VB Forum / General 2 / October 2003

(this is VB6, btw).
I've recently been working on an app which features a alphanumeric
"pad" which you use to enter characters into a prompt.
When I was working with it the other night, I discovered that I had

I'm still somewhat new to object style programming (as will become
evident), using VBA in Excel 2000 to automate some previously manual
functions.
I've defined a class module so that I can create objects that reflect

I was wondering, is it possible to generate a new sub during runtime?
I want to write a translationprogram from one language to vb.
So I want to translate each line to a vb-equivalent and the run the
resulting code.

DUTCH:
Hoi,
Ik ben nu een paar dagen lekker met visualbasic aan het spelen en kwam door
de wizard van vb uit op het maken van tab bladen, dit trekt mij persoonlijk

Hello gang!
I have an app written in VB5 that uses menu shortcuts.  One of the menu
items uses F1.  I kinda want to keep using it because I use F1 thru F4 for
one thing and F5 thru F8 for another, but similar set of functions.  The

Am I doing something wrong?
I'm running an app which is less than 100kb in file size, requires NO dlls
other than ones loaded with namespaces (which there are few imported), yet
my small apps are using 18,000+kb in memory when loaded!

I need to implement an undo and redo for an entire row in a listview
containing approximately 10 columns.  I'm not sure of the best way to
implement this.  The only thing that I've thought of is a stack
implementation.  I need to be able to undo a delete, an insert (add), a

When I create a combo or list box and enter text or numbers they
appear as Squares or ||||| ?
VB5LE
WinXP Pro

Sometimes Printer object fails and prints two blanc pages instead of the
intended text. There is no error. I think it has to do with the printer
orientation. In the problem sample I have landscape and if I before printing
this sample prints a portrait the last one fails (two blank ...

In visual basic i try to get the following:
i got a number of people say 37 (can be from 6 to 99, the user can fill in
the numbers of people) and i want to calculate a few options to select one
of these.

if i make cdate(format(now(),"dd/mm/yy")+" " + "0:00:00"))
I RECIVE "dd/mm/yy" any idea?

In my visual basic routine, I am calling a C++ dll that (at one point) has
to convert my bstr (VB string) to char.  I have discovered that after a
while (???) the length of the value in the string is exactly 2x what is
should be.  I am not sure what is causing this because I ...

Hello all...
I have WinXP clients and there are some of my vb
applications installed. Some people are reporting this
problem:

I have a need to be able to simulate a d/click on a Dir box item. When a
certain event occurs I want the program to open up the directory above the
current one selected and refresh.
I can obtain the directory by "Dir1.List(Dir1.ListIndex - 1)", but how do I

I have a notepad like application i am writing that uses mdichild
forms.  From the the mdichild form there is a menu object that opens a
find form.  i am trying to reference the activechild richtextbox in my
code to perform an instr function.  But the active child keeps showing