VB Forum / General 2 / February 2004

I have written a little aplication that uses MSAgents. To allow me to move
the application to different computers I placed the ACS file in the
directory from which the application is launched. I use the CurDir command
to determine the path.

I am writing a program that uses WinSocket and I need it to make it so it
can run on a computer that does not have VB installed on it.
When I took the program to the schools computers, it would only work on
machines that had VB installed on them.  Is there a way to import the

I have this chart on a form. I'm trying to get this chart to render only if
the user chooses to do so. This because of that the chart is quite complex
and takes some time to render.
I know that I probably should put it on a report and call that report from

I have some code that has worked fine for years. made some changes in another form and now I get this "Procedure declaration does not match description of event or procedure having the same name".
It does this in another form where I use a toolbar also.
Here is the code.
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Hi, I need some help.
The program I'm making accesses an online mysql database.  What I need it to
do is be able to create a duplicate of this online database for offline use.
The main thing though, is that it needs to be able to create the database

Using fonts and different screen resolutions?
When you developers out there develop application using VB
I would think you would take in account the users might be using different
screen resolutions?

Running a point-of-sale system on a Win2000 SP4 platform. POS is on VB and
Access. We keep getting an "Overflow" error (see below) that makes the
system hang. Any ideas what I'm up against??? What is an "Overflow" error???
Thanks in advance...Carlos

my task is to get a list of filenames by simply dropping files from the
explorer on a listbox. MSDN describes in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/vbcon98/html/vbconoledragdrop.asp

   I am looking for a way to search for and delete files based on a pattern
mask.  For example, the search method would find all files matching a
certain pattern containing wildcards (e.g. *FILE29*.TXT).  I'm looking for a
way to do this in either Visual Basic or C(++).  Thanks!

can anyone provide an arguement as to which I should take the plunge
and stop developing in VB6 and move to VB.NET?  I develop with Windows
2000 and higher so arguments about older versions are not relevant.
Thanks!

I have a VB6 project and am using XPH.  My old VB4 had excellent
progress bar supplied by Sheridan Controls.  I have the sheridan
controls installed on the system via the VB4 installer on a completed
project.

I have vb6 pro. I have an .exe I created, and when I run it in win XP pro
the form comes up kind of slow and in sections, sort of.
Is there something I am missing, like a repaint, that I need in my code to
make a form appear instantaneously.Where would the code go in the main.bas

I want to clear some basic concepts on the different ways we can
instantiate an object from VB. Please go through the following
different statements of VB6 Object Instantiation and answer the
questions below:

Hello,
I am bored with the NETSEND Command Line interface.  Hence, I have
written a NetSend application using VB6.  This program internally
calls the Shell command to send the message.  How can I know the