VB Forum / Controls / January 2004

I have created a vb 6 application that has an ocx control that I've
developed.  I'm in the testing stages, and I want to be able to use
package and deployment wizard to create a package with my application
and any dependencies (ie. my ocx control and a couple of other ones

I undersatnd that User controls in VB cannot reside by themselves. They have
to be hosted by a form. User controls can have command buttons etc which
when pressed can be made to execute code.
I wish to know how to reference a control on the hosting form from within

does anyone know of example source or control that can be used within an
activex control. Most of the controls I have tried seem to be limited to
dll/exe projects..
ZipDC

I have developed an Access 2000 database that uses
external Active X dll files.
As I intend distributing the database to colleagues I need
to ensure that the required dll files are registered in

I am looking for a Visual Basic 6 FTP Control that does the following:
1.    Allows downloading of files (and of uploading of course)
2.    Provides the transfer rate of a download usually in Kilobytes per
second

I have some maskedit textboxes that I copied over in a TabFrame that show up
in the properties listbox but are not visible on  the form in design or run.
I wonder if it is OK to delete the properties code at the top of the form
code using a text editor?  Since the controls don't ...

Is it possible to use the keypress to autoinser/autotype a character
into a string following a specified format(eg 22-4444-7777)? example--
After entering two characters (12) into a txtBox which is a datafield
for my ado database eg

Hello to all,
   I know there's a way to do this, 'cause I've done it before it's just
that I can't recall how to do it
I remember I had to use a control array, but still can't figure it out, any

Hi to all
Scenario:
I have an ActiveX Control (ctrl) with public metods and a public event
(CtrlEvent) that has 2 string parameters and 1 long parameters.

I am creating a custom user control that contains an ListView control.
When user places my control on a form I'd like him to be able to
access the property pages of the ListView control that is on my UserControl.
Is this possible at all ?

I need to put a lot of listbox controls on a form - too many to be visible
at the same time. My idea is to put them in a container control that would
let me scroll through the listbox controls. I do not want to scroll the
entire form because there are other controls that need to be ...

I'm using a dropped down combo box to search the list for entries based on
the user input to the text box portion of the control.
For example, the list contains a series of ZIP Codes.  When the user types
"2" I search the list for the first ZIP starting with "2".  When the user

I used the code in that article to create a RichTextBox Print and it work. But the button of the ToolBar did not work with it . I mean when you press the OpenFile button it'll load new blank document but did not display the OpenFileDialog. can anyone help?          
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Could anyone provide sample code on getting the field name of the web page
from IE at the current mouse postion?
I know how to get the field name from IHTMLDocument2 but I not sure if there
is effective way to get the field name at the current mouse postion.

Is there any control to stop or start a window NT service from vb.net ?
In command prompt, we could "net start <service>" or "net stop <service>" a
service. Therefore, I would like to find a control or dll to have this
purpose in VB.NET.