VB Forum / General 2 / December 2003

How can I execute a string such as:
C:\Labels\12345.jpg in VB6?
thanks
Jim

What is the comparable function in Vb6 to the IN function used in databases.
Would it be Switch ??
TIA
Fud

I'm at a loss. My app works fine on XP but stops with an error on ME. Is
there some code I can add, so when compiled and running on the ME machine,
instead of just telling me the error, it will tell me where the error
occured? The error is Error 5 - Invalid procedure call. All I ...

What are the most popular, and well supported, libraries of drivers for bar
code scanners that include a Visual Basic and C/C++ API?   My requirements
are:
- Must allow an application to be written to a single interface, but support

Greetings all! I'm hoping someone knows of a method to create a
"generic" event sink scoped to a specific ActiveX EXE. In other words,
I've got an ActiveX EXE with a bunch of events in different classes. I'd
like to write a little "monitor" application that would do the

Has anybody worked on an algorythm to calculate all the possible
letter combinations given a string?
Example:  
Given edgar

Could you explain me how do you do for put a new programme with icone in
barre IE5
Really thank you for your help.
Best regards,

I've written my app using VB6 in XP. All is fine until I run it on Windows
ME. Run time error 5 - Invalid procedure call. It seems I'm calling an API
that doesn't exist in ME but does in XP. My problem is, I don't know which
API is doing it. I don't have access to the ME machine (or ...

I want to create a class object from within a class object and then
set a reference to 'myself' (the 'this' object in c++ or java) so that
the newly-created object can call back into the creating object. This
is common practice in OO systems I have worked on.

Please feel free to redirect if this is an FAQ.
I want to create a program that reads an INI-style file, then will do
a bunch of calculations based on those. Therefor, I want to read the
file into memory, then be able to retrieve the data quickly and

I have a directory of files.
How do I list these files for viewing, selecting, and then opening them?
The files are of a special format for BAR TENDER, a label program.
Once located I need to execute the file..

I have made a GUI using VB which uses c++ dll as its core
functionality. I have been able to successfully able to install and
run the system on WIN XP system.
But when my friend is installing the same program on winxp he gets Run

Again another newbie problem. I have a number of mschart embedded in
picture box in a form. The pictures give a general view, but as the
size is small, I want to plot a big picture in another form when user
clicks any of the mschart in the first form. How to accomplish this

Again me and with another problem:
I want to select values that match cirtain criteria from a database (MS
Access) with Visual Basic app, but I want to change this values, before
the sum is calculated. For example:

In VB6 it was very easy to add multiple labels to a form and access them as
an array of controls.
How does one do the same thing in VB.NET without falling back to using the
VisualBasic.Compatibility namespace? Its driving me mad!