VB Forum / General 2 / November 2004

Several years ago I wrote a program in VB3.  I now wish to revise it using
VB6.  However I have not programed anything in years and am just learning
VB6.  Any general suggestions on how to go about it or is it even possible?  
Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

I've inherited a program at work.  The front end is a website done in
.asp.  The middle tier is an ActiveX dll and the back end is an SQL
Server database.
I haven't worked with ActiveX dlls.  The programmer who created this

I was wondering if anybody could help me to monitor the progress of a
serial port. I have an app in which I send string commands to a serial
port at various intervals. I wish to provide a visual indicator of
this to the user by means of a progress bar (although I'm open to

Is it possible to create a link to locking the workstation the user is
using through a combo list, if so please could somone post in a
message with some code to do this please.
Thank you.

I'm looking for a function for converting the input to a regular text.
Example: when the input is "aBCdefgHI     jkLM ooPP" the return value of the
function should be"Abcdefghi Jklm Oopp"
Thanks in advance,

I am just learning visual basic 6.0 at college and this is realy
annoying me, even by teacher dosen't know how to do it.
When I get visual basic to open a LOCAL file through an application I
am building it warns that the file I am "downloading" may be un-safe.

Hi Experts,
I have a large text file which was store as a BLOB on SQL Server. Each line
of this file is terminated by a vbCrLf. For example,
+

Does XP or 2000 restrict where I can write to on a
hard drive.
For example can always I write a text file to the 'Program'
folder or the System folders.

How can i tell if a file name is a full path name as opposed to just the
name of a file, i.e. somefile.txt?

Just have a question with regards to the clipboard, and how to read what
other applications (Adobe InDesignCS) place in the clipboard.
I am currently in the process of creating a booklet from a database, and I
need the data to be laid out in a tabular format, and set out in a ...

I am currently trying to create an application that, will compare a
string in one Database, to that of another String in another Database,
and if they do not compare exactly, output the result to the data
report utility.

Dear Sir,
   I have made an ActiveX Control which comprises of List Box Control
and Vertical Scroll Bar Control. I am trying to map the movement of
Scroll Box in the Vertical Scroll Bar Control With The List Box

I need to create one or more MDI Child forms.
Does anyone know the code for this
Thanks
Derrick

Does anyone know if it is possible to create multiple mdi child forms on the
fly. Like having several text fiels oprn in a text editor
Thanks
Derrick

When I select multiple cells in my MSFlexGrid
I then want to apple a style to all the selected cells.
Say a change to bold or italic text or a change to
the background colour.