VB Forum / General 2 / April 2005

I am using the Printer object to generate some output (simple text and
lines) to the printer and I use a PictureBox to show a preview.
I like to print some text on a gray background and on the PictureBox it
works fine. But when I sent it to the printer, I discovered an ugly

Dim today, today_15, diff
    today = Now()
    today_15 = DateAdd("d",15,today)
    diff = DateDiff("d",today,today_15)

Hey All!
This is a toughy.  I have an open file dialog (the
one that comes with VB6) configured to only show
xml files.  That is good.  I need to have some way

I want to size the textbox object according to the length of what I get
into it and not to accept data mpre the size of the field as followed .
Option Explicit
Type PersonInfo

I wonder how to make a program like
this(http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/) using VB6. This program
is make in VB6 too. Any idea?

I dont get it...
why does this work....
iconbox.Picture = ImgIconList.ListImages(r).Picture
and this gives me an invalid key error

I found I'm using a lot of variables which are only ever 0 or 1 (false or
true). These settings are then stored in the registry. That means about 20
settings in the registry. So I put them into one Long and wrote a couple of
routines to retreive or set individual bits:

I'm trying to make an app for my pocket pc but I can't work out how to
make visual basic allow me to select a mobile based template when I try
to create a new project. The option just isn't in there. I have
visual-studio.net but not everything is installed as I did a custom

I am working on a final project for my signal processing class and I
was wondering if someone can help me out in terms of choosing the right
platforms and languages to get the project done.  I need to design a
client-server environment where the client side will be a dynamic

I'm getting 'out of memory' in design time while working on a form with
couple of frames. Then I have to exit VB and even restart the computer,
then I can do few more changes on the form and it happens again.
Any ideas how to fix that?

I need to support customers still using VB 6.0, thus I tried to install VB
6.0 on my new XP Professional SP2 system.  (Original computer died a painful
death).  Anyway, I get a JIT error on the second screen, the one after
offering the ReadMe file.  I've gotten it several times ...

I have just started to learn VB6 and currently use a few books and
websites as resources.
What I would like to know is whether there is a good, well organised,
and documented API out there for VB6. Maybe I have missed this on

I will be designing an app with VB that will access an SQL server
database.
How difficult is this to do in VB?  Is there some built-in
compatibility between the two?

I have a VB app that uses serial ports to send formatted messages to a
production line printer (the type that prints best before dates etc onto
food products). This app is working fine, however if the app is not running
on a pc it is possible that another application on the pc may ...

Kamilche, you certainly make some good points about why VB.NET is so
terrible.

That's right folks: every piece of code you write in VB.NET, no matter