VB Forum / General 2 / October 2005

I created a database with Access.  I open it with my VB 5.0 program to add
edit delete records etc.  All works fine.  Now I introduce the following
routine:
Response = MsgBox(Msg, Style, Title)

I have the following code in an ActiveX control:
Dim barCode As String
Public Property Get value() As String
   value = barCode

I need to know if foo(bar) is loaded, who can I do this?
Thanks, ;)

Ok, I want a msgbox that displays itself as a 'vbQuestion' type but, by
default it seems this only has an 'Ok' option. As a question surely it
has the option for me to program it with vbYes and vbNo, surely?
P.S.

I've got a real baffling problem this evening.
Seems something within my program is triggering the main Form1_Active()
where I have one line of code. Because of this triggering, it is running
this code when I don't want it to. For now I've relocated the code to my

The following snippet of code generates an error:
Objekterstellung durch ActiveX-Komponente nicht möglich.
Creating object by ActiveX-Component not possible (or similar).
Dim oSession As Object

While doing some searches on the net I came across a discussion about
RealBASIC. It looks pretty intriquing, especially the ability to create
subs/functions that have the same name as existing ones but 'overrides' them
when appropriate (suppose depending on what you pass it).

I wrote the following to have a user input a frame number into a
PowerPoint presentation.
Dim Message, Title, Default, MyValue
Message = "Enter Frame Number"    ' Set prompt.

Can some give me the pro's and con's for when you would code each of
these 2 different methods.
Label 1 to Label 111
verses

I have been doing some tests with displaying the vbPrnDlg version of
the common dialog for Printer.
When I display the printer, I want to populate certain various defaults
(taken from elsewhere in code). All that is fine, EXCEPT for the

I'm having some trouble with my English-language program when it's run
on a Japanese OS. Some third-party software doesn't seem to be doing
conversions between binary arrays and strings properly, and I'm seeing
errors in using StrConv to convert from a binary array to a string. ...

Does anyone know how to deploy a DHTML application from Visual Basic? I
would like to deploy the app to my hard drive to give to another (Mac)
computer via file sharing. I know about the Package and Deployment
wizard, but I am incredibly confused and have no idea how to do it. Any

I am struggling to get a faxing routine up and running in VB.NET 2003.
The code is
Dim fxServer As Object
Dim fxDoc As Object

Does anyone have any insight why my VBapp will
not auto-launch a text file consistently from
one computer to another.
I am utilizing the Shellexecute API call to open

Suppose you have an interactive DOS program that runs as follows in a
DOS window:
C:\> Prog1
Enter a char, x to quit: c