VB Forum / General 2 / September 2004

I'm looking for some information and or tutorials on
MS Office Basic.
Can anyone recommend a good book or web page? Is this
the right newsgroup to get information?

Background:
Win98se,  VB5,Pro,  16 bit Free Agent
I thought I would make a simple wrapper for Agent , Eudora, and
Netscape,  just to kill some time and maybe learn something simple.

I have an app that uses a fair number of DataCobco controls which are bound
to Commands in VB's built-in DataEnvironment. The app is VB6 using ADO.
It all works fine, but now I need the ability to change the SQL of a command
at runtime (e.g. SELECT * FROM Invoices WHERE ...

I received an email with an attachment named the_message.vbs. What is it,
and what does it do?
I did not execute the file, but did open it in a text editor.  The code is
as follows:

I need to change default Windows printer using VB6 and set "A3" paper
size...I use this code:
Dim P As Printer
For Each P In Printers

I wrote a VB6 program for a friend who has a small business.  He does not know anything about
computers even though he has several.  His main PC (XP) is in his home and where I installed the
program.  Now he wants to access the program from the PC in his garage.  He said the PCs ...

Hi, I'm starting out on VB6.  Are there any books on VB6 that explain
graphics well?  I'm interested in plotting graphs, sine waves etc.
The books I have don't go into it that much.  Thanks.
Nelson

How do I install my VB6 program onto a file server such that everyone can
run that single copy?  Is there a problem with it not installing the
packaged files on each individual PC?
Thanks!

I am working on a dotmatrix printer through a VB application. I am
trying to print a ledger report which may be more than one pages on a
12" long & 10" wide fanfold paper. The problem is that when I issue a
.newpage command the printer head instead of moving to the next page

Does anybody know a tool that could help me finding unused functions
on my VB applications?
Thanks for your help.
Bernard Davest

How can I get text appended to text already displayed in a textbox? I am
using a FOR loop, and the resulting output is text that I want to append &
display in the same textbox.

I am making a software program for brain dead clients.
I have seen self-installing compressed executables that all you do is double
click on the executable and it uncompresses itself and installs. Note, I
can't assume they have the .net framework installed.

How can u create a log in visual basic???

Greetings to the group.
I have a situation where the text in one column of a msflexgrid can exceed
the column width. The column is as wide as I can make it without
compromising the other columns and keeping the form at a reasonable size.

I have a program written in VB6, installed on a number of sites and running
on different versions and configurations of Windows.
On one site only, the program fails after running for a while with the
following error: