VB Forum / General 2 / November 2003

I have a game that will only run in 256 color mode.
It crashes if it is launched in 16 bit color or higher.
How could I do the following:
Game.bat:

WARNING: Do not install Microsoft's intellipoint 5.0 mouse software
because the scroll wheel in VB6 IDE will not work in the code window.
If you have already installed 5.0 or your scroll wheel doesnt work,
you can fix it by doing the following.

Is it possible to control the color of a button caption?
Could do so in MS Access.
Cannot find how to do in VB6 !!!
Thanks for any help

If my SQL statement is:
SELECT TABLE1.*
FROM TABLE1
INNER JOIN TABLE2

I have had problems in the past incorporating the IE dll in my apps.
If I did NOT include the dll itself in the setup program, I got
complaints that the app wasn't working. When I decided to try and
'fix' this problem by adding my version of shdocvw.dll to the setup

I`m trying to install a third-party control. During
the install I receive this error...see the url below.
I have no idea as to the meaning of the error.
www.woodsolutions.com/download/ErrorLoadComp.jpg

My code for the "data" stage of sending an email.
I always manage to get to this line
"354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself"
But then my program just sits there. Can someone pls help?

I have an app that launches MSWord for a report sequence. Some installs have
word open and minimzed on the task bar. Some installs have word maximized on
screen. Is there a way I can force it (my app) to open word maximized.
Thanks

I have a group of teachers that must teach each a different set of
courses. Each course has a number of hours per week that must be
accomplished. I also have classes (group of students) which are made
up of a set of courses that must be taught during the week.

Is it fair for programmers to work long hours of overtime and not get
paid for the work? If you are a programmer who has been working for a
while you probably
know there can be some issues with not getting paid for overtime.

When Installing Visual Studio .NET the following error occurs:
    Internal Error 25300
I've tried setup in safemode and the same error occurs.
The disk is brand new and clean.

I have written a Setup and an Uninstall program for an application.
The problem is with the Uninstall.exe. To delete the
uninstall.exe-file itself, I am creating a batch-file. The
uninstall.exe program consists of just a simple form. The code goes

I have an mschart control that is displaying several series
in a row.
How do I select i.e. click on a row and get an indication of what
row I have selected( the row contains more than 1 series).

I have written a programme in VB (a 5 year old version)
One of the things it does is to create new directories and files within them
Problem:-
The new directories and files are not displayed in Windows explorer unless

I have written a programme in VB (a 5 year old version)
Problem: The 'Main Form' doesn't announce itself on the Task bar (Win 2000)
              Though subsequently opened Forms do!
Any offers please