VB Forum / General 2 / December 2005

VB6 question:
I have  form1 that prints "Loading"  (as a label caption) and then calls a
form2 which loads data into combo boxes.  Altho form2  is working away, it
doesnt display until the data is loaded, so the user sees form1 with

I have created a simple server/client application using winsock. When i
tried both server and client in my sys by giving local ip, it works
perfectly. I gave the client app to my frnd and he tried to connect to
my pc by giving my local ip, he got an error something like dis "The

I'm looking for a few ISVs interested in adding Linux support
to their VB6 (not VB.net) apps.  I'll provide a little free help
to evaluate whether Wine might be a good solution for you,
and help report any Wine bugs your application exposes.

Is there an easy way to cause one procedure to "suspend processing"
until a ListBox entry is selected?
I.e.,  in a VB Version 5 edit procedure, I want to display a message
indicating that the user needs to select a ListBox entry to edit, wait

Hi it's me again.
Just a quickie, I hope.  Does anyone know how to extract and Icon from
a .msc or a .cpl?
I've tried ExtractIcon, ExtractIconEx and ExtractAssociatedIcon.  The

I have several option buttons on a frame. However, If displayed on
WinXP they appear as black rectangles. The way to circumvent this is to
have the parent property of the option buttons to point to the form,
and not the frame.

I have some video files embedded in html files included in a chm file.
I am trying to invoke this chm file through a VB .NET application. The
chm file opens when I click on a button in the VB application but the
video doesn't play. Although the videos play perfectly if I execute the

Anyone have experience of converting text to Rich Text .rtf files WITHOUT
using the OCX control? I'm working on a network that blocks the loading of
OCX controls. Might there be some VB6 code that just writes rich text? Help
appreciated.

im creating an program with 2 forms.
in form1 i have an textbox that shows sometimes numbers if you click on
a button.
now , i want the numbers that the program shows in form1 ,i want that

Am I just lucky but do the examples in
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/fileapi/recursivefolders_minimal.htm
and the dir command return file names in alphabetical order?
(I know MSdos does not)

i amn trying to add a Visuail basic 6 code to an excisting code that has the
purpose to change the current default printer to another printer by name and
then after the printer to change back to the old default printer again...
Anyone knows how to do this easy??

Does anyone have a tidy method of going down all the levels of sub
folders from a given starting point. I cannot seem to get my head around it!
Thanks
Jack Russell

I know how to find files in a directory using dir but how do I find the
names of folders?
Thanks
Jack Russell

Anybody know where I can find a good example of a VScrollBar usercontrol?
Thanks
Ivar

hi everybody can anyone desgin for me any simple animation by using
visual basic.net
becose i have an assingment and i dont know to do it please can anyone
send me a simple one with regards