VB Forum / Controls / October 2003

I am running Visual Basic 6.0 on my Millennium Systm.
I can not find "Microsoft Windows Custom Controls-3 6.0"
in my Project, Component dialog box, in order to display
the coolbar on my toolbox. I understand that this

Hi Gurus,
I want to know the details about the MapPoint control.
I want to know, Wht are the facility it provides?. I read
that it shows the maps of North America and Europe ONLY.

How do I get and set the values of the windows recording
mixer from VB6 APIs ?
I am able to control the Playback mixer currently but I
cant seem to figure how to hook into the recording mixer.

How do I redirect the property InitDir on a common dialog-control to the My omputer-path?
The problem is that it has to work in the range of Win95 up to Win 2003 with various versions of IE installed.

I know I'm in the dark ages because I'm still using vb3.0
but can anybody tell me how to get a picture to load up in
the middle of the screen no matter what the resolution is??
Thanks

I am posting this message in hopes someone can help me. I am
developing an application using Visual Basic 6 that is similar but not
the same as WinMX. My program would download mp3 files and mpg files
using FTP from a FTP site rather than peer to peer.

Hanging Application when accessing SMTP protocol multiple
time.
If insert a break point in the code i am able to send
any no of emails i want but when there is no break point

(In Advance)
I am unsure if this is the right newsgroup to ask, so please post correct
newsgroup if question is outside the scope of the group.
I want to grab the contents of a web site and put it into my DB. At the

Currently I am using this:
Private sub Text1_Change()
Text1.selstart = len(text1.text)
Text1.sellength=0

i am new to microsoft VB.
i am trying to create a user control which can hold frame controls. Now I
need to provide design time editing of the frame controls. The editing will
essentially let user to place other controls like commandbutton, checkbox

I am using the following code the cancel a move when I am
at the begging/end of a recordset. Does anyone know why
right after this method/code is executed a message box is
pops up displaying the following message "Operation was

Is there any way to get into an Overtype mode while editing a cell in the
datagrid control?  I am running VB6 SP5.  Thanks!  Tom

Hi, I have developed a program 2 years back using vb-6 on
Windows's 95. Yesterday I installed that on a computer
having XP - all of a sudden its showing a problem of
DBGrid. Error comes - Licence information  not found. I

I have developed a simple word processor using a RichTextBox control with
considerable success although many problems were encountered along the way
most of which I have resolved by devious means. However two annoyances
remain that I would appreciate help with.

What is the maximum value allowed for interval property of
a VB 6.0 timer control? I tried to set it to 200000,
that's a no go. Also, what if I want the timer to wake up
every 200 secs or even longer than that?