VB Forum / Controls / October 2003

I can't send binary data to serial port with comm control,
How can I resolv this?

sometimes items scanned will have more numbers than needed.  my textbox only
needs 8 characters.  how can i know when all characters have been entered?
what i am doing is using a textbox for entry then moving them over to a
multi line textbox as they are entered.

Hi;
I have a listbox that I want to display three columns of
icons in, Just like the outlook email display does, from
a VB.NET application.  Can anyone point me in the right

I am using sliderbar control which does not work with
decimal values for example :-
If i want to raise a value from "1" to "5.5" with a
increment of ".5" like 1.5, 2.5 , 3.5 it does not work

I have a problem with using a manifest to get Xp look on the controls in a
vb6 app.
I've downloaded examples and they work great, but when I make a manifest
for the application that I would like the new look it doesn't :(

Is there a way to change the fore color of command control?

I have a simple app that uses a user control i created, mcon.ctl
a friend has a pc win2k that has the vb runtime etc on it and i want to send
him the app.
i made an exe and sent it to him with mcon.ctl

If I unload a form (unload form1), do I need to "set form1 = nothing" in
order to release the resource allocated to form1?
Thanks...Douglas

This program that I have been working on is all but finished
I have a little problem that I need your help with it is the Exit cmd button
I can get it to close my program and not save it but it leaves excel
enviroment still open here is my code

This is what I want to do:
I have an application that uses a form that is displayed by a beamer. The
beamer is configured as the second monitor screen of the pc. This is
working, I use the offsets of the screen etc. The beamer screen can have

Can anyone tell me how to increase or decrease the whole
width and height of a picture contained inside a picture
box using V & H ScrollBar?
Thanks.

To All on MSDN Visual Basic Controls Discussion Forum:
I have tried to load a TIF image onto both an Image
control and a PictureBox control, but VB said this control
does not support this image format.  This was also

1) When using an icon in a ColumnHeader (VB6.SP4) in a ListView control, the
column alignment reverts to left, and there is no way to ever get it to
change back.  Has anyone experienced this?  Is there a fix or workaround?
2) Also, is there any way to remove the icon altogether ...

VB6 sp5
I have a combo box that is populated with data from the results of a sql
query.  Often times, there is only 1 item in the cbo.  I'd like that item to
be selected automatically, and shown.  What is currently selected is just a

there are any VB Control that I can use it in my VB Form and send this data
to ntext data type in MSSQL
with Bold and underline font and color?