VB Forum / Controls / June 2008

I am controlling what can be entered into a text box by checking each
key press and, according to the context, accepting or ignoring what is
entered.
Everything is fine while I move in a forward direction. However, if I

How can we find the coordinates to to upper left corner of a control if that
control is put in another control, for example picture or frame. It can be
multiple levels.
I want to find the top and left coordinates I can use to open a new form at

I am having difficulty with space bar detection in my program.
I need help with the code to implement a simple IF statement. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.
The Problem = if the spacebar key has been pressed in a textbox (text1) by

I am having writing the code that is required to do the following:
- If data is not typed into a textbox (text1.text) in Form1 then hide a
textbox (text2.text) in Form 2.
This is how i did it but it does not work. Is there any other way?

I placed a slider control on an ActiveX control and when trying to
move the slider, the tooltips wont work. If I put the slider control
directly on the form it works correctly. The first time I try to move
the slider on the ActiveX control, a small tooltip window seems to

Is there any way I can make a button invisible and still function? I know
how to make it invisible, but then it won't function if I click where it
should be.
The appropriate code would be a great help.

I need to know how to Print the contents of a Rich Text Box on my form.
Also, I need to know how to show the contents on a print preview page and
configure it's page settings with Page Setup. VB does has controls for these
features, but I don' know how to use them.

Hi, my program uses the following code to save and load the data in 2
textboxes. Can someone please help me modify this so that multiple lines can
be loaded in the textboxes instead of one single line. Thanks and God Bless
Private Sub cmdLoad_Click()

I have a small problem with my visual basic program.
I have 2 textboxes (txtdata1 and txtdata2) and 2 buttons (cmdLoad and cmdSave)
on my form
I am having difficulty saving and loading the data in these two textboxes as

I am using ValidateControls in VB6 at ToolBar Click Event like this
   If (Forms.Count > 1) Then
       On Error Resume Next
       ActiveForm.ValidateControls

I am trying to write code in which a program can connect to a virtual
rs232 port. The program is configured to connect to the device by rs232.
 I need to make it think it is connected to a hardware port. My final
code will connect this to a TCP client for communication with a ...

I'm trying to use VBA 6, under Excel 2000 to simulate mouse clicks and
keypresses.  I found some code to simulate the mouse clicks, but it
references vbLeftButton, yet doesn't define it anywhere.
After much searching, it would appear to be in MSVBVM60.DLL according

I have tab control with thre tabs 1, 2, 3; and I have combobox with same
items.
I need when user selects number 2 from the combobox, the tab 2 should be
selected, etc.

How can I, by double clicking on DataGridView component on the first form,
open second detail form with based on current record on DataGridView
ENV: Visual Basic.Net 2005