VB Forum / General 2 / January 2004

Hello...
I am developing a small  program to print images from an image
I am currently using  Printer.PaintPicture image1.Picture
Can any one show me how to use the common dialog control so the user can

I am using arcana scheduler for running automated jobs.
My VB  program writes some validations in the log file.
How can force VB program to terminate with exit code
otehr than 0 so that my arcana job fails?

I am pulling some currency amounts from an access db using the following
query:
"SELECT Amount FROM tblAmounts"
I then display the results in an mshflexgrid which shows them all as

How can I change the ForeColor of a subitem in a listview ?
I can change the first item (style rapport) but not the subitems.
The Objectbrowser gives subitem.forecolor but not subitems.forecolor
Hans Eekels

I'm not asking for source =), just asking for basics on making a proxy
in VB6 with the Winsock control. Is there anyone out there that can
point me in the right direction? Let's say an HTTP proxy for
starters...? =)

What is the correct syntax for the FileExist and DriveExist commands?
I want to be able to check to see if a mapped drive is available, then
to check to see if a file already exists on the drive.
Thanks in advance

Many many moons ago, a developer house released VB for Unix based systems.
The firm was also involved with porting Outlook Express 4 and 5 to HP-UX,
Solaris and I think DEC platforms.
The name did sound a bit like Microsoft (it did have Micro as the first part

Are there any good reviews that compare compiled VB6 performance to VB.Net?

    What's the best solution to have full XP themes support in "legacy"
VB6 apps?  I'm already using a manifest, but it still doesn't look like fully
XP-eye-candy-compliant apps...
TIA

I've just moved onto 2-D Arrays in my VB6 beginners book. I'm struggling to
get my head around the following problem but no doubt you will think it
rather easy.
My program is supposed to allow up to 20 students to enter their name and 3

How do you tell if two variables past as arguments to a subroutine are
actually the same variable? In some languages you can compare their
addresses. Visual Basic doesn't have pointers so what is the best way to
do this?

When I use RunShellexecute to open a  new program, I have only the options
for loading the new window with SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED , SW_SHOWMINIMIZED  and
SW_SHOWNORMAL. However, I want to change the width and the height of this
window. How can I change the size of a window?

I am more or less a complete newbie in visual basic although I have
been developing in C / C++ / perl for 10 years or so .
I have inherited some visual basic code written using Visual studio
v6. I need to rebuild the executable and possibly make some minor

First sorry for my poor english.
My problem is the folowing :
I have a UserControl and I am working on it for year without any problem.
Recently I have made a modification. If I run the program in IDE it is

I have a control that just acts on its own to save various properties
concerning the form it is placed on.  When the form unloads the control
saves the current properties including size, position, font, window
state, etc.  When the form is loaded again later all the properties ...