VB Forum / General 2 / August 2004

Does VB.net 2003 have input masks that you can set for controls like
Microsoft Access has?  I know VB6 didn't.
Thanks,
TD

Is there an easy way to learn visual basic? I have a book that seems
very complicated. Being self taught, what would anyone recomend.
Thanks
teak

I HAVE A QUERY IN TREEVIEW.I AM USING VB6.
IN TREEVIEW I ALREADY CREATED THE TREE.IS THERE
ANY WAY TO CREATE COULMNS IN TREEVIEW JUST
LIKE HIERARCHICAL GRID.I AM EXPLAINING THE DATA

below is the code I wrote (VB6) to delete a folder with it contents.
It is basically recursive function which uses FindFirstFile,
FindNextFile, FindClose and RemoveDirectory APIs.
The problem with the code is that it wouldn't delete

Clear DayHow do you create tabs IN VB6

When I have this code:
   If MSComm1.PortOpen = True Then
       MSComm1.PortOpen = False
   End If

recently i installed SP6 on my pc and continued working on one of my
projects, which had a form containing abt. 250 controls (close to the max.
limit tht vb allows)
I tried to push some more controls by creating an array etc. saved the

Does anyone know of a way to do the following. I need either a free, open
source, or very inexpensive control.
I want to be able to allow someone to crop an image to the exact size that
i specify. The user should be able to zoom in and out, and of course move

Up until now I have been able to avoid using Common Dialog by accessing printers
directly.  This is no longer possible, so-
Using VB5 under XP Home Edition.  I use the Common Dialog functions to select a
printer and output my data.

cscmd32.ocx and cstext32.ocx runtimes, part of Crescent's(now Sax
Software) QuickPak, fail to register under XP SP2 (and Windows 2003 as
noted in other posts).
regsvr32 also fails to register the controls. They registered and work

Can someone explain why forms freeze when performing functions that takes
time?  Example, I have a command button that copies a file from SOURCE to
DESTINATION.  When I click the button, a particular file copy takes about 20
seconds.  During this time, my form is locked, if often ...

I need for my program to get the current track information from Windows
Media Player.  I want to display the track name, artist name, and album
name.  Does anyone know of a way to do this?  I am using Visual Basic 6 and
Windows Media Player 9.  Any help would be appreciated.

I like to change the backcolor of a treeview control.
I found this http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=2135
But I find it hard to follow the code.
All I want is the backcolor to be black and the color off the

This is something I have noticed of a lot of my apps, regardless of what
they do, but more noticable on apps with more graphics. When I run them the
first time, the form can take longer to draw.
Example: my Al-Tab replacement...

I would like to be able to create a csv data file and inport the data into
my VB6 application.
I have no problem in doing this but I am not sure how to build the file in
the package so that it can be loaded again wherever the user decides to