VB Forum / Controls / July 2004

I have an MSFlexGrid and the user inputs data into the grid through a
combobox.  When the user click on any cell, I display the combobox.  I want
the combobox to be the size of the cell, with the same font size.  So, for
example if the user chooses a font size of 12, to set the font ...

We can connect to newsgroups in Delphi with IndyNNTP. But i can't in VB. How
I can do that? Must i use Winsock? If so how? I want to connect to news
server with vb, but I can't. Please help.
Thanks.

I want to restrict the entries that are allowed in a text box to just the
numbers 1 to 11.
I have fiddled around with the KeyDown, KeyUp, and KeyPress events, only
allowing entries with ASCII codes between 48 and 56.

I design one ActiveX control; which has function call GetSettings. This
function return value in user datatype.
But in form VB fired runtime  error when I trying get this Setting in Form
variable. Datatype of this variable is same as return value type of

I am trying to get the height of the client area of a flexgrid control in VB
6.0.  I was wondering if there is an easy way or a simple API which would
give me this information, or do I have to calculate it as follows:
ClientHeight = grid.height - HorizontalScrollBar.height - 2 * ...

Earlier, I found a way to support a proxy server in a winsock
connection (under VB6) using the approach stated at
http://www.vbip.com/winsock/winsock_http_03_01.asp
However this only works with GET/POST commands. My client application

I am using VB6 with the Flexgrid control with a fixed row (row 0) and a fixed col.  In the click event of the control I cannot determine whether row 0 or row 1 is selected from the grid.row property.  Is there a simple way to do this?
Thanks in advance,
WayneM

Hello Every body.
I create one MDI form & one child form.
MDI form has Vertical Toolbar & Child contains flyout/Floating toolbar. Can
I access this toolbar in Parent MDI Form? Can I execute method of Flyout

Hi, Guys,
I  need to know how to merge multiple rows and columns into one single cell.
Example of my MSHFlexgrid:
    Before Merge    Desire Result

I'm having a very hard time figuring this out, and I'm going to have an even
harder time explaining the problem.
I have a large program that displays customer details along with purchase
details etc... on my development machine my program runs perfectly well but

I'm trying to print a datareport, it gives me the error: the width of the
report is greater than the paper's width. That's because the preinter's
orientation is Portrait, and the report is designed for LandScape. Setting
Printer.Orientation property before to show the report, ...

I am trying to write a key combinations in VB 6.0 so that the grid would
move one page to the left and to the right.  This is done in the keydown
event of the control.  I was wondering if someone can tell me what
constitutes a page in either direction, and how can I find out what ...

I have noticed that some controls, like the SSTab control, and the DTpicker
don't take the XP-shape, although I have created a manifest, and all other
controls do. Should I be using that horrible TabStrip thing instead of the
SSTab? Anyone know a version of the DTpicker that can ...

I have several questions that I think are sort of related.  On my form, I
have several comboboxes, textboxes, and dtpickers.  For all of them, the
font is Arial 10.  I am running VB 6.0, on Windows 2000.
1- One of my textboxes has a flat appearance with borders.  How do I make

I want to do an ftp from within Excel. All is OK on a PC
which has Visual Studio installed however I cannot get it to
run on any other PC.
I am not I confess very familiar with VBA and have spent