VB Forum / General 2 / September 2004

I am having a problem with line and shape controls
I am producing a small prog to display barcodes on screen, it works fine
until it actually has to draw the barcode itself
I am running a for..next loop for the set of bars, each time drawing a new

Hello, I have a database dump into a tabbed delimited file.  Example:
I need to extract data2, data4, data6, data8 from the following:
data1     data2     data3     data4
data5     data6     data7     data8

Hi VB fans
Is there a simple way to create a progress bar with a running % in the
middle? The standard progress bar of VB6 cannot do it. How can I make
the % number progressively inverted, as the bar passes it?

I have an ASCII text file that I am trying to import but I can't get past
the TEST CONNECTION. I assume I must select an ODB provider but I have tried
them all and the test connection fails
??

I am looking for VB6 code to allow me to detect actions on the phone line
via my modem (i.e. incoming call). I can't find anything that works
anywhere...does anybody have any ideas?
Thanks

I have a DLL that expects this structure:
struct {
char name[16];
DWORD option1;

I want to include numerous screen prints about printing, date time settings,
regional settings in the help files I will distribute with my application.
Must I obtain written permission from Microsoft or alter these screen shots
to avoid getting into legal trouble ? Thank you.

Can anyone tell me if there is an overhead when using >= over = when
comparing integer variables in a visual application?
Many Thanks

My app has 1 form with several controls on it. I would like to be able
to capture keystrokes regardless of which control has focus.
i.e. When they hit ctrl + B keys, I would like to bring up a password
message box.

the settings of my program are stored in an ini file, is there a simple way
to open the file in some textbox, ore a betteer soutable box.
i also want it to be able to resave the ini so people can modifi the ini.
an example is the program mysql (meightbe someone has seen it)

Hi there. I was wondering if there's anyone out there who would like
to practice their VB skills and help me out at the same time.
I'm trying to make a mini word processor with a very specific
function.

On my computer at my workplace, if I enter "ECHO %USERNAME%" at the command
prompt, it returns the user name of the person logged into that particular
computer.  What code will I need to have Visual Basic assign this value to a
variable?

This is perhaps a frequently asked question, sorry about that.  I tried
searching Googles and Microsoft
I was just wondering if there was a way to change the general appearance of
combo and list boxes.  I want to change it's scollbars and -buttons, plus

I'm guessing XP is written in many languages and perhaps some apps are
written using more than one language. I would have thought the programmers
at MS would be told to write apps using basic guidelines so that all stuff
in Windows would have the same feel/look etc. Some progs ...

I am trying to work with locking software that has been wrapped around
my exe.
What I need to do is to dig the MachineID string out of a resource
file (.res). The resource file belongs to the locking software and all