VB Forum / General 2 / May 2005

I'm a seasoned vb6 user but I've never done any integration with office
apps before. Basically, I want to ...
1) Start Excel
2) Open a file in excel

I'm kind of new to Visual Basic but I am working on a game for it. I
need to make an object (preferably a picture box, but a shape would be
OK) move from the top of the screen to the bottom. I can get an object
to move by the directional keyboard keys fine, but I'd like to have a

I've got the following problem in Visual Basic 6.0.
I need to convert a 20-digits Integer in Binary Format.
I can't use mod function of VB as 2^x and CLng casting also.
Furthermore I tried Hex command for an Integer to Binary Conversion via

Can I make a skype addon using visual basic.net. if yes, can someone
point me to the starting point as where to look.
Thanks,
Saher

I have a file rtf with some word between && ( for example &costumer& ).
Using visual basic .net i'd like :
1-Open word
2-Open file .rtf ( letter.rtf)

I have made a number of htm type help files which I link to from VB6 with
something like this:
ShellExecute 0&, "open", mypath & "\help\help.htm", "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL
where mypath is something like "C:\program files\myapp"

I have the following problem, I open an xml file to do some some
operations and then I want to move the folder the xml file is in to
another location. Here I get an error 70, access denied?
Dim xmlDoc As DOMDocument30

I'm struggling with the following VB equation...
Dim a As Double
Dim b As Double
a=-3.67254088923219

I've an asp script which is hosted on a Web Server.
How can I call that script from a VB standalone application and get the
results generated by the script.
Thanks

Im writing an application which detects Motion from a videostream
(input videofile). I found some examples on the internet, but they
where all using a Webcam as inputsource. I searching for information
on Motion Detection from a videofile. Can someone help me with this

Is there a way to Stretch an image in a pictureBox just like the (Stretch =
True) in a image control
I know you must do it in code, Can anyone help with this?
I am scanning in a picture and I have to use (Picture.point) to look for a

How can I highlight some text in a RichTextBox control ?
My code below makes some text blue, and some red.
How can I highlight some text with yellow?
rtfTest.Text = "hello"

Could you please help me with this because I am going round the bend.
In essence, I'm working with the following type of array:
arrNames(x,y)
x always equals 0 in this case because I'm working with 1 dim here

Some time ago I made copy of this but cannot find it.  How do I add an icon/graphic to a menu in
VB6?
Thank you,
Jim Y

I was experimenting today with custom (other than 96 and 120 DPI)
resolutions, and found things worked mostly well in VB6 except for a
few issues.  ListView and TabStrip controls are uniformly too small.  I
estimate by 10% to 20%.  I haven't determined how to work around this