VB Forum / General 2 / February 2005

I have a code with
Private Declare Function FtpSetCurrentDirectory Lib "wininet.dll" Alias
"FtpSetCurrentDirectoryA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Long, ByVal lpszDirectory As
String) As Boolean

Does any one have any sample code that can show me how to change the printer
setings from a command button.
Because in the use the standard papersize appears to be Letter, from a cmd
button i want to be able to open the printer settings so they can choose A4

I wrote a C++ dll that i call from VB 6 however i realized that when i
declare the function it cannot find the file when i run on a win98
machine. My declaration is as below
Private Declare Function IdleTrackerInit Lib "IdleTrac.dll" () As

I putting together a small app to keep track of my CD's (Old news now I
know!!!).  Whats is the better option?
Database or file?
Gavin.

I have a MSFlexGrid, and when I select a row, I want the textfields
underneath to populate. I know how to get the information out of the
grid, i am just wondering how i can program it so that everytime I
click on a row it refreshes the textfields!!

I have created an update query (vb6) in my dataenvironment to change the
date in
the bound table to the sys date. However, the query will not accept '=Date'
in the 'new value' box in the SQL Builder. Does anyone know the correct

I think this is slightly off topic. Feel free to point me in the direction
of a different newsgroup.
However I have written several systems for a company using VB6.
To cut a long story short I have been asked to amend the functional

I am currently working on an email client to send emails via Winsock. I
have used MAPI and it has not performed very well so I decided to write
code using the Winsock control. To describe the problem I will start
off by saying that the emails are triggred off of system events which

Does anyone have - or can you point me to - something that puts all the
basic elements of printing to the printer together in one place.  (A
working simple sample would be great!)
I though I had it together from the docs and a few web samples, but I

I am wondering how to go about using a formula stored in a sql table as
a string in my code.  The formulas vary but the variables used in the
formula are few and I thought what I could do is something like
this...free typing...

how can I count the substrings produces by following function:
Items = Split(strText, Chr(9))
I get substrings named
items(0)

Hey folks!
I need your help!! Can you give me any information about VB sockets??
Is it possible??? Any advice or examples would be really greatful!!! Im
a beginner at VB so anything at all!

I've been searching the internet for weeks now trying to find out the
fix to
my problem (below) but I don't seem to be getting anywhere!
I'm using Visual Basic 2005 2005 Express Edition (Beta) and am having

I am rewriting my access applications (client/ file) using VB6 to develop
the user interface which links to tables in access database.
How do I create a similar situation in VB6 as in access, whereby I can have
a multi

Im trying to use ImageList_Draw to draw a image as transparent however im
not sure if im doing what im doing correctly. I currently have a form with a
imagelist called ImageList1 with one image of index 1 and picturebox called
picture1.Image.