VB Forum / General 2 / April 2004

Can this be done? I want to start an executable file and have it show as a
child window in my MDI form.

Guys & Gals:
I have a VB6 app that at one customer's site will occasionally
drop to the Windows desktop--boom--just like that--without any error
message.  Because I log all program Ends to a file before doing the

I'm working on a project that uses multiple usercontrols.
The project also has multiple Forms.
When I 'site' a usercontrol on one of the forms, I can use the following
code within the control to access other controls sited on the form.

I'll be more specific.  I'm writing a suite of ActiveX controls.
One of the controls is a serial driver,  it works fine.  The user simply
drops it on the form and it runs... starts talking to the comport etc..
The user can drop other controls (let's call it "Byte Fetch") on the form

 I was hoping someone could help me out. I am new to VB.NET and
 I don't know the language too well. I am trying to add an object
 instance of a class to an array like in the code snipet below.
 I run through the For Each loop 5 times and I place a reference

I can't figure out how to make my monthview control larger in size. Please
advise TIA John

How can you ensure that a form will always be a set size in pixels no
matter what screen resolution you have. For example, I want to design
a form 1024 pixels in width by 740 in height. I've tried the following
MyForm.ScaleMode =

  A short time back I installed Corel's Family Pack. Did not like it . I
removed it. When I start VB
I get a several windows and messages that the windows installer cannot find
the necessary files to install the Corel Family Pack. I have removed every

I'm working on an application that will read a windows contents and
look for certain images, then take action on them.  Working with any
kind of images is rather new to me, so I'm asking for any assistance.
I have a blackjack game that I didn't write.  I want to be able to

I've been having a little problem with my newsgroup messages for the last
few weeks. I've only just discovered that I had a problem ('cause everything
was working as normal with the exception that my messages did not actually
appear to end up at the group, although I could see them ...

I created a window using the createwindow api. How do I add code to an
event for that window?
J.

Hi All, I'm having a hard create a command button with a background in color
other than "ButtonFace" and a foreground text in different color other than
black. Is there a way to paint command buttons to have background in any
color and foreground text in any other color.... thanks ...

Here's the problem,
I have an old program from the good old dos days that I still use.
The DOS program was designed to read and write an odd extension.
That file extension was .JH with an 0ffh byte tacked on to the end of it.

Now that I've created my first VB app. I want to use the included VB6's
Package and Deployment Wizard to create an installation file for the app. My
question is, after an user installs my app, will he/she be able to uninstall
it? (Does the "uninstallation file" automatically ...

I'm a student Informatica in Belgium. We get classes Visual Basic here and
where now bussy with the subject databases.
I work on my laptop where i've installed an Win XP OS with an Office 2000.
The problem now is that i'm not abble to connect to my access database. I