VB Forum / General 2 / October 2003

I am running VB6-SP5 on Win XP-SP1. My problem is that
when I load "ActiveX Ctrl Interface Wizard" form Add-In
Manager and Run it, I receieve a run time error '5':
Invalid procedure call or argument. The Intro Screen

have a database using dao, can access the database fine. want to get a
specific record in the database from the use entering an id code and
finding the match in thre databade ( access 2000), the database field
is autonumber type. my statement is

What does "6" do... please explaine and why cantI use "5".
Private Sub CmdVBOk_Click()
   intpress = MsgBox("Are you there", vbYesNo)
   If intpress = 6 Then

I have designed the mediaplayer using ActiveX control.I have designed
the images for controls and linked the functionalities.What I want is
the skin for the mediaplayer should be my Image instead of the form
background? In other words I don't want the form be displayed but the

Does anyone know good sites for VB 6.0
- Sources
- Modules
- Tips?

Becouse i don't have any library/book on vb i'm learning from examples; and
i can tell it works out fine.. for some limits ofcource
does anyone know how to do the following things.
- sleep the program for example 1 sec?

I am looking for a way to disconnect from a LAN-connection using Visual Basic.
Does anybody have an idea how I should do this..
Thanx,
Bert

Hey guys,
I'm encountering an error where the ITC is going out to download a file,
but can't find it.  That's all fine and good - except that it is not
timing out in a timely manner.  When a user goes to exit in this

My first real function is created but gives sometimes errors, does anyone
think this can be better done?
Public Function getSearchText(ByVal text As String, ByVal start As String,
ByVal finish As String)

I didn't know how to call this but here's my shot..
i've got in a function that i like to call more than once the following code
for making a progressbar, but here's the problem the first time it goes
fine; everything works but while i'm clicking on the same button to start

Can I write a boot sector using VB?  Is there some built in library, or
is it possible to make my own?
Can I embed Assembly language?
Getting ready to work with Visual Basic for the first time.

Is there any way to load several hundred lines of text into a
text1.text = "" statement? (and no, I can't do it by reading it from a
file, or rather, I won't.).
I tried pasting the contents of a large text file, but the IDE

I´m still working on a program that types to a Word document. My program
opens a Word document and shall work if Word is already running or not.
The user are able to do anything with the opened document and application:
close them or not.

I am writing a programme for my company and I need to copy a file in a
folder at run -time . But run-time 70 occurs , permission denied . If it is
a folder or a file or a drive I need to be able to set the system's
properties .How easy or not easy is with VB . Can anyone participate ...

I don't know why but most of the time I can't get help (F1) for ADO
commands, events, etc.
Every now and then it works, I think it has goes on and off as I reinstall
my PC (I do this fairly regularly).