VB Forum / General 2 / March 2005

How can I change the rowheight and the backcolor
of the selected text in a RichRextBox control?
RichTextBox seems to lack these properties, but
still when I copy some text from Word to it the

How do I run a powerpoint show (.pps) from, say, a F1 key-press, then return
to the VB6 application?
DG

I would like a put a directory browser in my vb 6 form that has the
'Desktop' as the root, with all the pseudo folders (My Documents / My
Computer / My Network Places).  The windows API call SHBrowseForFolder
does this, but renders it in a dialog box.  Any suggestions on how i

Does anyone know of a way, I'm assuming it's going to have to an API
call, to detect when a music file starts playing and when it ends in
VB6?
I'd like it to be generic so I can use it with whatever program

Users enter 4 numbers into 4 different text boxes to assign level thresholds
for pupils taking maths tests. The numbers should be in ascending order but
coming up with validation code is proving a problem (im new to this game).
How can I make sure that users enter correct levels? ...

this place always has the answers, i love it
this is for a friend he is trying to make a clculator much like windows
he wants it so when he clicks a cmmand button "cmd1"
that in a label or text box, the number 1 sppears

I have some strange behaviour in my code. I load a page into a web browser
control, wait for the Document_Complete event to fire then set a
MSHTML.HTMLDocument object to equal the web browser control. Next I attempt
to store  the pages HTML in a string and this is where stuff ...

I am writing a program that will need to close a paticular running
application in order to work correctly. in this case, GATOR.exe. It
would also be helpful if there is a way to remove keys in the registry
for VB.net. the point of the program is to delete Gator as it trys to

I'm looking for a function that will convert Milliseconds into a string that
includes hours, minutes, seconds, and hundredth of a second. Should look
something like "24:59:59:99". If it's more than 999 hours, it should just
return "***"

Hi grp
Where is the unsigned int type hiding in VB6? Or did they "forget" it?
/Henning

I'm just wondering that is any way to dispose all objects when my app is
shut down? I mean I can use for.. next loop to unload all loaded form when I
shut down my app.
Thank you,

To save me from checking generated machine code....
Does anyone know (for sure) if the following GoTo in a Do Loop in VB6 will
cause any problems. I have programmed for 35 years, and have run into so
many strange problems created by compilers, that I am always cautious. I can

have a scrollbar to increase/decrease the value in a label caption
however on the scrollbar, down increeases and up decreases
how can i get this working so up increases the value and down decreases the
value?

We are in the process of outsourcing some screen design. Our preference
is not to buy additional licenses for our software environment, plus
the designer doesn't really know anything about databases, etc.
Is there a good tool that someone can recommend that we could give to a

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