VB Forum / General 2 / January 2004

I have the following code in a mult-form project:
Private Sub Form_Load()
   sldPackets.Min = frmStartBfv.return_first()
   sldPackets.Max = frmStartBfv.return_last()

Can anyone help me?
I can't figure out what is wrong here.
It happens such that the 1st form that loads when I run my program is
position nicely in the center of the parent.

In my VB form I am making a call to a Word object.
Sometimes, mostly in the beginning of the day I get Error 7: Out of
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Memory is not the problem, perhaps it is a incompatibility with other

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0xe0434f4d
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

VB6 windows XP home
I run a small app that has no forms in it, only a few BAS modules.
It's function is to open a text file and load a few pieces of data
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Is it possible to sort a column in a listview that contain only values
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TIA
Tim

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Because I'm upgrading old code, my current output statements in VB6
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The external programs are not developed in VB, so let's say, for
example, the external program is calc.exe.

Can someone provide me with sample code which uses the API findfirstfile /
findnextfile in a recursive way ?
Thanks,
Pierre

In my VB6 application, I use a right-click on a RTB to call up a pop-menu
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I need a free VB compiler.  I have Envelop, but it looks like a hassle.  I
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Hi, sorry I am a novice in VB programmation.
My problem is to write data from a Vb application to an opened Excel Sheet. The Vb App must became an ocx control therefore a shall not write via DDE.
I did find out haw to create a new Workbook and then write on it, but I must write on ...