VB Forum / General 2 / December 2003

I'm a newbie to VB and need to produce a program.
The program is an Electronic point of Sale, similar to the ones shops use.
Can anybody help me out with some code?
Nothing to complicated.

MS User
this is the latest version of security update, the
"September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates
all known security vulnerabilities affecting

I  need writing into CD. How : API, OCX .... ?
GV

I wonder if there is a way to stop Windows from sending
WM_DISPLAYCHANGE when it changes display mode.
The reason I wonder about this, is that I'm writing a screensaver that
looks by far the best in 800x600 display mode. I want to give users

Hello (again) all.
Anyone knows whether i can highlight  one or more  days in the MonthView
control simultaneously ?
My goal is to show which dates correspond to records in my database.

once more i need your help.
Is there a way to pass a RecordSet (as Object or the name of it) into a Sub
procedure ?
I have many recordsets in a connection and each time i want to search a

I have programmed VB6 apps before, ones that use dropdown listboxes, text
boxes, etc... normal stuff.
I was asked by a friend to write a "simple" app that I am unsure how to
proceed with.  Any and all help is appreciated.

Can somebody help me to eject a cd using Visual basic?

I have created a table in MS Access (just some simple fields as I'm a newbie
in the world of databases). Anyway for eg, the table contains 5 fields named
ID, Name, Address, Phone, Email.
I have added several enteries (using Access itself).

Does anyone know where cookie folders are stored from one version of windows
to the next ? from 95-> 2000 ?
I wrote a program that deals with cookies but currently my meathod of
getting to the cookie folders is to search through the enture hard drive(s).

I have been searching the web for hours to find an easy method of
returning the ip address of a local workstation.
Surely there must be an easy way to get this fundamental piece of
information but I just can't find it.

   I purchased the book "Doing objects in Visual Basic 6" off of
Half.com and failed to receive the CD.  I just need to get a copy of
the source files or example code used in this book.  Although the book
works on these files there is no full or completed source code.

I'm making program which creates words from  letters which you put there
down ...
First I tried to do it  like that :
instr(asad,"a")

I need to setup my program to go to a folder (on a file server) where
the user needs to pick one of three files to view.  The CommonDialog
works great but I don't want the user to browse alover just select one
of the three files.  Not sure if maybe I need to display the contents

Okay here's the scenario:
I have two big lists of numbers. One number on each line (they're telephone
numbers if that helps.) What I want to do, is have VB search through
list2.txt for numbers that are also in list1.txt and delete them. I would