VB Forum / General 2 / November 2004

I have been ask to write a program for a shop.  Now I have tought to make
this program in VB .net, but I have been told dat this only works on windows
XP and 2000.  Now I'd likt to know whether this is true because in the shop
the os is Windows 98.

I have a script used to find and run Java on a Windows system.  It worked
fine on original tests (on a Windows XP system).  It's now running on a
Windows 2000 (sp3) system, and it won't work -- the problem is this line:
set oCommand = WshShl.Exec(sCommand)

How can I access the metadata (IPTC, EXIF) in a .jpg file?
visual basic v6
Please advice me
Thanks in advance,

I use DataReport for printing names of students. How to make that after for
example 10. student there will be a line, and rest of students will we
writed bottom of the line?
Example:

I have to build a prototype Desktop application (GUI).
To distribute the application, it might be necessary to create
a run-time bundle or compiled executable.
Is it feasible to do so with the *Standard Edition* of Visual Basic??

&=  I am not familiar with visual basic but have found some code which
contains this operator and I can't find what it means.

Dear VB Community
I would like to execute a Fortran code from my VB application using
the Shell function. VB inherently does not wait until the external
code is executed, and goeas ahead. How could I prevent this, and make

i need to fill a grid with data, and be able to sort the data based on
which column they pick. Also need to change font color, size based on
info from the data.
Now the msflexgrid can change the cell info, but it returns the last

why should I use a usercontrol for ?
does it have some advantages?
thanks Maarten

I am trying to register an .ocx file that has a space in the file
name. Is there a way to successfully register this file. Thanks for
your help

A project in VB6 recently worked without any problems but now it's
complaining when I try to use 'Right$'. In immediate mode, when I'm typing
'print left$("123456",2)' I get the correct result '12'. When I type 'print
right$("123456",2) I expect the result '56' but all I get is ...

I'm learning VB, and have what I'm sure is a really simple question,
which is : how can I test the status of a CommandButton to see if it
is being held down?. The Click and MouseDown events are almost right,
but I need to know if the button is being held in.

Hi all,  I've got this array that I cannot seem to redim to make bigger.  It
has worked for me before. I just can't see what I doing wrong?
Dim arrayTag(1 To 14) As String
Dim arraydata(1 To 14) As String

How do I change the form's shape from a square into round triangle and so?
thnx udi

I wish to purchase Visual Basic (5 or 6) with cost being a major factor.  In
perusing eBay, I find that there are at least 3 versions of each.
I would like to know the differences between the Learning edition, the
Professional edition and the Enterprise edition.