VB Forum / General 2 / December 2006

Could somebody give me the code for Ctrl + Pause or the way to stop
with code an infinite loop in a
CommandButton.
Thank you in advance

Hey all,
    I've built a file stream component to get around the 2GB limit
in VB, and I've got it working just fine. I'd like the component to
expose a 'MaxFileSize' property, and raise an appropriate error should

I have a VB6 application that uses command line ADO to communicate to a SQL
Server database.  I developed it under Visual Studio 6 SP 6 on a Win 2K
machine, and it is very similar to other applications I've also developed to
talk to different databases on this same SQL Server.

Would you know how I can run a pdf file (Shell...) without knowing the
version of Acrobat reader installed and its path ?
A syntax like Shell "C:\abcd.pdf" does not work. It needs the adress of
Acrobat Reader. But I can't know wether it will be

I want to write a small program for an old computer with Windows 3.1.
Obviously, the program needs to be 16-bit, so I am using VB 1.0 to do
this.
I need to make a copy of a file called "blank.txt" and then rename the

-> If Format(datetext & " " & timelist, "mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm") <
The easiest way to compare dates and times is to make sure that the
units are strictly in declining order. So you should put them in a
string such as "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm".

I've written a prototype program (read: throw-away code where good
design and a well-thought out object model were secondary to
functionality) for doing fast batch compiles a set of VBP files. The
program even examines and repairs missing program references and

Visual studio 2005
windows mobile application
I am getting this from the imediate window A first chance exception of type
'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in System.Drawing.dll

Does anyone have any code that lets me right click in my treeview
windows and then I want to add nodes or delete nodes...etc.
Basically, I do not know the code how to get VB to recognize a
rightclick having a menu pop up????

Using VB6 Enterprise Edition.
Is 'Cancel' supposed to be a from property?
It is supposed to close a form by pushing <Esc> if set to true.
Chuck

I am using the three controls, Calendar, datetext, timelist and
creating a date after concatenating them and then comparing to the
Current date/time.
User enters the information and then this is done

Hello group,
I am a beginner of  MS SQL  and can someone please tell me where can I find
good tutorial
Pushpa

Hope I have got the correct news group for help on VB 6
I wish to temporarily stop code execution by displaying a custom dialog box
that waits for the user to press a button, then lets the remaining code
continue to run based on the users button selection.

I have a function which displays domain user based on domain names
displayed in combo but the it is unable to diplay a list of users for
all domains. This is because of some hardcoding. There are two ways of
referring to a domain. The short name and the fully qualified name. For

VB6. When selecting from drop down menu options I display different forms by
using the Load (filename) and leave the form with Unload(Filename)
The Load  event allows me to program the  opening of a particular direct
access file and  the Unload event lets me program the closing of ...