VB Forum / General 2 / July 2005

I am using True DB Grid for creating data entry forms and i think that
it is a good idea to use one of the standard grids for the purpose. But
the only grid i could get from msdn was DBGrid. DataGrid is databound
and is thus out of the question. Can anyone help me?

A few posts back, many people suggested never using the End statement.
I typically avoid this, as well. However, what about an executable
that has no form? The user runs it and it executes code in a code
module. How does one "end" that program? There are no forms to Unload.

I'm using a VB 6.0 program to work with some Excel sheets.  Sometimes
there are errors and the program terminates, leaving orphaned Excel
sessions running.  I need help on how to
1)At start of program, identify all Excel sessions and store in an

If my program is running in full srceen can i make any window that pops up,
from or not from my program, open behind my program so you can not see them?

It seems like VBScript is very limited when it comes to formatting
dates/times.  I see the FormatDateTime function, but that only lets you
pick from a few standard/system formats.  I'm used to working with
Borland's VCL TDateTime object, which has lots of awsome functions like

I've recently written a small utility program in Visual Basic 5.0 that runs
in the system tray. I need the installer program to setup the system so
that this program is started when Windows is started or a new user logs in.
How can I alter the Setup1 program so that a shortcut is ...

Does anyone have an idea weather it's possible to access the binary contents
of a bitmap and convert the bytes into a numeric type? It's new to me to
write class-modules in vba, and just thinking about trying to make a
function call to an API is somewhat discouraging. Will I have ...

is there a way to get system settings (regional options) i.e. decimal symbol
or list separator from a VB 6 program

I have to create a .exe file which will initially create five instances
of the same component. This .exe runs as a low priority under windows
task scheduler and is activated every 1 hour.
When the .exe runs from the second time I need to check how many

How can I work on each pixel of an image individually?
Thanks in advance,
Steve

I' using VB6-SP6
I noticed the following bug when that changing a Textbox Alignment property
at run-time: for a short moment the Textbox name (i.e. 'MyTextBox'), flashes
through the box!!

I have written an excel macro in a spreadsheet that subscribes to real
time market data.  The marco loops through a list of symbols. For each
symbol it places the symbol on a summary sheet in cell A1. this sheet
downloads some specific data for that symbol. The code then takes some

i have a problem.
i'm using Visual Basic .Net 2003
Here's the thing.
I need to select one folder, without subdirs. (I know that)

I have a frame on a form and on the frame is an image control. Next to the
frame I have a scrollbar. When the form is first loaded the scrollbar is
not visible. During the course of the forms lifetime more image controls
are added to the frame vertically until eventually they exceed ...

All,
I have an issue lately where the buttons in my "Standard" toolbar are
disappearing when I close and reopen the IDE.  It seems to be just the
"Run" buttons, but sometimes it's the XXX buttons.  The only add-in I have