VB Forum / General 2 / January 2005

I was trying to write a small utility that would give me the RGB value for
any pixel that my mouse is over.  I'm able to use GetPixel to read the
color's off a VB form, but I'd like to be able to read the color of anything
that appears on my desktop.  Any pointers or suggestions?

I am new for this newgroup and I have a question:
I need to make some programs in VB but I know only gwbasic.
Where i can find a free versione of VB or a clone of VB
TY for the answer!

I am using an image box to simulate a 3d button. When I click on the
image the image is changed to a different shade (to make it appear 3d).
Now the problem is, if I click on the image and keep it clicked but
move it from its area, the original image should appear. How do I

I have a VB 6.0 program that calls on functions in an MFC C++ 6.0 DLL
(I MUST use the MFC library that came with the source code, otherwise
I'd just go Win32 DLL).
The executable of the VB works fine with the DLL, but when I try to run

I need to check strParts(2) and see if it has a number in it(like an
addrss (PO Box 1111 or 1233 my street) If it does not I need to add a |
mark to the begining of it.  How can I accomplish this?
Dim strParts() As String

I have an app that has been runniing for several years - upgraded and now
sometimes get "network subsystem failed" error 10050.  This error will
persist until a reboot - than maybe it will work - maybe not.  Once the app
is running all is fine until next reboot - then maybe it ...

I have the following code below which allows a user to browse for a
folder. How can I change this code so that files are displayed to the
user and can be selected. I need to get the file name and path of a
user selected file. (I don't need to open/save them etc, only get the

Hello all i'm new here and wondered if anyone knew of a program that could
automate the task of visiting a pc website and putting all systems in my
basket under £350 by adding checkmarks to boxes and then clicking the "add
to cart" button. It is specifically Dell outlet, it is ...

How can I copy a file to all users directories on terminal server?
right now they all have a directory d:\users\"user name" where they have
files and apps.  I need to update a database front end for each user, but
dont want to do it one at a time.

Does VBA have an array constructor?
After declaring
Dim ivec(2) as Integer
I would like to write something like

I have written a very simple vb program (using the new .net interface).
I have a website to which I must upload many files.  The filenames are
incremented in such a way that a simple for loop is able to generate
the filenames.

How does one find the path that Windows Explorer is currently pointing to?
(XP & VB6)

I have been using a DataGrid, which has been bound to an ADO
Recordset.
All was fine until I decided I wanted to colorize rows individually.
From what I've read you cannot do this in a DataGrid.

First Best Wishes and thanks to all for the help here.
Another problem. (Win2k, VB6 Pro, SP5)
I've written a simple find files/folders routine using Dir$. It works
AOK except in one special case. This is whenever it reaches c:\winnt\

  i am trying to use a vc++ dll i made in vb. i am not much familiar to
vb.i just want to check if my dll will work in vb also. the function from dll
returns char *.i decalare a string in vb 'Dim str As String ' and try to get
the returned value in str. str=func()