VB Forum / Controls / July 2007

I have converted a VB6 program to Visual Basic 2005 (Running on Windows XP).  
I have a TabControl with (2) tabs with left side alignment.   My problem;
with 2005 the Tab Captions (Text) does not show (the tabs are there but no
text).  If the Tabs are aligned on the Top, there is ...

I am working with a project. At present I need to use the
DateTimePicker control. But I don't know, how can I use DateTimePicker
control using VB 6.0. Would u give me the answer with example (with
picture also if possible)

These are first approaches to emigrate VB6 to VB2005.
One question.
Is it necessary or obligatory for using DataGridView it has to be linked,
connected, or its source data is a current database table..? I mean, can I

Hi all. Using a standard MS bound datagrid I have a date column that I want
the user to be able to use a calendar date time picker simular to what is
availble in a text box.  Is this possible?  If so, how do I incorporate it
in my column?

I am programming VB6 on XP and had to rebuild PC and reload my Visual Studio
6.0 afterwards.
Now when I create menu shortcut keys (using the & character) the shortcut
keys are not setup properly.  1) Only the top level of the menu shows the

Dim i As Integer
Dim Collected1 As TextBox
For i = 0 To (Grid.Items.Count - 1)
Collected1 = CType(Grid.Items(i).FindControl("COLLECTED"), TextBox)

not vb.Net, i have no clue about .Net stuff
I tried posting this in the   msdn forums >> visual basic >> visual basic
general forum, but apparently it is for vb.net so here i try again.
[I am using Visual Basic 6.0 (SP6) ]

Is VB has any functions that does the same functionality as Pow() function?
Thanks

I am attempting to figure out how to use the MS Flexgrid or MS HFlexgrid
display information that is related so the user can expand or collapse
information.  I've been looking for some helpful reading but
haven't found anything.

I'm facing a problem in Tabstrip control of Visual Basic 6.0, my application
is designed in the Windows 2000 OS environment using Visual Basic 6.0. I have
assigned some shortcut keys to the tabstrip control.
When we test this application in windows 2000/XP and try to access ...

I have a form which has a common dialog control.
I am using this to display a Open dialog box. I have an error handling
routine, which is required to handle the error occurred when user presses
"Cancel" button of the dialog.

How do I invoke / trigger / raise a control's "standard" event procedure?  My
two examples are:
1.  A form includes a DirListBox control, which has a standard response to a
DblClick event.  I would like to have it do the same thing to a Click event,

I have a WinForm application that has Textbox controls bound to a model with
SQL server columns of data type, money. I only want to allow values like
45.33 to be entered, and not 45.336.
What is the best way to limit input to two decimal points of precision?

just tried to install a WMI based application on a WinXP Pro client.
But the WMI object creation fails, my function is:
Public Function WMI_Available() As Boolean
 Dim WMI As Object

I am using VB6 Learning Edition to control a laboratory process.  I was about
to buy a new inexpensive stepper motor controller and found it needs mscomm
control for serial port hookup.  I can't find the mscomm control. Is it
available in VB6 Learning Edition?