VB Forum / General 2 / February 2005

I apologise if this is an old chestnut, but I still can't understand
why I am having problems with this piece of code - apart from the fact
that it's poorly written:)  It's a routine that is supposed to rename
all photos in the current directory, appending a number at the end

Hallo NG!
(WindowsXP/HE SP2, OfficeXP/Pro SP3, VB5E, CPU P4/2.8G, 1GB Ram)
I get an error 55 (file already open)when i try to open a *second* file. But there is no such file. I can always open one file without any problems. Any ideas? Thanks!
Vy 73! Helge

Im trying to make a clock that you can visually see change minutes. I
tried to place in a timer but for some reason when i put in a
breakpoint it doesnt seem to be going into it!! Am i doing something
wrong??

I only want to get the data of a website into Visual Basic. As this is
plain text lying on a server it should be very easy but I only worked
with Visual Basic 1.0, so I have no idea how this is possible in Version
4 or 6. How can I get a website?

i am a newbie in VB6.
I was trying to develop front end , and wanted Multi Page features provided
by VBA.
But couldnt find it in VB6.

Does anyone know of an appropriate interface, Windows API or third party
controls (preferably free for personal use), that would allow me to read a
drive (diskette or hdd), geometry and data one sector at a time. The idea
here is I want to build a custom disk imaging program. I did ...

Assume a VB6 program is associated with files that have an extension of
.yer.  From windows explorer, you double click on a .yer file and it
activates the program.  Is there a way to determine which file (2005.yer,
2004.yer, etc.) you double-clicked on to activate the program?

I looked into using Spy++ that came with VS6 but I can't decipher it's
message outout.  I compile my VB app with "create symbolic debugging
info" enabled, but that doesn't seem to make much difference.  (BTW I
know how to find the right window with the Spy++ find window drag &

IT department has enabled a screen saver that inititates 15
minutes after inactivity.  Would like to have a tiny VB
program that sends a key stroke to the screen every
fourteen minutes, so that the screen saver never starts.

I recently installed a third party control that I needed for a project.
However, it now annoyingly auto loads itself whenever I create a new
project. By auto loading I mean the ActiveX is checked in Project
References -> Components -> Controls and it appears in my toolbox. How

There is a new VB discussion group
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Microsoft-Visual-Basic.
Hope everybody enjoys the new group too.

I am a student and am learning Microsoft's Visual Basic .NET 2003 edition,
but am taking it as an online course at UCF and don't have the luxury of
working with anyone else in the "class."
I have a problem that I don't think is appropriate for posting in the

assume program named pgm1.exe
I place a shortcut to pgm1.exe on desktop
I then go into properties for the shortcut and add a space and xxx after
pgm1.exe.

Hello --
I can't figure out how to get the Data Project and blank form on the screen
at the same time so that I can drag the Command node onto the blank form.
I am following the tutorial on p 182 in

Hello --
I can't figure out how to get the Data Project and blank form on the screen
at the same time so that I can drag the Command node onto the blank form.
I am following the tutorial on p 182 in