VB Forum / General 2 / November 2003

I'm having some much fun with these text files. I was hoping someone can
help me. I have a text file (http://www.swandust.com/IN.txt) that I want to
input. I would like it to output as a .csv file with the following format:
       Cust,Stock,Quant

I need the same thing that happens in the IE browser when
you mouseover a url link, as in a link in a webpage.
When you mouseover a link in IE it appears in the stausbar,
giving the path to the file/page wanting to be accessed.

I started to have a problem I cant add any MS components
to my project.  Ive reinstalled Visual studio,
uninstalled, reinstalled... No luck.
I searched MSDN and found some articles that seem to be

This problem popped up during my vacation.  I have a Form
in VB6 populated with Frames that have text fields.  These
Forms are in a .dll on the XP Pro 'server' registered on
COM+.  Very simply, these Forms are printed via the

I’m using visual basic 6 enterprise edition to create an IIS application on windows 2000 pro with IIS 5.0. When I try to run the application, from the design window for debugging, I get an error "The server has encountered an error while loading an application during the ...

Good morning all
I need a way in visual basic 6, to start a console process, like
ping -A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > outputfile.txt
and make vb hold its own execution till this process finishes. Using

I have an IF statement that is executing the THEN portion when the
expression is FALSE. Has anyone else experienced a broken IF? What to
do? I tryed using a NOT, but then it doesn't work correctly when it
isn't ""

I am looking for a way to display  mulitple records(range varies) and in the
list alternate the background color. I,e make eveyother row a diff color.
I am sure it would have to be done with the dbgrid???
Anyone done this type of thing? Post an example, please

I want to write a very simple standalone web server in vb6. I would be
interested in any sample code or ideas of how to do it (can I use xmlhttp to
handler some of the HTTP protocol?) This only has to be very simple (GET
requests only, no cookies, no authentication) and should be ...

Does anyone know of any Free controls or source code
examples for _retrieving_ EMail from a Microsoft Exchange
server _Not_ using the MAPI controls?
The MAPI control brings up a dialog box asking for

Hi, is it possible to use AT commands with winapi functions?  Im
working on a project that requires me to use winapi calls to make
serial port communications.  Ive already checked out a
www.thescarms.com , but found no info on api functions that utilize AT

Can someone please tell me what runtime error means?
This error occurs when I try printing results from an access database to a
remote printer.
The error doesn't appear when I print to a local printer. I checked the msdn

I'd like to know if there is a way to change de height of a Drop-down
Combo Box (style=0) in VB6.0 The property is read-only at design- and
runtime, but I wonder if there is another way to get more than 8
visible results in the drop-down part of the box.

i am moving from SQL Server to Oracle.
facing a problem while inserting date.  i have changed the
nls_date_Format accordingly ie "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS AM".  insert is
working when i execute query directly from any other program (TOAD),

does anyone have any code that will UUENCODE and UUDECODE files?  I
don't want to use any controls like SOCKETWRENCH or anything else.
I'd rather implement it via code.
I have 1 sample code but it does not work with binary (.exe) files.  I