VB Forum / General 2 / October 2003

If you try to update information using the Worker screen
the "Run-time error '3421': Application uses a value of
the wrong type for the current operation." Will be
generated.  This is not always consistent, but happens

As I am just beginning VB6 and have had much help from those of you here in
the news groups (and I do appreciate it greatly) I would prefer to do a
little more research on my own before asking.  Many times I have been
suggested to read the MSDN web site and believe it or not I have ...

I was just wondering if any you seasoned users of Visual Basic could
help me? I have just started a multimedia course in college and in
preperation for next year I would like to make a start on learning
Visual Basic, are there any good books and/or websites for beginners

I need to print a company logo at the top of a document and text the
rest of the way down.  I can get the icon to print with a click event
on the picturebox but I cannot get the picture box to print via the
printer object.  AutoDraw = True and I've tried both the

In VB6 I have an array of forms exposed through a property thus:
   private formlist() as form1
   public property get AllForms() as form1()
       AllForms = formlist

Need a help understand passing "ByVal" and "ByRef".
Any ideas where can i find material about it.
Thanks

I have three forms.  I made two of them and decided to add another that I
called frmsplash.  I have been looking through the form properties window
and have not been able to find a "Default" listing to make this the first
form to load.  I hope I am saying this correct.  How do I get ...

I am attempting to write a cash register program for my local diving
club's bar. I have a form on which are command buttons for all the
drinks and snacks we sell behind the bar. I would like to be able to
populate a listbox with all the items ordered (clicked), along with a

I have troubles with visual basic6sp5 on winxp sp1
the error messages i get when i try to do somting eg. alter a menu itens
name or add a reference,
or try to compile looks like this

Does anyone know how to create and play a Tone using VB? Is there an API
function to do so?
Larry

Hi...Just a quick question about popup menus.  I have a menu popup using
the code below:
Private Sub fraAccBal_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X
As Single, Y As Single)

I have swithed to VB.Net and I need to know how to deploy (If that is
the correct word for this operation) programs that I have written to
machines that DON'T have .Net installed on it. Can someone point me in
the right direction as to how or where I find this information?

Can someone explain why there are % and $ in this code. Are they necessary
or is it just good programming skills to use them?  I do not have help with
VB working model.
NumStudents% = 25

As I am just beginning VB6 and have had much help from those of you here in
the news groups (and I do appreciate it greatly) I would prefer to do a
little more research on my own before asking.  Many times I have been
suggested to read the MSDN web site and believe it or not I have ...

Hey all !
I am stuck implementing the https protocol using the inet control in
visual basic 6. I have been trying to do it for a long time and it
doesnt seem to work at all.