VB Forum / General 2 / January 2004

I would like to create a shortcut on my desktop and be able to start a
program (.exe) from the prgram tree (start > Programs > name program).
Normally it wil be created with the setup program but  i can not use this.
thanks for any suggestions,

Any one know where I can buy the VB add in for Windows CE
or where I can download a 30 day trial ?
Thanks
Mike.

I open txt file with code:
   Dim FName As String
   Dim FNum As Long
   FNum = FreeFile

How do i drag and drop a command button using the mouse in runtime?
Its driving me mad
I am using Visual Basic 6
Thanx  Dave

A beginner here, i forget the syntax to create a msgbox
is it
msgbox.text = "text"
??

How do you copy the content of one picture box into another picture box,
without saving it to a file first?

Using VB6 (for two weeks!)
I could get a ListBox search working perfectly but with a ListView it has
completely stumped me. I've not found any previous posts that have helped :(
The user enters a string into a text box (txtStreet) and as they type any

I would like to open the pc's default browser with VB, any suggestions?

I'm having a strange problem using random file access and was wondering if
anyone is aware of why this might be happening. When I write new records to
the file, it seems to take a few seconds before the FILELEN() function to
update with the accurate length.  As a test I did the ...

I am trying to create a mask for a time value  typically of 02:23.45 and
while I can get the mask to show in the box when it loses focus it rounds
the number in some way to 02:24.
I want to put this value into an mdb database and that is being equally

i have a text file on a webserver. i need to read the text in the file with
a vb app. thats all. ive played around with the webbrowser control but cant
figure out if thats what i need. if its an html file im reading, i need to
get the html source, same with an asp page.... how can i ...

I wish to create a little game where you drag pieces onto a board.  I have
been playing around with a picture box:
Private Sub Picture1_DblClick()
   Picture1.Left = Picture1.Left + 50

Hi, a German script editor is available that offers complete WMI and
ADSI support and also analyzes your system for all scriptable COM
components. You then get intellisense-similar support and lots of
wizards. If you are curious, you can check out the software, it will

How can I refer to a public object created at application startup in a
UserControl_Initialize routine?
I have declared a public MyApp object similar to the built-in App objection
which is created and filled with data (a property AppDataPath, f.e.) when

is it true about the rumors that will on year 2008 ?.
tks
MR.