VB Forum / General 2 / February 2006

Okay Rick. This thread is effectively a continuation of the previous Baffled
or Buffered thread.
Right. I've tried exactly the same "testbed code" on my laptop, which I've
set to run at 1280 x 1024, and I get exactly the same problem that you are

I need some help...
I need to be able to do this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbwl
kwalkthroughdisplayingdatainwindowsformusingparameterizedquery.asp
in VB6 using ADO and connecting to a sql 2000 server.

Hello.  Newbie here.
Trying to teach myself VB6 Pro, been reading a couple of books, writing
some "hello world" programs.
The problem I am having is that the books don't tell you what you CAN'T

I searched for hours now but can't find how to get the following to work:
A usercontrol with two properties (A and B).
If A is changed in the designer, B should be changed as well.
This works but the change in B is not instantly reflected in the

Hey All,
Could somebody please tell me how to delete all files inside a folder using
Visual Basic .NET 2003?
(I know this may be basic, but forgive me, im newbie)

As of today, I'm running a VB6 application which also
exposes a com-interface as a service under Win2000 AS.
I'm using an application called SrvAny to set up and
run my app as a system service.

I'm using VB6 (6.0.8169). My VB applications were working fine but then
suddenly one day I opened up a small project of mine. The code of the
form opened up well. But once I clicked on the Project>Forms>Form name
to open the form VB gets stuck and gives the error saying "VB has

Anyone can help me to draw constellations on sky chart using visual
basic compiler.
Looking for the method how to link stars to define constellations on
sky chart.

My Visual Basic 2003 textbook arrived without the 5 or 6 CDs that
include a copy of Visual Studio and Visual Basic.  I'm stuck.
I can find online tutorials and advice, but it would be really handy if
I could RUN THE STUDIO/BASIC ENVIRONMENT remotely, as if I were on a

I created a simple VB app that runs in the background that I now need to
detect when Windows (XP with SP2) is just about to Shut Down OR the user is
Logging Off.  Is this possible?
I require my app to either pause the shutdown/log-off process for a few

I am writing code for a friend of mine.
We may want to sell it.
The demo version will have a few data files
in sub folders with a TXT extension. If the

I associate my file type, name and ico ---so, when I try to open my
file (file1.sss) is open with my App.exe. (That's Ok)
Now, I have my App.exe open with my file1.sss.
BUT, when i want to open other file file2.sss another App.exe will pop

I've searched VB after replies about sorting lines of data in a listbox in
decending order. One solution was to hide an unsorted listbox and fill it in
reverse order. Alternatively, I think the following fills a string array,
but I'm not clear about the best way to get a list in ...

I've been at this a while (albeit with a small business) and until now
I have never needed to print an MS Word document from a program.  Can
someone tell me the code to do so?
Thank you for being such a great resource, past and future.

Instead of using code like this:
Printer.Print Player.ID; Tab(8); "|"; Tab(10); Player.Name
where a number of | in a vertical line make a dashed line.  Is there a way
of printing a solid vertical line?