VB Forum / Controls / November 2003

Could anyone please tell me how to open an "ADOBE_ACROBAT READER" file using wilcard  "*.pdf" from Visual Basic 6 ??
ex: "70098_Trans.pdf" where "70098" is the PO_Number and "_Trans" could be anything
I tried "70098" & "*.pdf" and did not work
Thanks in Advance for any tip

I have a simple two column datagrid that has fields of Id and Description.
When I converted over to SQL the grid added rowguid column.  The problem
that I am faced with is that as the users enter a description and then tab
off the field the record is created (this is done ...

I have a form with four frames on it - two of the frames have drop downs the
other two have listview controls.
my problem is this - if a users machine is set to large font sizes then the
end of the listview controls goes out of the left side of the window.

I am working on a Visual Basic application which has a MDI
form and two child forms. The Windowstate of the first
child form is maximized and scalewidth is 10785 at design
time. When this child form is displayed, the Scalewidth is

  I am creating an application in which I have a number of PictureBox. I do
a sendMessage with  WM_PAINT on the appropriate PictureBox and at the same
time I use the PaintPicture to copy the data into another PictureBox with
AutoRedraw property true. The above PictureBox keeps ...

Could anyone please tell me how to open an excel file using wilcard  "*.xls" from Visual Basic 6 ??
ex: "70098_Trans.xls" where "70098" is the PO_Number and "_Trans" could be anything
I tried "70098" & "*.xls" and did not work
Thanks in Advance for any tip

i have two questions regarding the Listview:
1) How can i enter data into the Listview-cells if it is
in the Detail-Mode. i want to navigate with the arrow keys
and enter data. I do not want to use the Datagrid-Control,

   Looking for a free (or extremely cheap ~$30) active-x control used to
view PDF files. Something pretty basic; I just need the capability to view,
print, navigate, search, and jump to page numbers (programatically). I've
tried using pdf.ocx that comes with Adobe Acrobat, but had ...

How can I load an ImageList control with bitmaps from a DLL?
Thanks.

I am using mscomm to talk to some custom equipement via the serial port, most
of time it works, on a couple of machines it is not recognising the comm port
created by a USB to serial port device. On PC's with only 2 standard serial
ports I have no problems, but PC's with more ...

Can I use the MSComm control to send a binary data with
no Start/Stop bit? Instead, I would like to control the
DTR/RTS/... individually.
My hardware need DTR/RTS to sychronize the serial data

I am running Win2k and VB6.  I referenced the component and created the
necessary tab strip.  4 tabs with headings for each tab.
The problem I am having is how to I activate a tab when the for loads.
Also how do I activate another tab and deactivate the ones I just left.

I'm trying to use a sub to set the backcolor of various controls on
a form. All works ok except for a DataGrid. Where have I got it wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Paul

Could anyone pls tell me how to launch Adobe-Acrobat reader FILE from Visual Basic 6 ?
Thanks in Advance for any tip
KP

Because I have a post in the vb.ole.automation forum
dated 11/19/2003
Thanks
Deke