VB Forum / General 2 / August 2004

I'm trying to read the contents of a cd using VB.Net and would greatly
appreciate a hand with this as I haven't done this sort of app before.
I think i need to utilise aspi and have a pleaxtor scsi cd drive.
I'm ok with the programming, i just need a jump start with aspi (or

I create maps in PostScript which can easily be converted to a BMP file of any
size.  
I want to read a BMP(or GIF or JPG, etc)  file, point to different places with
my mouse and click the mouse and have the mousedown procedure calculate the x/y

   First of all, I want to thank everyone in this forum for their helpful
attitudes and in particular those who have helped me in the last few days.
I'm working on a new project, and I'm having a little problem involving a
user form with a picture box.

I've got a user control that I've compiled into
an .ocx file, and it seems to load and function
as expected, but for some reason, I can't seem
to figure out how to get it to default to a specific

I have several textboxes and I want one dbl click handler to be used for all
of the textboxes. How do I set that handler for all of the text boxes? I
know
how to set it for one, but how do I get all of the text boxes to use the

I am trying to teach myself VB6 and am having a go at writing a project to
catalog metal detecting finds. For it i am using a list box to display an
output from the random access file that holds the deatailes of the finds.
The problem that I am having is that the display from the ...

I need to use four web browser(internet transfer control) object in
VB to browse web sites. and i need to do this without consuming more
memory.I have implemented a application with four web browser
object,but it is consuming lots of memory.

I have used vb in the past to make gui apps for windows. C++ is just a
pain in the rear to me. In the unix world i have used perl, and loved it
very much. They each have there downfalls though. Perl, requiring you to
have perl installed, or include the needed files with the app. VB ...

I found some interesting code in the helpfiles of MSDN.
To change the forecolor of a commandbutton is like a piece of cake !
But be carefull, it changes the color of your menu-items too !
Just one form and two commandbuttons.

I downloaded the Visual Stuido 6 service pack. Can anyone tell me where
these files should be extracted?

I would like to check for valid date strictly conform to
"mm/dd/yyyy" format.  Date string is read from an automate large text
data file so manual checking is unfeastible.
But isDate function return "true" for both:

is there in vb6 an instruction which would do the following search:
var = find(starting string,ending string)
and you get in the variable var the whole text from and including
"starting string" to and including "ending string"

If any of you out there have ever used glade or jbuilder you notice that
it has a very different way of laying out components on the form. Every
thing must be on a panel. I always wondered why they did it like that
until today. It makes it easier when resizing a window.

 Windows XP has a service called Wireless Zero. This service detects
and connects to wireless APs, etc. I have googled for many hours (*snif*
dialup *snif*) and have yet to find any info on accessing this function.
So, either it can't be done or I just can't find it. Any clues ...