VB Forum / General 2 / November 2005

Very simple print routine from my program (VB6)....
Private Sub CommPrint_Click()
Open App.Path + "\TempPrint.txt" For Output As #1
For Count = 1 To LineCount

I created an application using VB.NET that uses a webbrowser to log in
to customers' websites, navigate them, and download Excel spreadsheets.
This will run fine from the executable, and even from Scheduled Tasks
if I am logged on and watching it. However, if I log off or lock the

I have a friend that is getting married next year. I was thinking that
it would be funny if I created a program that was a simple form with an
execute button and when you click the button a textbox or label would
display how much time he had to change his mind. IE. 365 days 8 hours ...

Basically, my AD query returns ok, however, when the database results
display it only shows one entry adn its the last record in the
database, can anyone help?
Code:

I am getting a really strange errror.  I have 2 radio buttons I'll call
Button1 and Button2. If I click on Button1, then on Button2, then on Button1
again, I get an error on the Private Sub Button1_Click() line that says
"Compile Error, Argument not optional".  What is this about ...

Someone posted a topic to this group last week and someone told them
how to play a wav file
(http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.basic.visual.misc/browse_thread/thread/
32436b00e432aa40/82c8cafb6efdc09e#82c8cafb6efdc09e).
Is the code different if you want to play a mp3 or any ...

I successfully made a system tray application.
When I do shut down the computer, how does the computer can instruct my
application to shut down?
For the moment, if I don't quit my application, system asks to kill an

In VB 6.0 there is a Timer object, can someone firstly please tell me
how many 'Interval's there are in a second.
Also what is the maximum 'Interval' you can have, and is it possible to
extend this (without leading on to another timer)?

As I don't own or have access to a Macintosh Computer, or, for that
matter a Linux, or any other operating system, could you please tell me
what operating systems programs made in VB 6.0 can run on?
P.S.

Is it possible to make an application in VB 6.0 that can work in both a
windows PC and a pocket PC?
Thanks, James.

I'm trying to create a routine that will allow me to draw a sine wave on a
picture control.
Found some code on the NET that draws one sine wave directly on the form:
Speed = 0.002

I need the location and name of the Windows Media Player for the
following
versions of Windows  95,98, Me, 98SE for a program I am developing.
There have been

Perhaps someone has asked this before. Forgive then my bringing the subject
up again if so.
I've been programming in VB since version 4. Before that I was programming
in Delphi and C/C++ (although just barely in the latter as a beginner).

A contractor writes 270 classes of good VB code.
He charges for 330 hours.   Do you pay him?
What if he charges for 1000 hours?  5000? 10000?
At what point do you say:

Hi grp
What the ... is this. Have I missed something?
Dim x as Long
x = 192 * 256        '** overflow error ???