VB Forum / General 2 / September 2006

Apologies.  I have already posted a message but felt as though I
didn't explain myself very well.  Frustration became impatient to
get an answer.  Here goes again.
I have a third party application that writes to log files.  They are

When I call the API GetTempPath under Windows Vista I am returned a folder
that doesn't actually exist. I realize this is a by product of
Virtualization in Vista. This seems to imply that a temp folder is no longer
used by the system? Is there a different API to use to get the ...

Why does the Container property of the ctrl control get set to VBForm
instead of Frame?
                       ' ctrl is type VBControl
                       ' vbf is the Form containing ctrl

SQL Server 'bigint' values are 8-bytes, or 64-bits.  While VB.NET has a
specific SQL variable type to mirror each SQL Server data type, I'm working
in VB6.  So what is the best way to manipulate, or at least retrieve and
store 64-bit values in SQL Server?

I have an AVI which was created from a WMV File using
Blaze Media Pro. I am running it in a VB6 Animation Control.
I can manually Open, Run, Stop, Close OK. What I now need to know
is how to determine when the AVI has finished so I can write

in vb    Printer.print   will  print  blank line
what is the command to set
the  printer paper "roll back"  a few lines to adjust lines every time
a print job is given ,to  avoid  it done manually each time)

I hope you can all help!
I have an application that writes to a log file but because the file
is locked, I can't read the data.  At least I think it's because
it's locked.  It could be to do with caching.

I want to avoid OCX printer dialog box. There are API's for FileOpen and
FileSave etc, but does anyone know a workaround for selecting a printer?
Help appreciated.

Trying to populate a list box.
For some reason, after 147 items,
the loop bombs out - code exits the sub.
Very simple code:

Let's just call it a "senior moment" and go on.
I have a ListBox populated with amounts, and I want to be able to edit
a selected item in a TextBox.
After the ListBox item is selected (clicked), can I call the edit

A rather elementary question, In VB5, how can I pass a
variable from one form to another?

Hi Everybody,,,,,,,
I developed a web crawler in VB6 which searches my 100 keywords over
the Internet and if found saves that URL in the database.
I am having database of URLs having about 5000 URLs. I only opens these

Y'all:  How can I initiate a "stand by" and a "hibernate" in VB 6.0
code?
thanks,
russ

I've just quoted a potential client for a system that is to be installed on
a production line. The line is running at between 50 and 120 products per
minute. There are a number of ethernet enabled barcode scanners and vision
sytems (6 to 8 individual devices) that are scanning the ...

I have downloaded various version of registry functions but none of
them could do this simple thing:
Delete a key under the root. i.e. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -> .avi
Any suggestions..?