VB Forum / Controls / December 2003

I have multiple fields e.g. companyname,  firstname, lastname in a table. I
want to search these fields contains a word of 'smith' from ADODC to list
them.
Anyone would know the solution?

Can you tell me how to use a winsock to send a html
formatted email in VB?
For example ,I want to send a sentence that the recipient
can read it in red color.how to do then?

Does the flexgrid allow for using a combobox in one of
the columns?  If so, how is this accomplished?
Thanks,
Keith

I am creating an User control, and in this user controls
I am going to add several other standdard controls such
as text box...
I am wondering is there way for me to loop throught all

how can i find the index of a node using key in sorted
treeview ?

I need to incorporate a timer on my form that will trigger an event to run every 24 hours unfortunately you can not set a timer interval for a value greater than 65535 milliseconds (65.5 seconds) and I need to be able to set it 86400000. I would prefer not to have the system ...

I have an existing VB6 app using standard Com port serial comm.
(Thanks to Richard Grier!)
The client is asking about connecting using the USB ports.
Can anyone provide any guidance about how to do this???

Can anyone tell me the maximum number of timers that are allowed in VB6?
I've got an application where I'm using quite a few (maybe thirty) but the
accuracy of them deteriorates the longer the app runs. I know I'm being
greedy and really need to think of another way of doing it, but ...

Can someone tell me if there is an object like a picturebox that will
display .tga files on my form?  or is there a way to convert .tga files to
bitmap
images to be shown in a picturebox?

Is it possible to use two ado controls in one project on
two different forms, I tried and only the first form works
the second form Returns me a syntax error,I'm not sure
what could be wrong, seeing as how the "test connection"

I have created an enhanced textbox control with one problem oustanding:
I would like to be able change the multiline property at runtime.
The problem is that this property is readonly at runtime.
Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.

I have about a dozen forms in my application. About half that were upgraded from previous version of VB will not respond to the Border Style setting in Properties. The 3D border does not show an icon, or the Min, Max, or Close symbol. It doesn't mattter if I set the Border Style ...

how to capture 'Esc' Keypress event in one form ? is there any method for
it?
what im doing now is in every button,field,grid i put keypress event. it
works but not simple..

When clicking on a node that is at the bottom of the visible pane, I
want that node to be repositioned at the top of the pane as it expands.
 Currently, this only happens for me only after I expand the node a
second time.

I use a textbox to add/edit names from a database. If user enters an international character like ÿ the character is displayed as expected and is saved in the database correctly. However, when the name is retrieved from the database and dynamically assigned to the textbox.text ...