VB Forum / General 2 / October 2003

I have a little problem with types, I got a structure like this :
   type Node
       parent as NodeList
   end type

I need to know if exists a function which says if a number is par or impar.
par ;2,4,6,8,10
impar 1,3,5,7,9

I am using the MS Winsock control to send information over a socket to
a listening host. Everything is working fine, except I now think that
I need to ensure that my socket does not stay alive after I close the
socket connection. I understand that this is called lingering.

I have a small test application in vb6 with 3 forms. The parent form
has 2 buttons the first button opens a form non-modally and the second
opens another form modally. If I open the non-modal form and minimise
it, then open the modal form, then click on the taskbar entry on the

Is it possible to get a time event at a specific time, for instance
eight a'clock? My program is running in the background and is
minimized to the tray bar.
If not, is there a smooth way to accomplish this in a different way?

Let's say I have a text box expecting numeric data.  Currently If
invalid data is entered into the box A message box pops up and displays
a message.
What I'd like to do is after I click OK on the message box, is to

I am writing a kids program and am trying to decided if I should use VB6 or
.NET. I would love to use net so I can learn it but the runtime piece is so
large it make it hard for most people to download. Any ideas?

I have an app that uses the wininet.dll APIs to get web pages and to post to
web forms.  My problem is that some of my users systems will literally wait
an hour before an Internet call to a site that isn't responding times out.
During this time the app appears to hang since it won't ...

When creating a new class, is it encouraged to always include error
handling routines within your LET and GET procedures?  It's seems that
most text books never seem to include much about error handling within
classes.  Just hoping to hear some programmer's thoughts on error

Sorry guys, basic questions.....
1)how do you prevent negative numeric input in a text box (-2345 etc)
2)how do detect /prevent input of LESS than 8 characters in a text box(
where a password must be a minimum of 8 characters for example)

When trying to call form 2 with form2.show or form2.show = true I get this
error
Run-Time error '424':
Object Required

For starters if anybody knows a vb.net group tell me where it is please
I have a code example that reads
   Debug.Writeline(MyCollection.Item(2).Text)
I would like to write a piece of code like this

Need a routine no longer in User32.dll must get it from vb4's
User.exe.  How to 'import' this vb4 file into vb6?
ExitWindowsExec is the routine in need.  Ideas how to obtain it?
Thanks,

Error Number: OIP-04109.
Error Creating Temporary File.
Please.

I have two forms.  Once called form1 and one called form2  I have a command
button on form1 and the code is
form2.show
This does not work.  Can someone please help me.