VB Forum / General 2 / July 2004

I need to send keystrokes to another application. How would i get the focus
of the other app(if i need to) and then send keystrokes. Do I use
sendkeys()? I am making a bot for a game. I am new to programming. Can
someone please help?

i have a class that uses a form and i want this class to trap the events
from this form. like menu_click and/or custom events.
i tryed something like this:
in the class:

I'm having a problem knowing what is the current active window using VB6.
Yes I can use the ActiveWindow property to determine what is my VB active
window, HOWEVER, if the active window is some other program than my VB6 one,
it doesn't tell me that.

I am trying to find a simple way to determine the field size of a
field in an Access table. I am writing a VB.NET Windows application. I
would like a code snippet that I can get to work. I found some example
on the Web but I couldn't get them to work. I will be grateful if you

I'm having a problem knowing what is the current active window using VB6.
Yes I can use the ActiveWindow property to determine what is my VB active
window, HOWEVER, if the active window is some other program than my VB6 one,
it doesn't tell me that.

Hi, which is the best method to find if a program is already being
running? I've read about the technique to read the name of the windows,
is this the simplest way? Where can I find a good (I mean *simple*)
example??

How does VB.NET determine comparing vs. assigning?
For instance, if "checkbox1.checked = True" it only checks the value but
leaves it as it whereas if you have "checkbox1.checked = True" by itself it
changes the value. Is that correct? I believe in C you have a "=" and a "=

Using type of command?
Say there is a variable called wi
You want to know whether wi is an internetexplorer or a webbrowser
object. How'd you do that?

I am trying to find a simple way to determine the field size of a
field in an Access table. I am writing in VB.NET Windows application.
I would like a code snippet that I can get to work. I found some
example on the Web but I couldn't get them to work. I will be grateful

I've designed a nice little App that works something like a spreadsheet
using the MSHFlexgrid control. Many users are inclined to press the tab key,
expecting the program to respond like excel would but it doesn't. It simply
leaves the MSHFlexgrid ang they loose the data they were ...

I've designed a nice little App that works something like a spreadsheet
using the MSHFlexgrid control. Many users are inclined to press the tab key,
expecting the program to respond like excel would but it doesn't. It simply
leaves the MSHFlexgrid ang they loose the data they were ...

Does anyone know of a way (using win32s perhaps) to eliminate that focus
rectangle over the selected option you see in a normal VB combo box?

I am looking for a easy way to draw a polar plot in a small box given a
value that ranges from 0 to 1.There are 36 values, ie one every 10 degrees.
I was wondering if there is a OCX or soemthing out there that would
accomplish this task. Or is it trivial and I have overestimated the

Last year,  Greg Siemon <greg@cmensys.com> proposed the following piece of
code :

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I've made a small application that has just one window.
The window has no border.
I want to be able to drag this window to position it elsewhere on the
screen.