VB Forum / General 2 / May 2004

Hi, there!
We are in need of a control that would allow us to take data from
multiple Word and Excel files and generate a single PDF output file.
(Our system is written in Visual Basic 6.0.) This process must run for

I am working with the xplug ocx. It is an activeX for viewing webcams over
the internet.
Can anyone tell me where I can find info about how to use this from vb (like
a helpfile explaining all events, methods and properties)?

C'est un peu question philosophie ici.
D'un coté j'ai une base de données.
De l'autre je peux créer des objets (ie des classes)
Pour simplifier les choses:

Below is some code that works perfect in Win XP but not in Win98 SE
(I can only test the complied version in Win 98 SE, VB 6.0 is on an XP
machine)
Is there a way that I can do this so that the picturebox (Picture2) appears

What is the simples way to send e-mail using
Visua Basil.
I don't have outlook, or this kind on e-mail management.
Is there anyway to send it using the mail server directly?

I want to program RF devices i.e., read data from RF devices in Visual
Basic. Please advice how I can do this from Visual Basic and if there
are any good resources like web sites and books on the topic of
interfacing RF devices and Visual Basic please advice.

How to update program from internet location?
(Program code, references, etc.)
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I read that VB6 includes the MSDE (I think ver. 6.5?).
But where can I find it? I suppose I have to install it seperatley from VB.
The MSDN does not say anything to MSDE installation.
How can I use the MSDE?

Here is an officially unoffical demo of our new 2D+ game engine
arriving in May 2004. One of our programmers coded this as a tutorial
for our beta testers and we decided it was good enough to put out as a
demo.

Is there a way to load the same form multiple times?
I have a form that is basically a template.   The main form will load this
form to view a set of data.  The load method for the sub form gathers the
data and populates the controls.

Can anyone help with a problem with VB texbox ? can you control the shape
and colour of the text cursor. By default the " I " cursor colour seem to
default to the reverse of the backcolour i.e black backcolour = white text
however green background = blue text - and I want it set to ...

I've done quiet a bit of VB programming using versions 5 and 6. Now I
finally got my hands on .NET and all I can say is "I am soooo lost".
Would appreciate it if you guys could help me out with some basic form
operations. I've already figured out how to load new forms and do all ...

I know there is a way to do this but I cannot seem to figure it out.  
OBJECTIVE: When a MDI Child form is maximized I want to position it
somewhere besides 0, 0 (relative to scale MDI Form).
I have attempted to do it by subclassing the form and then using the

I have a button, one will move the button from left to right or wise versa
on the click event - a loop will "slow" down the movement
If I click in the form - it should stop the movement.
However if I click into the form, cmdSchleife1_click will finish before Sub

i need to make a search option in that you type information in and it
matches it to a certain field in the txt file and then displays that line
of code, is that possible?
ie, the file is "Hello, 420384, fhskar, fhieiw"