VB Forum / Controls / August 2005

Using VB6, I have create a form with a MShflexgrid for inputting
information.  It makes all the columns text only.  I would like to make a
few of the columns combo boxes.  Ideally they will be multiple column combo
boxes where the data is bound by the contents of the first column ...

How can I change the background color for a tab control?
Thanks in advance,
George

How do i listen to a port which is already open? For eg, i want to
listen to port 80.
I tried using the winsock control to listen to port 80 , but it gives
me an error saying that the port is already open.

I've inherited a VB6 project to upgrade to VB.NET 2003.  It is using the
Grid.ocx control from VB4.  Sadly, this control isn't natively on the
development machine I have been assigned.  I tried copying the ocx into my
System32 directory and then using regsvr32 to register it.  ...

I am trying to put a datagrid on a form and populate it but I am not having
any luck. I am using the following code:
Dim rsTemp As adodb.Recordset
Set rsTemp = New adodb.Recordset

My program uses barcodescanner connected to USB port.
Scanner sends readcodes to keyboard "buffer".
The problem is..when textbox is not in focus readed codes are lost.
Is there a way to get readed codes every time, even when textbox is not in

I just went back to my program that I have not coded since April and
now I am getting a MAPI SignOn error.
The code is:
With MAPISession1

How do you draw linecaps in vb6? any downloadable samples?
Thanks
Jack

in certain circumstances I don't want to show some nodes of a treeview. But
when I try to set the visiblity property of a node during runtime I get error
383 (property write protected).
Someone has a way for help? Maybe a good work around.

Hello;
Is there a way to go through a datagrid(bounded to a DS) a bold the
text of certain rows
Thanks

hi to you all,
i'm a novice in vb6 but i want to learn how i built a key logger that
register evry key that i hit on my board or anny website i open is any one
ho nows the code for this i have lookt evry ware ( i think )

I am programmatically selecting a node in my tree as follows:
frmRfsMain.tvwNoteType.Nodes(NoteType).Selected = True
I've also tried:
Set frmRfsMain.tvwNoteType.SelectedItem =

Is there a way to get the number of COM ports that the computer has?

How do I change the color setting on windows 98 to 256?

I am creating a "Diff" tool which takes an imported xml file and compares it
with xml from my program data.  What I would like to do is have 2 treeviews,
the left one containing the import, the right containing the program data,
and have placeholders in both for elements that are ...