VB Forum / General 2 / June 2004

I created a little program that uses the windows utility xcacls.exe to
set the rights on users computers.
The program has to run under an install account, so I use the
CreateProcessWithLogonW api.

New to VB...using VB 6, enterprise edition on Win2K.
Is there a control that will take any size image (jpg, gif, bmp, etc) and
display it as a thumbnail (where I can specify the size)?  Would prefer
free but will pay if necessary.

Hi all. I'm fairly new to programming, and have started using visual
basic.net, just found this place, so hope someone can help as I'm a little
stuck :)
I'm trying to write a small front end to an application, now this was going

Hello -
Working in VB6.0 I am attempting to open a file with its default
application in a MDI.  In other words, I am trying to develop a
"parent" window which holds all of the "child" windows of my

I have a problem with ListView component (mscomctl.ocx)
After instaling SP6 for VS, the Listview crashes the application if I try
reorder columns (column reorder is allowed) in report view.
The error is unhandled integer dividion by zero :-)) in mscomctl.ocx

Does anyone have or know a source of code for converting raw data (eg
in .csv format) to .wav file format.
I am collecting data from an Analogue to Digital convertor and need to
convert the data into a .wav file.

I'm rewriting our DOS O/E system in windows VB. I'm giving the end user the
best of both worlds where they keep all (well most) of the function key
options and all the windows mouse features.
Here's the issue: One of our features is if you bring up a customer and

anyone know of a camera that can be controled with visual basic, i.e.
zooming, shutter release, transfering picture to pc.

As the subject says, serious troubles over here. I hope some of you can help
me out. I am using VB6, CR9, ADO 2.8 and SQL Server 2000.
I have an ActiveX DLL (VB6) which has a method that returns a Crystal
Reports Report (CRAXDRT.Report). This main report consists of several

How is this done? I found one snippet of code that used ShellExecute to open
the new mail and then used SendKeys to add the attachment. Worked ok but,
only in Outlook Express. I have friends that use Incredimail but I won't add
the attachment. The snippett I had also used FindWindow ...

Can anyone tell me how to get the MAC address
of a PC running either NT , 2000 or XP.
Actually I want to ensure my app only being run
on the PC which I have designated.

Hi I have Visual Basic 6.0 enterprise edition, but have only wrote
some simple code examples from a beginner's book.
I would like to read an SPI A/D converter (Maxim's MAX1280) but using
my PCs Parallel port.

I want to use the RegisterServiceProcess API in both Win 98 and Win
NT, but Win NT seems to not support RegisterServiceProcess, is there
an alternative?
Thank you in advance!

I have a problem try to change the IP_MULTICAST_TTL  (I need a value >1).
I'm using the setsockopt function but I take the error 10022 that means that
something is wrong.
I don't find nothing on google or msdn about doing this in VB and I'm not