VB Forum / General 2 / March 2004

I'm installing an ocx component using MSI, that itself uses another of my
ocx components. Both have 'require licence' ticked.
When I install them onto a client PC, the main app cannot create an instance
of the component (using createobject) - I just get an error saying that the

For some reason when I call validateFields before .Update (see below), I get
this error:  "Consumer's even handler called a non-reentrant method in the
provider"
However if I comment out the call to validateFields, all is fine.

I'm developing a databound textbox control in VB.  The "Text" property is databound - this was acheived through the Procedure Attributes form - and can read from and write to any ADO database if the DataSource property is set at design time.  If, however I attempt to set the ...

I basically have an MDI form where one of the child forms is a list of
objects in my database.  I have the option of loading multiple
instances of other child forms to perform maintenance functions (such
as Contacts, etc).   I need to be able to execute a raiseevent from

I am looking for help with a constant, I just can't seem to get this
working..
I want to set up a constant called MAIN_COLOUR and I want to assign the RGB
value as 58,110,165

I wrote my first BASIC compiler when Bill Gates was going to Lakeside
School, and am believed to be the original inventor of the ON ERROR
statement.
Now, my son wants to learn Visual Basic, but NOT from me. He wants a

Visual Basic has encountered a problem and needs to close.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks

Is there some trick to changing a combo's appearance property to 0 -
Flat or does it simply not work?

I am just starting to learn Visual Basic 6 and
was wondering if just going straight on to
VB.NET would be a better bet. Is VB.NET just
a newer version of Visual Basic 6 or does it

VB - Menu Editor Dialog Box - NegotiatePosition
when i tried to set the NegotiatePosition property for a menu item
other than a top-level menu i got the error-
Only Top Level Menus can have non-zero NegotiatePosition.

I want my user control to know when the mouse is either over the control or
has left the control. It's for creating effects. The mousemove event is fine
for knowing when the cursor is over the control, but how would I know when
the cursor leaves the control?

How can I make ndeNode.Text "Bold"?
How can I make the ndeNode.Image appear in a image box ? (I have added the
ndeNode.Image property as I think it should be in the following code but I
cant figure out how to make it work.)

I'd like to format a number like 9'999'999
If the Digit grouping symbol in the Windows Regional Options is set to '
 MsgBox(Format(9999999, "#,##0"))
returns 9'999'999

Is it possible to pass data between forms as you pass parameters into a
function?
I know I can add a class and members as to share data, or create a module
with public variables, is this the best solution though?

Right off the bat, heres the code I was using... (in bas file)
Private Declare Function CreateCompatibleDC Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As
Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hObject As