VB Forum / General 2 / January 2005

Happy new year everyone :-)
It's been a while since I last used the SendMessage API,
but I can't figure out why it isn't working. As I understand
it, the following(seemingly simple) code, should 'CUT' the

Hi NG,
I´ve wrote a really big application in vb6 and now, i´ve to implement a
multilanguage function in it. I´ve searched with google for a tool, which i
could use to do the localization without having so much work. I now the

I am using the following API's:
'GetWindowTextLength', 'GetWindowText' and 'EnumWindows'
... to search for window titles I am interested in, and when
I find the one I'm looking for, I obtain it's handle and use

I have a program that fills out a text box and then submits the form
for processing except, there is this pesky confirmation that I want to
auto click the OK button, everything else is automated except that..
any idea on how to auto accept the confirmation?

I'm trying to set a label's caption property where it displays a minute and
second value derived from GetTickCount. For example, after processing
GetTickCount I may have a number like so 42.574
I want that to display in the caption property as 42m:57s. I always want a 0

I've got 2 questions:
1. How can I, in visual basic, import a class from a dll written in visual
c++?
2. If q1 is impossible... Is it possible to write the same class in vb, so

I am writing my first program in VB6.  Everything is in place except I
cannot open or save text in my listbox.  I load the listbox with Add.Item.
I would appreciate suggestions on code.  The name of my listbox is
"lstClient".  I would like to save the text entered to file C:\My

Can someone help,
I have two arrays and want to merge them into a third array.What I want to
do is, after I create this third
array (combination of the first two) is to erase the original two arrays

I've been working on a program for a few months. I make a new EXE file
every couple of days. Most recently, when I've tried to make a new
EXE, VB 6 gives me the message:
&H80004005 (-27147467259) Unspecified Error

I have a bunch of textboxes on a form bound to fields in a database.
(Access database)
I'm encountering a problem that once I enter a value into a date field
and save it, if I edit the record again and remove that value, I

I try to disable a beep.
Elsewhere I managed to do that this way:
       KeyAscii = 0 'disables beep when ENTER pressed
but in sub given below it doesn't work (well no Enter here).

First post here.
I am stuck with a baud rate of 62500 (8 bit 1 stop no parity).
VB6 MScomm does not like this so is there a way round the problem.
I do code with PIC's and could knock up a rate converter but would feel

If I have a Form that has not yet been loaded, and elsewhere I do this
test:
Private Sub Thingy
  If Form.Visible = False Then Exit Sub

These are the players:
Computer A (WinXP)
Computer B (WinXP)
*A and B are in the same network*

I'm using VB6.
Does anyone know of a way I could get the form object from a windows handle?
The reason I'm asking is because I have written a dll which needs to be
passed the windows form object to get the ball rolling on form load()