VB Forum / General 2 / December 2004

I am running a visual basic for Applications macro from an excel
workbook.
On the UserForm for this macro I have a 'hide form' button.  The code
is as follows:

Good day all,
VB6 SP5
I have about 20 users requesting info from a server based database.
I want to retrieve the Time Of Day function from Windows 2003 Server

I think I've noticed this with a few other properties as well.
When I change the Font Face, the Font Color reverts to black.
Any reason?
Also what is the difference between using

I am using richtextbox in my vb application.
I have images in the richtextbox.
The problem is that the images can be resized by the user. How can I
prevent this resizing by the user. (I don't wish to disable the

I am trying to write a small program that will run in the background. It
will check to see if you are receiving data, if not then it will disconnect
and then reconnect you to your ISP.
My problem is how to tell if you are still receiving data or not. Should I

Can someone tell me how to make an program that will only be closed by
Administrator or Power user? Just like Norton Anti-Virus? Thanks

The input box has a Prompt parameter.  Is there a method that I can create a prompt parameter in a
text box of a form?
For example, I want to use the prompt, "Airport", in the text box and permit the user to begin
typing something like "Train Station" in the text box without ...

How can I disable right click mouse?
Thanks.
Davide

I am trying to add the Multimedia MCI control (Vbasic 5) to my form so that
I can play a .wav file.
I go to Project/Components on the menu, but cannot find it in the list on
the controls tab. Could this be because I have Vb5 Learning Edition ?

Another question, can I run an EXTERNAL program in MDIForm or in a Form?
Some times ago I found an example, but I don't refound it.
Thanks.
Davide

Does anyone know if VB6 is unable to read later versions of database.
I have Access 2000 (Office XP), but VB6 cannot read my db's. Any ideas?

I am new to crystal reports 8.5 developer so please bear with me.
I have a large data table (Products) which contains data on products. I
have a second data table (ProductMovement)which contains Historical
sales data for the products in the Products table.

I'm trying to figure out how to display mulitiple lines of text while
iterating through a simple loop. I can do it in a console program, but
not in a vb.net form.
Console code is something simple like this:

Anyone know how to let my VB program send
mail to a Lotus Notes system.  A long time ago
I did a different eMail application and used
MAPI. My current version of (VB 6Learning

How can you get the user name, or better yet the user's actual name of
the user that is logged in to be shown in a VB application.  I know it
is possible because I know of a similar program that does this, but I
don't know the code for it, so could someone help me please?