VB Forum / General 2 / February 2004

In accordance with instructions on localizing an application in Visual Basic .NET 2003, I added the two "Imports" lines and two "Thread.CurrentThread.[...]" assignments in the code shown below.  However, system forms still use the default language instead of being localized.  For ...

I have an Visual Basic.exe file developed in Visual Basic 6.0, I would
like to run the same as an service.
Any help or pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,

Does anyone know of a program that will read a text file and fill in a web
form with the contents of that file?  We need to get about 3000 records (5
fields to each record) into a database owned by another company and the only
way it can be done (according to them) is to enter them ...

I'm trying to make a program that will speed up the clock on the task bar.
My system battery is fine and the clock displays the right time before you
ask lol.
I'm wondering whether the Syntax SetSpeed will work the same on the

 okay, here is what I wanted to accomplish and hopefully someone can
provide some suggestion. I wanted to write a VB program to do the
following.
1. my VB program will periodically check the contents in a directory,

I used to use a combination of DriveBox, DirBox and FileBox to enable the
user to select a directory, but have just recently noticed that system and
hidden directories do not appear - maybe since I switched to WinXP?
I have tried to use CommonDialog but that does not have an option ...

Hey folks,
Lately I've been having a problem with exe's compiled with VB (VB5 SP3 on
Win98 dev box).  When a button is clicked in a compiled exe, it throws an
invalid page fault:

I'm driving myself crazy trying to figure this one out.  So much so
that I think I'm within walking distance now!
The program is written and compiled in Visual Basic 6 with SP5.  The
OS is Windows XP Professional.

   How can I create easily a PictureBox with all the 65536 colors like the
one in MSPaint or Paint Shop Pro?
a+
Raymond H.

I'm trying to get some direction on how to proceed with a project. We
have an application that needs to generate multiple report formats.
This application is not written in VB, however, I can call a VB
program from this application. This application would in concept

I think I have a virus on my m/c, a PIII, Win 98SE :-(
When I run System Monitor I find ~70% CPU usage when I'm running
nothing.
Ad-aware reports 26 running processes. ALT+CTRL+DEL names 15 running

I am facing a problem in accessing disconnected recordset from an User
Control designed using VB 6.0.  The scenario is given below
I have designed an user control that is used as lookup for selecting
data from a table, say Employee.  The control is designed such that we

Is Visual Basic for Applications on topic here (specifically, VB for
Excel 2002)?  If not, where would be better to ask?

I am using VB6. I knew how to draw graphics/texts on forms
and picture controls. But, these do not have vert./horiz. scrolls.
I need such control to draw graphics and texts
that may extend more than the vertical size of the monitor screen.

Running Visual Studio 6, Visual Basic 6.....why can I NOT find the Data
Environment under components?
Other add-ins shown such as Data Control but cannot find Data Environment
Aargh!.