VB Forum / General 2 / May 2006

Is there a direct way to check the validity of an executable program
before launching it from within another program?
In our case we have developed a program (e.g. AA) in VB6. This program
(i.e. AA) then calls another program (say BB). Now we want to check the

I want to be able to send commands over virtual COM ports via MSComm. I
want to start the process by sending an LI to indicate how long the
command will be so I in the next run know how much to read from the com
port. The problem is that if I perform two com.output = "foo" after

I have data in 2 separate arrays ArrayX  and ArrayY.. So these arrays
should be used to plot a single line graph to check if we are having a
negative or possitive curve..
This is linear regression and from the 2 arrays, i got the value for

I am using the following sub to create an email in the users
default email client.
Private Sub sendMyEmail()
  Dim theEMAILAddress, theEMAILSubject, theEMAILBody As String

Is there a way to test if a string contains a valid
hex number with characters (0-9 and A-F) or is there
no alternative but to step thru the string and check each
character in turn.

Not sure if  I'm in the right group here but here goes.
Something I thought was going to be easy is proving to be not so.
I'm trying to display a progress bar in VB6 to indicate that my program is
doing something and not hung up.

Hi folk!
I have an application where I use about 30 jpg files. How can I hide
them in a file /lib/ instead they to be visible in the working
directory?

I have an *.mdb file that is used as a backend to a VB6 application.
The file works fine and is compressed/repaired regulary using VB6 and
JetComp. My problem is that Access 2002 won't open the file. Access
doesn't give an error message - it does nothing - no pause, no message,

I would like to get the full path of program files in VB6.

I want to know how we Should not allow copy paste text into a textbox
Please help in this case
I will be thank full to u
Regards

I am using VB6.0
I want to override the "Maximize" button functionality.
What I want is that when I click "Maximize" button on the form, the
form will be maximized according to the my given height and widths, not

I need to access or rather read each of the values in  a 2D array,
andperform and operation say log(MyArray(0,0)) and then store it in a
new array..
So i need  a for loop to read the 2D array and manipulate each of the

some days ago I saw in Ebay someone trying to sell His VB6.0 (he has
moved on to vb.net) prof edition with the original packing , manuals
and cdkeys etc.,I was thinking of buying it.
If I buy it will it be legal .If he had registered the copy will I be

I am using Kill() in VB6 to delete files in my app.  I would like to send
these files to the recycle bin instead.  How do I do that?  Any help would
be appreciated.  Thank you.
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I've got a nasty notify from windows Installer on all load, save and 'X'-ing
down an app. in the IDE.
"The function your trying to use is on a CD bla bla. Insert Office 2000 CD
2" ??