VB Forum / General 2 / January 2006

i try to make a kind of mapping from a external vb application. from
this application i want to open a .csv file, search for a string in the
first column and return the string from the second column in the same
row.

FYI: I've using VB5 on winXP but my project will be probably be used on
win98
Anyway, I've got this code that I use once in a while, but I'm not sure
where I picked it up.  It's used to prompt the user for a folder.  I can't

Some apps use a type of list box with columns (for example the Find command
of Windows).
Which is that control ? Can i find it ? Is it free ?
Finally, does any one know how to handle columns in the Forms 2.0 component

Hi, I'm copying larges amouts of files using vb 6.0 and FileCopy.
My quesiton is, how do I use FileCopy with an animated dialog box
that shows files being transferred between folders.  I'm sure you've
all seen this before and know what I mean...

I need to know whether you can use your vb to clean up your registry?

I thought I had it with the checkbox property, but setting that to
false makes the checkbox go away entirely.
Somebody else suggested a way to get around this problem, but is it
possible to just uncheck it?

what is do/loop until?

I have a Visual Basic 6 program that needs to process a data file
containing names that use special or accented characters (not between
32 and 127, but in the 128 to 255 range).  When using the data in a VB
string, it is not interpreted correctly.  What is the correct method

I'm programming and testing under win 2000 but i hope i can found a
solution for at least win me/Xp/2000/2003
I'm going mad while trying to get a 50 FPS simple motion on screen.
I tried a lot of instruments to timing it, but i can get a 50 FPS

This problem is so perplexing that I'm not even sure I can describe it.
My screen from top to bottom has to represent a series of values.
dblMaxValue = 255.50
dblMinValue = 197.50

Years ago when I used GWbasic, there were some commands/functions to find certain information.
Although I have not had need for it, I began wondering about the memory available.  How would I find
the amount of free memory?
Thank you,

In some installations in Windows 2000, my application returns error "Out
of memory", when opening one definitive screen. In Windows 2000 and the
machine of development with WinXP, the error does not occur.
Thanks.

Good day everyone,
During runtime, the resulting titles of a search routine are added into
a list box.
When the list box is made visible, none of the items are highlighted. I

i am moving to a new pc to do my VB6 development on.
The old one is a Win2K computer, and projects reside in, say
H:\Projects\VB
On the new computer (XP Pro), i will have to move to C:\Projects\VB

VB5, winXP
I initialize my MSFlexGrid with the following:
       .FillStyle = flexFillRepeat
       .MergeCells = flexMergeRestrictRows