VB Forum / General 2 / April 2004

I want to be a VB6 programmer, but I keep hearing about "outsourcing",
where employers are hiring programmers from India or elsewhere for
very low pay. Are there still plenty of good paying jobs for
Americans, or am I wasting my time learning VB6?   Thanks, Jerry

I am building as class module to create popup menus. My question is:
How do I know when an item is clicked on? Seems the one question I couldn't
find an answer to on the internet.

I'm trying to use the CommonDialog control in VB6.0 to select a
printer, and then save the name of the selected printer to the
database.
I can't figure out how to retrieve the name of the selected printer,

What is the difference between Picture1.Picture & Picture1.Image? It seems
when I load a picture into it, it loads it into .Image. To use .Picture, I
have to use Picture1.Picture = Picture1.Image. Reason is: I'm building a
class module to add graphics to a PopupMenu. The pictures ...

On an install of Windows XP Pro (with Service Pack 1a) msinet.ocx
appears to be missing which means that my VB code that relies on it
doesn't work.
If you look through the components, it's not listed and a quick search

I am using the technique of displaying a Button over a Panel in a StatusBar
(a cancel button, like in Visual SourceSafe).
The only way I have found to cause the button to appear over the Statusbar
is to use SetParent.

Hello! I am having a problem creating a table in Microsoft word, the second
time only. Here is what happens. I open up a MS Word 2000 document using the
shell execute API. The word document I am opening has a 1x1 table in it
only. I select the single cell and then add a 1x3 table in ...

Is it possible to have Events is a Class Module? If so, how is this
accomplished? I have previously put them in User Controls with no problems.

i have compiled a simple Visual Basic function using Visual Basic
Design Studio, in an attempt to create a DLL.  i put the function
definition in a module, declared as public.   if i create an EXE it
runs ok.  if i select "ActiveX DLL" for Project Type, the compiler

Thanks a lot Randy, I'll try this solution. There may, however, be a
copyright problem as the code is to be included in a distributed application
(software package for analysis of nucleotide and protein sequences,
www.seqtools.dk) which seems to be in conflict with the copyright ...

All I'm trying to transalte the C++ function's parameters and would
really appreciate if someone could help me out.
The dll is for ex; ProjctMgt.dll
So how do I declare this function in VB6 ??

I have a small app for a client that I am starting. The client wants email
capability from the "notes" section of the program. I am looking for
opinions. Either do my own MAPI or shell to Outlook Express.
There's a way to do it. Better find it.

I have a gizmo program, for my own use only, which produces a list of
files in a listBox.
If I click on a filename, I find it convenient to run an associated app
to open this file. I have a routine (below) which works well enough for

I am having an issue with trying to pass an image to a control. I can set
the Image by properties.
Here is some of the code that I have, am I missing something in my
usercontrol.

Is there any real difference between .NET 2002 and .NET 2003?