VB Forum / General 2 / March 2004

I'm creating a function to compare 2 text files line by line.  The
function will then output all records that are in text file #1 but not
in text file #2 to another text file (#3).  So:
if text 1 & text 2 then text 3

I am looking for a text control (or API) that can emulate the behavior
of CodeWrite where you can move the cursor in any direction on a blank
text area and begin typing (so you are not confined to the left
margin).  Visual Basic used to be like this in Versions prior to 5.

I was given a VB.6 program to get running again.  It seam that it ran for about a year but when put on XP it stoped working.  There are 15 or 20 forms and I can look at them all in design view, but for one of them.  When I try to open this one form in design view it stop VS ...

Is anyone know why would VB6 disable the "Undo" and the "Make exe" functions
in its programming interface.
I tried to find these options, but the enable or disable these features are
not offered through GI.

Dear VB Experts,
We have a couple of applications developed in VB6 that use some common
code. Now we wish to maintain the common routines separately like in
the form of ActiveX DLL or a common bas file. This DLL or common bas

Hi group,
I just finished installing my machine an found an anoying bug: VB
needs write access to the WINNT directory!
Situation:

Can anyone please help me with this?
I am developing a Quiz program but I am stuck with "multiple answers".
Basically I need some sort of code that would select multiple answers
using check boxes.

I have declared a fn in C to accept a long as parameter and also
return a long as parameter. compiled the C code to a dll.This was
successfull.
Then i tried to access the fn in dll from VB code. The Fn was getting

I'm a bit puzzled about a simple program I have written to do a hex-dump
of any selected file. I wrote it to use a listbox to display the
relevant text and it works fine - up to a point, that is. The program
will read the file and produce the required display and not complain

I am using vb 6 SP 5 and trying to write a sub to create a text file, write
to it and close.
Simple enough, well it should be but I get as far as the line to create the
text file and get a type mismatch error 13, which I am familiar with, and is

Does anyone know if I have to buy a Server computer to have a Domain type
network system?  Or can I do this with all work stations with one of the work
stations being the main Domain and acting like a server?
Thanks if you have the answer!

Hope you got the Bud flowing, but i have a little nag.
May remember when i said, that i hate graphics and printing stuff.
The bad news is i still do, the worst news is i still haven't found
any other way to put stuff onto paper.. i have heard there is an

is there any way to launch the property windows of LAN1, LAN2, etc.,
in the Network and Dial-up connections(in Control Panel) through a VB6
application?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey all!
I'm kinda new to VB but not to programin'.
So I know what it is like when you are asked trivial questions.
Could some1 please tell me what the syntax would be 2 only allow numerical

Is it possible to write a small, simple fax application in VisualBasic 6?
The application would have to send-only, simple faxes with minimal
formatting.
It would also have to work on all Windows platforms, 95 through XP.