VB Forum / General 2 / December 2003

I had to reinstall visual basic 4.0 pro and the help function doesn't work. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times with the same results. Can't find windows help.EXE file. Can you help?

Hi , all:
I write a program which uses OLE automation and VBA.
But I need it could refer  both MS Word 10.0 and MS Word 9.0 Object Libary .
So in VB , the " Project-> References " item , how could I do ??

OK, I have a DLL program that contains a couple of classes. There are two
things I would like to know:
1: How do I export a class from a DLL
2: How do I import the class into VB6?

I am using vb6 for windows application and need help a little think.
I create a listbox with checkbox on left(style 1), when i try to make
several selection and click on a command button to export this
list(selection) to another listbox(for test purpose) anything goes right.

I have a  listbox on a form that I'd like to see either sorted or not, so
I put a button on the form that when clicked does List1.Sorted = True
However I get an errror message that says "Can't assign to read-only
property". Is there any way around this?

I can not debug a VB.Net program even though the program
will compile correctly. The message "The Machine debug
manager service is disabled". I tried to reinstall the
program using the "setup" part of cd 1 but the set up

is there a way to get rid of the distortion problem in vb.  when I call up a
new form, I can see the new form drawing itself - is there a way to fix
that?

Hi  guys,
I am busy developing an internet app on Win2000 Server\IIS using Interdev.
Everything has worked well for weeks. I have a menu which calls htm and asp
files. From this morning when any asp file is called, I get a file download

does anyone know if it is possible to do a search in Ms Outlook, find items,
apply a particular view and extract that data using VB?
I need to be able to extract data including the 'Category' field. Any idea
would be much appreciated!

I was trying to program the famous game Pong. With blocks moveing up and
down at each side of the screen, trying to bouce a moving ball back to the
opponent.
I use keypress to see if one of the two human players wants to move his

I am trying to create a grid on a form that looks like the 'Split
Transaction' grid in Quicken - it allows drop down controls in various cells
of grid to make a selection, and then stores the text of the drop down
list/combo boxes in the grid.

I am using Visual Studio 2003, Windows Application (not web) and
Visual Basic.
When I place an animated gif  (not in runtime)  in a button or picture
box, it works fine.  When I change the gif in runtime from an

I have declared the LineStyle1 as Public String in frmMain
and also insert a combolist in a new frame, then part code as below,
Private Sub cmbStyle1_Change()
  Select Case cmbStyle1.ListIndex

I am trying to write a simple image viewer in vb6 that will scroll through
all the image files in a directory.  Lots of tutorials around but can only
find those which require the user to select the individual image file to
display.  Any suggestions about how to cause the program to ...

I have an application that needs to check for the existence of a file
(report.exe). If it isn't found I want to run an msi file (reports.msi)
that will install the necessary files required to run report.exe. I tried
using SHELL("PathandFileName.msi") but it returned a runtime error ...