VB Forum / General 2 / March 2007

Are these the same?
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I've been building a setup package for my project for days now without
error. Today though, the PDW returns the following error "Invalid procedure
call or argument". Nothing has changed about my project which is a simple
ActiveX control project. It does not use a database, Access ...

hi - have just started using VB 2005 at uni  - i am working on a
project that has multiple forms - one of the forms has a little * by
the side of it - could anyone explain (this is the screen i keep
messing up every time i add an image) - i apologise if this is a very

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to display the extended ASCII
symbols in VB6? I am referring to the happy face, the heart, spade,
single and double lines for drawing borders, etc... So far, I have
only been able to do something like this:

I am very new in developing systems. So I am seeking help on how to
complete my system step-by-step. I am using Visual Basic 6.
Currently,
I have a form. In that form, I will need to input a Part Number (eg:

I found some code which is a good start to a program I want to make.
But I want to get the basics set up first before I can figure out how
to do all the ideas I have. The code below will draw the board, and
recognise where the mouse is clicking. What I want is additional code

I've always found this extremely annoying, anyone else?
On a form where you have many controls hold down your Ctrl key and select a
large number of them at random.  Now keep the Ctrl key down and click a
control again to unselect it. Your VB6 IDE will crash.

Any idea how to make a simple motion detect hot spot on a PC cam video
frame. I'm able to put the video in a PictureBox, but defining an area of
screen to detect motion is more problematic. I just need to know if there is
motion or not - nothing famcy.  Any idras? - Many thanks for ...

I am currently running my own Software comapany (a home office
setup).I have recently got some outsourcing links which are looking
promising.
To be frank I am now making 10,000 Rs a month which completely goes to

When I use the selstart to detect the position if the cursor of the richtext
box, it gives me a number which is not what I wanted because it does not
include the hidden codes embedded in the rich text format. Is there anyway
to detect the position of the cursor including all the ...

Greetings again!
Is it possible to save a variable defined in a Private Sub so that
it's accessible from another Sub?

Is there any limit of images which can be added to a image list. I
have a problem with this control. I added an image list in design mode
and I am adding images using code. Then I want to use images in a
listview, and each time I am trying to call an image at index 15 or

in VB Express all (!) I want to do is capture & test the key pressed..
and if its a 'arrow' key (up,down,right, left) move an object on the
screen
So I was hoping to do siomething like the following

I would like to compile, package, and deploy my VB6 project from
a .bat file run from the command line. I have tested the individual
steps and have it pretty much figured out. What I'm having a problem
with is that before I can deploy I need to modify the Setup.Lst file

hello every one
iam just bigener i d like to make my prg to have a timer
i know in another lang of basic with timer function
but i try it here and didn't fit