VB Forum / General 2 / October 2005

I am writing an ActiveX control that gets information from the serial
port and displays the results in a label.  I have declared the property
"value" that will hold this data.  This control is going to act as a
field of a form and needs to be able to have its value set using HTML

In an activeX dll project, I have a function inside a bas module that is
a factory for a class (multiuse). I'd like this function to be visible to
the clients of the activex dll.   How can I "export" this function?
Thanks

Hello all, I am seeking some help with the following problem.  I'm
working on an application where I have a resource file, and in this
resource file what I want to store is a list of file names (that is,
essentially a string array).

I doubt this is possible, but thought to ask anyway.
I have a situation where there are 30 arrays (of structures) all in one
module. Each representing a separate tool within the application.
   Just for examples sake I'll make up a few:

Good morning, all!
I am using the GetRows method of the ADODB.Recordset object to retrieve
data out of a recordset. The recordset in question has multiple columns
and fields. My ultimate goal is to have a string of all the values

I found the following under the GetObject help notes and in the
example for GetObject:
"This example uses the GetObject function to get a reference to a
specific Microsoft Excel worksheet (MyXL). It uses the worksheet's

I have a random access file with information of people with people.ID as a
unique field.  I also have pictures of these people named by their ID, e.g.
the person with ID 1 will have a picture named 1.jpeg.
On a form I have a drop-down list which displays the peoples' IDs and an

I've several hidden form objects and need to clone one of them
including all its properties.
Later I'll need to change the cloned form properties without changing
the original form object properties.

A charting program I've been working on since 2000 (yes, very slow going as
I only do it on my spare time which is not much) back when still trying to
get a handle on VB (and still am!) contains a lot of code that certainly
could do with a better rewrite.

I may be really reaching asking about this here, but in the end I have to
program this using VB or Delphi (preferrably VB since I haven't learned the
other yet).
Does anyone here know about any code that can calculate the Heliocentric

How can I detect if a Variant contains nUll? I tried:
dim v as Variant
v = Null
if v = Null then

Can anyone tell me the correct VB macro code to select some rows using
variables.
If I select and hide some rows whilst in macro record mode it generates the
following example:

Is there any bug in the socket of Vb?
My app works fine but ocasinally generated a random access violation. I
use socket Vb

Can anyone tell me how to determine if a particular font has fixed vs.
proportional spacing?
I know that Courier is fixed spacing, so I can align a column of
numbers easily, but is there a way to find a different fixed spacing

I want to manipulate a picture (photo) that I print directly to a printer
driver (PDF) with Printer.Paintpicture LoadPicture(..). For some reason I
want to soften the photo because after this one is printed some text will be
placed on top of it. I know how to do this with ...