VB Forum / General 2 / November 2004

The current DLL has the following version format "6.5.20.2"
Setting App.path to the DLL, am able to retrieve the minor, major and the
revision version, the result is "6.5.2"
How do I get to read all the 4 versions ?

We have a (commercial) program that comes with Visual Basic source
code.  Unfortunately, the source code doesn't quite match the
executable, which I determined by analyzing the memory returned by
calls to the DLL.  

Hello friends,
I was looking for how to create standalone xecutables in VB. I came
across VBRunner. But the link to the download page is broken. Anyone
has the VBRunner now ? Please attach the stuff to me at

does anybody know how can i lock the "Screen properties"???
help please!!
thanks!

I've been using VB for about 8 years, but I don't remember ever using
the CommonDialog component.
I tried to use it as a browse for file function yesterday and it
doesn't behave as expected.

Do you know that TextBoxes and RichTextBoxes have an Undo Method ?
Yes, but it is disabled by default on RichtextBoxes (CanUndo always return
false).
I found the following code on the net to activate it. But it is said to be

TextStream

I have created a stand alone VB program and distributed it with the
package and deployment wizard.
Developed the program on WinXPPro dutch with MSOffice 2000 English.
Build it on a win XP Professional Dutch with MSOffice 2003 Dutch.

I have a VB6 project which uses the MSChart extensively.  At one
moment I draw a graph with one line, the next moment a two line graph,
and sometimes a 3 line graph.  I want the 3rd line to be drawn on the
secondary Y Axis (Y2).  Will the code below work?

Hi:  I need help with a simple problem.  I want to have a menu item
(Help - Update) that when selected will update my program on the users
machine (over the net) such that a new menu item is added (e.g.  Tools
- New Tool).

I am trying to address a user defined field in my array. I do not know how
to reference that field.
I defined a UserType
type MyType

Hello all :)
I have an application class that already has easy access to the system
registry, but I need to find a way to set and read file associations using
the registry. The settings are in there, just I can't find out a proper way

Given that there is no security that cannot
be broken.... can anyone recommend a simple
effective method of protecting an application.
The main objective of which is to ensure that

I am writing some routines to play with stock market data.  What is
available to me at the moment is VB 3.0.  It is abysmally slow when it comes
to number crunching large arrays of data with nested do loops.
I am not interested in fancy screen output.

I'm trying to find out how/if you embed Flash files into a VB6 Project, I
have set up the components, Insertable Objects, Flash Movie etc. But i cant
get my head around it, has anybody got or know of agood example.  I want to
embed them in order to protect them, so they can't be ...