VB Forum / Controls / June 2005

I'm populating a flexgrid with fields from a recordset. I'd like to adjust
the columns of the grid so they approximate the size of the longest string
in each of the fields. I can easily get the maximum string length but how do
I calculate the column size in twips? Somehow it has got ...

When I run setup of my program (database is Access), windows start proccess
of installing part of MS Office programs. Since on this computer I run setup
is not installed Access, I figure that this is due that Access is not
installed. I think that it is option in MS Office setup Run ...

I am getting some strange results when trying to access data thrown into a
DataGrid.  Perhaps someone can shed some light and provide a solution to my
issues....
Process:

Is there a property of a group box that indicates which radio button was
selected?

I need to know how to include unicode chacters like ζ  into the textbox.
I tired  strconv(chrw(&H3B6),vbunicode) it always show wrong
charachter-small square-.
thank you

I have a very unusual problem with getting this control to work.  Issue is
as follows.
- Start a new project and add a single form.
- Put a single AcroPDF control on the form.

How come text boxes that I place on a Tab loose their data binding? I can add
a textbox to the fom and it works fine. If i add it to the Tab, no binding
appears to happen (at least no data appears.) I'm able to reproduce this at
will. What's the story ??

I have no idea what I did but when a new child form is created it works
fine.  I have a routine that saves the data before closing.   If the user
reopens it (that be me since I'm doing modifications) the mouse won't work
on the form.   I've been adding a field to the ...

I would like to have the caret displayed while I am editing a MSHFlexGrid. I
have tried the API call ShowCaret(MSHFlexGrid1.hWnd) with no visible
affects. Any ideas?
Thanks,

I need to use the winsock control in an other developer application than
visual basic.  My problem si that the winsock control isn't install on my
computer.  Is it free, can I download it, or do I need to install visual
studio 6.0 to use it.

I've got a User Control (called txt which contains a standard textbox and
some extra functs ) defined in my application ( in the same project ).
So it's not in a different ocx or dll.
I'm installing my app on a Win2K3 Citrix server without an installer ( just

I use a basic cbo control. I create a datatable with datarows. I then bind
the cbo.datasource = datatable, displaymember="<displaymember>",
displayvalue="<displayvalue>". After this code executes, the cbo is loaded
correctly. Problem: If I minimize and resize the form, the cbo ...

In VB.NET Windows Form, how do I set my text box to only allow numbers?

I need to print HTML documents without any user intervention, to a
variety of printers.
To this end I have been looking at using the IOleCommandTarget::exec
method with IDM_PRINT on an MSHTML object. I've encountered numerous

  Somebody knows how to write a Usercontrol that lets show a Flexgrid like
if was a combobox???
  I mean:
  Whe the user press a button, the control shows a flexgrid.