VB Forum / General 2 / July 2004

I have a 10,000 line XLS file which I read to perform some
calculations on my application. The problem is that this is a physical
file (a .xls format) which resides on the client machine everytime the
application is installed.

How to create folder files to windows using visual basic?
Thanks
Joppe

I wish to write some games in VB6 (nothing 3D, just things like space
invaders and the such) but need to know the best way to place graphics on
the screen (without flickering preferably) and play multiple sounds
simultaniously. What is the best way to achieve this?

I'm working on a programm to control relais by sending signals to
LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3.
The problem is it has to run on an old PC (it is for a scoutinggroup)
so i need to optimize all the code.

This might sound like strange requirement but I have an external programme
(it's a medical image analysis application) which I want to be able to
launch running a file selected in my VB application. The reason for this is
that the user wants a better file description system which I ...

I have a neat bootup picture a friend created for an application I
wrote. It loads on startup thus:
Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture(temppath & "DiplomatSplashScreen.bmp")
However I notice that on different PC's, the BMP sometimes does not fit

I have this line in my code that spits out (run time error 53, file
not found).
Running this program (project.exe) works fine if I do it through the
command prompt or Run dialogue box on the Windows XP start menu, but

Hey guys,
  I have a program that I want to allow my users to simply click a button and
the program will download some pictures onto their computer for them.  I will
have a folder on my web server with the pictures, but I need to know how the

How can I put an image file from internet on image object in Visual basic.
It should work so when I open the exe file on my computer it gets the
current image from internet address.
Thanks

In UNIX one can attach their process to another if the other was willing.
Can one do the same in Windows using VB?
If so, what key words would I search for to look at examples?  I've tried a
few variations with little luck.

since i am still not able to solve the problem here's more code. hope
it will help...
public class form1
inherite system.windows.forms.form

What's the inverse of the rgb() function?
Thanks

I am using the PlaySound to play .wav files in my application.  Eg.
a = PlaySound(App.Path & chip_sound, SND_ASYNC)
Is it possible to play two sounds at the same time?  Everytime the 2nd sound
is started the first sound is automatically stopped..

The question is a short one, but the explanation is long. so grab a beer
before reading.
One machine, with 2 operating systems (Win XP and Win 98 ME). Each operating
system has VB6 installed. In XP there is a game called Spider, a solitaire

I want to make a simple visual basic program that will print a text
file when I run it. This will allow me to just click and icon and the
default printer will print this text file. Can this be done in visual
basic with the print method? Thanks