VB Forum / General 2 / December 2003

Can a collection be created in a .bas module at runtime from within a
class module and then accessed by calling code in the program?
The .bas file does not exist prior to runtime.
Spider

I have to learn Visual Basic in short time ( 3 Months ) for
educational purpose. But I am confused with which I should start
Visual Basic 6 or Visual Basic .NET. I have no prior programming
experience. Can any one help ?

Hello, my name is Steven, just recently got Visual Basic 6.0 LOVE IT - lol
 But - i have a few questions - if anyone could possibly answer these that would be greately appreciated
1.) I just added the XP Styles to My Visual Basic Application
    Q.) Everytime i put a "Frame" and a ...

My apologies to the reader who replied to this enquiry last week but with
Christmas and everything I have lost your reply!!
I am using VB6 Data Reports in a project with the Data Environment and
Connection. When setting the Connection Properties it hard codes the

I am trying to create a program that will launch when my .blobb file gets
downloaded from a web page.
How do I associate my files .blobb extension with my Visual Basic
application?

I shelled notepad as a child of an MDI.  Works great.
When taking the same code and using on a VB5.exe (my code) the program
remains as an SDI rather than becoming a child.
Suggestions please!!

   Could any one tell me how to find the username(owner name) from a
process handle or a process ID. ?
thank you for your help
Ravi

I have written a program in VB 6.0 that I would like to distribute to
many users (most likely via freeware / shareware). The program is a
relatively simple and does not call any external DLL's etc - it
compiles to a single EXE. The program runs fine on my computer under

Hi, I'm new to vb.net and learning with the book "Visual Basic.Net Step By
Step.
In chapter 5 it gives an example of using an inputbox. however when I try to
do it the way it shows, I get the following error msg.

I have been working on a few applications in VB 6.0 for about 8 months now
and pondering if I should pay any attention to all the buzz around .NET. My
only reason for switching to .NET would be if I simply couldn't run my VB
6.0 applications on Windows anymore. Is this the case in ...

There are several projects of mine that I've written (or at least
started) in VB6 - but now I'm playing with VB4, and would like to work
on my "stuff". Unfortunately, the stupid IDE doesn't recognize VB6 forms
as such (and complains violently if I just change the version number)

Before I start I wish you all a very happy and successful 2004.
I'm using access DB's for storing info in my apps.  I open them using a
connection & recordset procedure.  Normal stuff
cn.ConnectionString = "provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.3.51;data source=C:\Main

Hello, i want to take information from a table using SQL to bring it
into my VB code.
Some of the feilds in the table are null (because i didnt fill them
in).

I have just spent a few hours Googling, and creating a multiline tooltip
class. It works absolutely fine, except that the TTM_SETDELAYTIME
message seems to have no effect - I am trying to increase the time the
tip is displayed when the mouse is stationary to 30 seconds.

Question:  How do you create an Installer program using the Package
and Deployment Wizard provided by Visual Studio Pro 6.0 (SP5) to
include subfolders and their contents.  I understand how to include
each file, individually, but I would like to have the program install