VB Forum / General 2 / September 2005

I have the following code using PRINTFORM.  This is only for a reference of the information that is
used occasionally.  I have two forms that I was asked to include this type of print out - what you
see is what you get.  The code is similar in both cases except this one wastes ...

i need a function to convert angles entered like this        123.2345   so i
can perform math functions like add/subtract/ multiply... I am having
trouble maintaining precision doing it... i assume i need to get it into
decimal degrees then after my addition i need to convert it ...

I want to make my own (web)interface for my Davis Avantage Pro 2 Weather
station. Does anyone have done this before. Davis supplies a DLL for these
things but is only for the C/C++ languages.
Thanks in advance

How do I write text at an angle of say, 30 degrees on a VB Form? I do
not find any simple way of turning letters around by 30 degrees or
even 90 degrees. (I have to use VB3.)
When I needed to do this in a Word document, I created a bmp of the

   I often start out my programs with something like this:
  chdrive app.path
  chdir app.path
  which works just fine if app.path is something like "f:\directory"

After several years away from vb programming I dug out my VB5 cd and
installed it on my XP home machine.  One of the first problems that arose is
when I tried one of the sample programs an error claimed I am not licensed
to use the commondialogs in programming mode?????  Anyone ...

The following code gives an run time crash error.
If (lpIDList) Then
       sBuffer = Space(MAX_PATH)
       SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sBuffer

I've decided to have a go at writing some code to convert full colour
bitmap files into 8 bit RLE bitmap files in such a way that it will work
on all versions of Visual Basic up to version 6 (including VB3). From
some experience I've had replying to questions in an earlier thread ...

Hello --
Can anyone point me to code or a discussion of how to write code to
list the references in a project (the results I would get from clicking
Project > References)?

I am having a problem with Do while loop with my logic. Here is my
scenario, I have a text file reads below
John Doe, 1234, programmer, 312-333-3333, xxxxx, xxxxx, xxxx
Mary, Ann, 3456, secretary, 312-234-4567,xxxxx, xxxxx, xxxx

Some time ago I asked if it was possible to determine the position of a
letter in a word, if, for example the letter was typed in to a text
box.
I was very kindly given some code to do just that.

Hi Experts,
       I am having a peculiar issue in VB while subtracting two number in
the range 0.1,0.2 & 0.3.
      Let us have an example. Goto Immediate window give the command like

The code below uses a command button on a form to copy all files and
folders from the FLOPPY DISK, create a folder on the C DRIVE and place
the copy inside this folder. It works fine but only with the first
floppy disk inserted and won't work with any other floppy disks.

I'm working on designing a data entry form for a client.  This
particular data entry form will have literally hundreds of survey
questions on it that require a yes/no indication by the user.
I'm trying to avoid having to implement literally a hundred or so

I use VB6 SP6 on Win XP sp2 tocompile my executable.
In the Ide it works fine.
when I run the exe and then quit it , it crashes in msvbvm60.dll (version
6.00.8964, should be the latest).