dragging them around (similar to the way
Windows Explorer works).