VB Forum / Controls / November 2003

Hi Friends
I am using a bounded Data Combo in my VB7 & Access2000
application. When the data in combo (List Field value) is
same and you try to select another row, the Change event

I have a control in a VB.NET windows form that is bound
to a datetime field in the dataset.  Is there a way to
display the date in MM/DD/YYYY format?  It always
displays the time as well.

I am receiving an error:
System.InvalidCastException in system.Windows.forms.dll
"Operator is not valid for type 'Byte' and type 'DBNull'.
This only occurs when I have no data in the dataset that

We have a VB6 enterprise application which has been working great on NT4
or Win2K, but we are having problems in WinXP.  When run as an
administrator on WinXP it is fine with no errors, but then try to run on
the same machine as a domain user, we get the following error:

If I was to read in an Rtf file line by line, or character by character,
would there be a way to tell what each line's font size, what color the
line was,  and if it was underlined or not?
Thanks

Hello, all,
I am practicing VB UI Controls by creating an app that
simulates Windows Notepad.
One of the main menu items in Notepad is View > Status

Can anyone please tell me why when I place a label on a Frame or SSPanel in
VB5, the label disappears behind the panel or frame.
I have tried bring to front etc, but to no avail.
Thanks

Is there a workaround for capturing the vbKeytab event if you use
tabstops?
If there is none please let me know so i will give up trying

Is there a way to make the picture of a listview not scroll along with the
text?
I mean so the same area of the picture always is visible?

Hi all.  I'm writting a bitmapped graphics application
where i'm using a Rich Text box to edit text.  I would
like to 'grab' a bitmap image from what is visible in the
RichTextBox to insert into my bitmap.

Is there a way to detemine the title bar and task bar size I want a
child form to extend from below the title bar of the the mother form
to just above the task bat (which can vary from computer to computer)
Is there any way to get these numbers?

I am looking for a way to determine in code if a program is on a
windows 2000 server or workstation. I am familar with the SYSInfo
activex control but it will only tell you the
the very basics. I need to determine the difference between Pro and

Microsoft Consumer
this is the latest version of security update, the
"November 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates
all known security vulnerabilities affecting

I've got a table where the first <TD> in each row looks like the
following:
<td name="XXX">stuff</td>
the XXX above is data and is different in each <TD>

Is there a way to populate a treeview with menu items,
keeping all submenus hierarchy; and vice-versa?