VB Forum / General 2 / December 2004

I am trying to use an image box (or picture box) to display a series of
images. The problem is that the various images are all of different sizes
and aspect ratios. I know I can get the image/picture control to resize
automatically to fit the image, or I can keep a constant sized ...

I am wondering if there is software out there where I can plug in a
user defined type and have it calculate how much space it takes up.
Thanks,
* Robinson

I'm closing my VB project. The last thing I would like to do
is to build a function that translates several parameters into
one serial code. Take a look:
First Name ->

It's seems that everytime some properties such as TextLengh, Text, Lines,
etc are used, the Undo Buffer is cleared.
I have some code on TextChanged event to handle the number of characters and
words as the user types. If I comment the code that uses the properties

Just wonderin if one could plz help to find out why the code below doesnt
work.
Option Explicit
Dim TotalPay, a As String

I am really new at this.  I keep getting an error message that says that
"Sub Main() is not found".  Sometimes it shows up and others it doesn't.  I
can put a couple of labels or buttons and all is fine.  I put one more and
the error pops up.

How can you check if a variable declared as a Date datatype is
initialized or not. I have some code that checks if a value in a
database table is null or not. If it is null then I do not attempt to
assign a value to my variable. Later on in my procedure I want to

How do nested error handlers work? Does the nested error handler (#2)
execute entirely, then turn control back to the outer (#1) error handler?
On Error Goto ErrorHandler#1
   'Do something

I have a calendar control and a folder associated with each year in the
year. What I would like to do is when the form loads, it would build a
database or something that would see what files are in the folder and mark
them on the calendar. When the user clicks on a date in the ...

I'm writing a program that is designed for quick navigation using
specific buttons on the keyboard.  In doing this, I have added a
KeyPress event for every control on the form to intercept the key
pressed and pass it to a standard subroutine that identifies what

how can the user of my app get and change the default printer properties ?
i don't use commondialog
i want the user to see the same property windows as in
"Start/Parameters/printers and properties" under windows

I lost my hard disk and had to reinstall everything. Now I cannot find
Help workshop, could have sworn it came with VB6. Any clues, I need it
for old RTF help files.
Thanks

Can I install MS Home Essentials 97 on an XP machine ?
I have an old Win 95/98 PC which I do not use.
It came with Microsoft Home essentials 97. I have the CD.
Home Essentials 97 includes:

Where can I get VB programming software for free ? Is this possible at all ?
I am not looking for the latest version which MS is selling, and they don't
maintain older versions anyway. VB 5.0 would be OK I think.
Thank you