VB Forum / General 2 / May 2005

Is there any (smart?) way to print out a function call trace for a VB
program?
By function call trace I mean something like..
+ MainApp::Class_Initialize()

How does one set the ListIndex of a Filelistbox if I have a filename in the
list. Basically, my app is given commands through the Command$ which has a
files path & name with extension. I then need to set the filelistbox so it
highlights this file. I can't seem to find a way to do ...

After spending a good part of the week struggling with a VB6 program
that should have taken me an afternoon, I am witnessing something I
have never seen before (I have been working with VB since VB4).
I haven't been able to figure out why some of my variables are double

I'm using the MS Grid Control and put the scrollbars to none. But still if i
go and stand in the last column and press the right arrow my columns scrolls
to different places.
If i drag the grid with my mouse and go outside the grid he also scrolls.

I downloaded a screensaver from Planet Source Code a long time ago. The name
of the exe is PhasineSvr2a.exe.
This screensaver draws different colored swirls on the screen for a certain
length of time then it clears the screen and starts over again with new

I've got a bit of an intriguing question . . . what's Rick Rothstein doing
on comp.lang.basic.realbasic? Has he finally gone over the edge?
Mike

I posted this a few days ago, but I've not had a response. I want to
export my property bag to a text file, but I don't want it exported as
binary. I want plain text name-value pairs that are human readable. Is
this possible?

I'd like to write an application (plugin?) that can handle a specific MIME
Content-Type (video/x-ms-asf) within an Internet Explorer HTML data stream.
What I don't know: the interface between IE and the plugin.
How will the application be called after I entered its CLSID in

Using the class builder utility I made a Class\collection. In the properties
section there are 13 properties, Thekey and 12 others, all Get\Let, all
Integers and are named 'Row1' to 'Row12'.
Is it possible to loop through the properties within a loop of the Items.

Does Visual Basic have an 'arbitrary length' arithmetic feature?  Meaning
can it handle very large real/integer number arithmetic symbolically like
some other languages can?
PHP for instance has the 'BC arithmetic' function that allows arithmetic

Since now I have been used to make classical exe applications, but now
I would like to try to make application that would run through
internet explorer window using web pages, modal forms and active x
controls.

I've looked around the internet, and haven't found any helpful info on
how to write (and read) UTF-8 files in VB.  I'm trying to write an XML
file that's internationally-friendly - meaning I want UTF-8.  Does
anyone know how to do this?  Do I have to do it manually in binary

I have the following code which checks the username and password entered on
the form frmPassword against any corresponding record in an Access table
called tStaff. It works ok against the first record in the table if I leave
out the 'Where' part of the sql string. But it comes up ...

Problem trying to call a procedure by passing a ComboBox and
ParamArray.
Public Sub FillComboBoxArgs(cboFill As ComboBox, ParamArray varArgs())
'If cboFill Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

I have a list of 3,500 addresses in MS Access.  When I made the
database I created a cell structure that included City/State in one
field.  Big mistake.  I need to break up that field into 2 fields. One
for city and one for state.  I know that this is an easy application in