VB Forum / General 2 / March 2004

Can someone tell me how to access the "project properties" executable
version?
I mean, I have autoinc build versions of xx.yy.zz setup in visual basic
project properties.  Now, I want to access those numbers to put on my main

Is there a way to skin/overlay an existing control such as a command button
from within my app? Or maybe to create a new command button with custom made
bitmaps?

Streamreader reads textfiles.
Those files can be in different formats ( f.e.  with notepad and win xp)
like ansi, utf-8 ..
Can I have some code to detect the format before reading the file ?

When saving a VB project the SaveAs dialog defaults to: "C:\Program
Files\Visual Studio\VB98".  I would like to change this to default to
"E:\Projects".
Anybody know how to do this?

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.

In VB6, how do you put the contents of a text file into a List Box?  I
have the text file arranged so that each line corresponds to one of
the selections I want in the list box.
Lisa

Sorry if this isnt the correct place to post this but im
really running out of ideas.  
I'm currently administering network within a college and
have the following problem.  

I'm using VB5 and I cannot get the result of a user filled textbox
containing a currency value into a variable to calculate VAT.
VBA seemed to handle this no problem.
I realise this is a fairly basic question but any help would be appreciated.

I have a form and 2 picture boxes. Autoredraw is true for all.
I used the pset statement to draw lines on both
Why is it that printform only prints one picture box's graphics
what good is printform? ? ?

I have some VB code which starts opens a word document and waits for
the close event to be fired.
Private vApp As Word.Application
Private WithEvents vDoc As Word.Document

Can anyone give me help or even a starting point to writing a reporting
program for a database.  I have a relatively large database (Access) with a
combined VB front-end and one of my customers has requested the facility to
write his own reports.

In my ideal world, the user would be prompted to enter a parameters
(i.e. a frequency to use), based on that input different arrays would
be used...
Here is what I have:

I made this app, and it seemed to be working fine but then it just got
really slow. And I couldnt figure out why. Then I changed a couple
things, and it went back to being faster like it was before. So then I
changed it back to exactly the way it was before, and it was fast

ok i have a program tah randomizes number adn signs (+,-). i made it
so little kids can learn math easily and i wouldn't have to write each
question out.
when the plus sign is used, eveyrthing works fine because they just

I am learning how to program in visual basic coming from using Borland
C++Builder.  I often used threads in C++, is there a way to write threaded
apps in VB6?  If not do any new versions of Visual Basic support threads?
If so, is it supported well?