VB Forum / General 2 / October 2003

By any chance, would there happen to be an API function available
that would allow me to terminate a process by name (as it appears
in the task manager list) ?

I've been working with visual basic for several years, but all know is what
I thought myself and what I've learned here. I know details of some things,
but I'm a newbie with others. The letters API pass often in this newsgroup,
but there's no place where I can get description of ...

I have an application written in VB6 witch writes data to an Excel document.
It runs OK but once in a while Excel seams to hang when my program ends.
Anyone knows a solution to this problem or am I doing something wrong?
My code looks like this:

What would be an example of code to get my command button to switch to a
different form in my project?

Hi, I'm a newbie to programming of any kind. I have posted this to other
groups in a hope to get a response from anyone.
Can any one tell me how to make my VB program read the Bios serial number
(or would HDD be better, or both?) and put that info into VB prog so the

Someone please help. I have a peice of code (below) that when run from
VB returns a value of -2 but when I run the exact same SQL statement
from Access it produces the correct value of 7. Can anyone help?
Table: tblResp

Hello.  I have a program that when it starts up, the cursor is blinking
in the text box.  That's good.  I was just wondering how I can make the
command box underneath it (we'll say it calculates some value based on
whatever the textbox holds) trigger a click event when I press ...

When I close down my dev....it leaves a blank button on
the task bar....
Anyone know how to fix this prob....
I run visual studio 6 w/ sp5....

Hi.....have a small staff of 6 employees and VB installed, and wish to
calculate their wages (and don't wish to go down the Sage/Quick Books
route).
Can anyone help with a simple bit of code to accept input of hours and

The application I have been developing is great except one flaw. When
Windows NT shuts down, it doesn't send the Event to my application (if it
did, it would close all of the open forms and kill an activity flag I create
on launch) and an error comes up that says "Cannot Quit". I ...

Can anyone give me a code fragment in visual basic that will read from a
device on my LAN?
I looked in several books at B&N and found nothing.
I posted this question two days ago and received absolutely no response.

I have been trying to figure out this problem for at least a  YEAR
now. When I try to use a .manifest file in the same folder as my app,
-sometimes- it give me a System Error type of beep when you try to
start it, and then just doesn't run. As soon as I delete the manifest

I have  a millenium system, and am using Visual Basic,
version 6.0. All of the previous programs I have developed
work normally. However, the one that I am developing now,
shows the blinking cursor in text boxes, and I can edit

I looking for a source (book, on line tutorial, etc.) that will
introduce me to writing programs that control my computer. For
example, a program that enters bids on eBay automatically. Or a
program that reads and operates on data from a website. Another

   Thanks for reading this.  How do I list all possible permutations of a
word?  I've figured out how to get all the characters in alphabetical order.
I then want to display every possible character permutation in sequence,
like so: