VB Forum / General 2 / April 2004

is there a way to read the Type Library in Visual Basic 6?
Thanks!
Andreas

I have an application which worked when I had Office 2000, but when I
upgraded to Office XP it no longer worked.  Here is the code that
pertains to  word:
' the below is a global declaration

VB6 sp6 Win2000
I'am trying to round off some number's down to the nearest 50
56776 = 56750
84602 = 84600

What is the fastest way to draw an irregular shaped form? I have used
routines in the past incorporating APIs to peice it together line by line
specifiying a transparent colour. That's fine unless you want to display
some pixels in that colour and the routines can take time to draw. ...

Hi Guys,
I have written a Windows Service which has Timer and Event Log
Controls. After every 3 seconds, the service must write the list of
files in a mapped directory on the network to the Event Log.

Not the checkbox control. I need to print a checkbox on a paper form
that people fill out manually. I tried using chr$(157) on the Times
New Roman font and it works fine on some printers but doesn't print on
others. Is there some standard thing that folks use?

Hi, could you tell me where i can download any example of chat written in
visual basic?
thank you!
               by LoScara

I have a really odd problem with some Visual Basic .NET 2003 code;
I have a program that creates a number of windows which contain
RichTextBox, Timers (disabled) and menus. The code runs fine and
creates the windows as required, BUT if the program is left to do

i am trying to write a vb app to run on a server that will find out
the names of the computers connected, go to their c: and see if there
is a folder there and see if there is a process running on that
computer.  if either of those two fail, then freeze the computer,

Someone not too long ago posted
a simple way to test whether a
VB6 array had zero elements.
Stupid me didn't save it...

Lee U. and I are creating a system that requires modem-to-modem
communications.  A PC will make a brief telephone call or use the internet,
at scheduled times, or at the initiation of a user, to another PC.  Data
will be exchanged, possibly with short pauses, then the connection ...

Hi, I am wondering what are the limitations of MS Access 2000 database in
terms of number of records per table. Any help will be appreciated.

I'm writing program that deletes choosen words from text.
Sounds easy, indeed it would be if not one thing.I mean ,it leaves free
space where was the word (I want it makes as if there wasn't any word) ,e.g

Does a function exist, or one that could be created that, if passed a long
value of a colour, would return a contrasting colour.
Looking for something where a backColor could be passed and a ForeColor
value returned so that text could be read no matter what the BackColor is.

I'am using XP and VB 6, how can I determine in VB if an application is
already running?
Mike