VB Forum / General 2 / November 2003

I am very new to visual basic script.  I'm just trying to make a pop
up box that asks for a password at the same time masking the entered
password.  I think I have the elements correct, but for some reason
I'm getting a syntax error: Expected end of statement.  I researched

This is a problem that occurs only in the compiled version of my VB6
application -- not when testing it in the IDE.
I have a click event associated with a RTB. It shows a modal form. In the
compiled version, when I click the RTB, the modal form appears as it should,

I am looking for a way to determine in code if a program is on a
windows 2000 server or workstation. I am familar with the SYSInfo
activex control but it will only tell you the
the very basics. I need to determine the difference between Pro and

I am using an EDTMSK on a screen, but the mask isn't working.  It allows the
user to type over the edit word characters.  
This screen has two subfiles and two overlayed sections.  The edit mask is in
the overlayed section.

When using DDE to place values from Excel into a Visual Basic form(not VBA)
If I use standard VB form text boxes, I can't seem to right align the
contents (which is currency)
This option also displays the CR & LF symbols from Excel ?

I would like to update a database record when an associated document has
been printed.  But, what happens if the print job was not successful?
Is there some way to trap a "printing success" ==>
    if (printing successful) then .....

   How to create a new sub-menu in projet vb4 when there is already no menu
at all?
I know this:
Private Sub Command1_Click()

With XP and VB6 I cannot scroll vertically in the form or module
windows,in spite of trying several mouses and the leatest drivers.
Yet, with Win98 or Me, it works!
I am currently using the lattest Microsoft mouse ( with the tilt

I use a VB program to count laps and lap time of a slot car race track via
an IR sensor connected via the LPT port. The program works very well on an
old Pentium I 90 Mhz. Running it on a P III 900 Mhz I do not get any signal
from the IR-sensor. Somebody told me that the signal ...

I am a high-school student taking a VB class. I have been working on a
project on the side and have tryed and tryed to figure this out
but..., well here is what I  need a bit of help with,
I have created a database to hold the info (my project is a game), and

Someone can help me to develop a software that can save the binary
difference between 2 files?
My program must save different versions of the same word document and
instead to save each file with a different name I want to save only

I want to use the Windows Installer method of install my app's instead of
using the P&D-wizard. Can anyone suggest a good website on which I can find
more info about what to deploy, how to setup the package etc..
Thanx!

How do I send the "ALT and S" keys, using sendkeys?
royrose@rocketmail.com

I am a newbie learning how to build Menus using the Menu Editor Control.
When I add an access key to the menu item (e.g. using an ampersand before
the word "File") At run time, clicking on "Alt+F" keys does in fact trigger
the File menu command. But, the File command does not show ...

I am using textbook (Deitel's VB6 How to Program) to learn VB
Book says that a "vbComboDropDown is the default AND allows the user to type
data directly into the combobox "
At runtime, although I can type directly into the combobox, that  text is