VB Forum / General 2 / January 2005

Is it possible to display the time that has passed since the form
appeared or loaded.  So for example if it had been running for 5mins,
4secs and 34 miliseconds so it would be displayed like a stopwatch:
05:04:34?

Does anyone know how to use the WebBrowser control with various proxy
addresses? Not by setting the whole system to go through a proxy, just to be
able to redirect the conrtrol. I have done a lot of searching but am
suffering from information overload and cant see the wood for ...

It's been 15 years since I did any Basic programming, so
I was wondering if I could get some help.
I want to display the contents of a .txt file in real-time
as the file is updated. I don't want to just copy the entire

I have a main form, and a child form. Just before the child form becomes is
shown, it gets moved to some position relative to the main form, and stays
on top of the main form with a call to the SetWindowPos API.
Question:    If the main form is then moved (dragged by the mouse), how ...

Hi all - thanks for any help --
Very new to programming and trying now to write a simple database program
with VB 6 which will show the total of orders vs expenses in a database
(ordersinfo).

I'm writing an application for which I am using several Updown
controls to change number values in textboxes.
Here's the thing, I have six textboxes, (3 per team) in which I have
the values (hours, minutes, seconds) for a timing clock. The purpose

I'm just wondering if it's good programiing to pass the form name to a
public procedure in vb6 for example - I have several forms with picture
boxes of the same name.
When I want to add the same picture to each form or change the picture box

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have round about 3.800 expressions as hex or dec data
that should be konvertert in bin data after spezified user
interaction
no idea how to do that

I have a vb6 program which amongst other things adds worksheets to an
existing excel workbook and puts data in them. All simple standard
stuff. This has been fine for many years but now the users have had
their Office package upgraded and are now using Excel2003.  Most things

I'm using VB6.0. I open a text file this way:
   Open filnam_open For Input As 1
Then I read this file line-by-line this way:
   Line Input #1, t

I'd like to know how to be able to leave a class out of my program when
the class is referenced in the program but not used. For example (air code):
Program 1:
Sub Main()

I'm creating a program to allow me to create registry keys and so
forth, but what I haven't been able to figure out is how to set the
default value in the registry.  For example, I create a new key and
there is an entry titled (Default) and I don't know how to set the

I've searched a lot on this topic. I'm sure somewhere there's an
answer, but I figured I'd consult y'all.
Here's my situation:
I have an Access database.

I'm not sure if I will explain this well, but here it goes.  I have a form
with some labels on it. and a basic module with a sub in it. I want to be
able to call the sub (in the module) with the name of the label and then
have the sub update the label as it is process.