VB Forum / General 2 / October 2003

I am trying to write a simple VB6 program that will take user input as to a
date and a starting #.
I am trying to write something like this: If you have an initial amount,
plus the date you invest it, what dates will you have certain 'steps'. For

I have created a toolbar applet that loads and attaches itself to another
application to appear as if it is part of that application, similar to a COM
plugin, but to an application that does not support it. To do this, I make
the MDI window the parent of my toolbar application using ...

Is there a way to change the setup screen in the vb6 deploy wizard to
show some custom graphics during the install process? I am using
visual studio 6 enterprise edition.

hi, i am using the word-class to show a document. like:
   dim objWordApp as Word.Application
   objWordApp.Documents.Open  ...... etc.
How can I lock that document so that nothing can be changed? I have already

I have written a VB program that I'd like to run once or twice on my
patients' computers. I didn't thing installing and then uninstalling
things on a patient's computer was a good idea, so I thought about
running the program from a USB key drive. I can install my program

Is there any way to make a MSFlexGrid act like an Access 2000 Table?
What I mean is, if you have related fields in different tables in an Access
2000 Database, from one table you click the little "+" sign and you see the
related records from the other table.

Can someone please tell me if starting a degree course in programming is
advisable for someone at 28 years old. Right now I'm at college and using
VB6 but I'm starting to wonder if I'll have trouble finding work if I go on
and do a degree. Basically what I'm asking is; is there work ...

I would like to include a CLICKABLE url link
in a program menu, under the help menu section,
that will open up IE (or whatever browser used)
and take the user to a "register" website page...

Hi there gurus,
Can anyone tell me how to get a callback into VB working from a C DLL if
it's calling from a thread that wasn't created by VB? I have a working
callback. I have a working DLL, with which I can do a callback to a test

Hi, I'm urgently trying to get hold of a copy of VB6 Standard in the UK (to
use on W98SE). Does anyone know a place that I could get hold of it?
Thanks in advance for your help

Hi there. It's me again. Anyway, I have another problem, so all you
clever people please help me!
OK, here we go. Basically, I have an MDIForm in which you can create
multiple instances of the same form. To do this, I have defined an

I'm trying to play an mp3 in a continuous loop. According to what I
read, the way to do this is to go to the rountine
Private Sub MMControl1_Done(NotifyCode As Integer)
and add

I have a problem with VB6 SP5 on W2K SP2. When I set a breakpoint and
start stepping through the code, often the IDE stops responding. F8,
Shift-F8 and F5 all have no effect, Task Manager shows the CPU usage
for VB6 at close to 100%.

I've created a 'Replace' routine that works in VB5, which doesn't have
one. What's interesting is that it reliably clocks at 25% faster than
the built-in Replace function in VB6, even though it's written in
vanilla VB code! This is only when compiled, by the way - in the IDE,

Hello to everybody,
I have a problem using a bound check box. The Checkbox value is not
precisely updated when the program moves through the records in the database
while all other bound textboxes display the correct string.