VB Forum / General 2 / September 2004

Does anybody know how to Flush the local stored DNS Tables? IE like the DOS
command 'ipconfig /flushdns'
I have an APP which will resolve an IP from it's web address, but on XP it
will use the cached info when the Internet connection is down.

I am facing a strange problem with VB. The error is "Can't show
non-modal form when modal form is displayed"
Generally this error occurs when the non modal screen is tried to open
from the Modal screen. But in the application, I am opening the non

Is there a way, in VB6, to open the WebBrowser Control in Detail View and
not Large Icons View???

I'm trying to read and write to the information in a JPG image.  It has the
pixels size, resolution, and all kinds of camera stuff, etc...   There
appears to be a header in the file that contains this info,  but I do not
know the format of the header.  Or is there a dll /ocx that ...

I want to create a splash screen in VB6. When I click or run a VB6
aplication, a splash screen will appear for 5 seconds then it will be
disappeard and a main application window will be appeared. Could you please
tell me how to do that

What is suggested for error handling in Class_Initialize below?
'The names have been changed to protect the inocent!
Public Property Get prop0() As String
   prop0 = m_strProp0 'Of course m_strProp0 - m_strPropN are "DIM-ed" as priv.

I'm using VB 6 and I have a form with a couple of text boxes on it to
let the user enter a Quantity and Price.  I then multiply the Quantity
by the Price to get the Total.  I format the Price and Total as
currency, i.e. Me.txtTotal = Format(Me.txtQuantity *

To the Pros:
I need some VB advise!! I've completed a conversion of software written
in Cobol and now it's in VB; For each program in the cobol system, I've
created a matching form and the appropriate code; all is well and the

Here is my problem
I wrote some ActiveX (button, edit classes) with vc++ 4 that were working
fine under VB4.
Under VB6, my activex have the Q172673 problem.

how do i disable the text menu for abit ?
HELP
i have searched high and low with no luck

I have searched high and low for a way to disable the text menu for abit.
No dice.
HELP

I remember many months ago seeing someone mention
an API call that would allow a file to be opened via
the application associated with its extension type. If
the extension did not have a known app associated with

Been given a job to do to create a VB app with Access DB.  Basic functions
are to create/maintain inventory items, increment stock levels referring to
PO references, convert raw materials to finished goods, decrement stock
referring to Sales order numbers.  PO/AP and SO/AR are ...

This is an extract from my function...
The strDateofCall and strTimeofCall are strings and the
firstCallDateTime is a Date datatype. My problem is that when
attempting to populate the full date and time in firstCallDateTime it

I'm pretty new to VB so am having to ask a lot of advice so hopefully
someone can help me with this although it may be easier to point me to
suitable website.
I'm writing a program for work that requires the user to select a correct