VB Forum / General 2 / March 2007

Hi, I'm struggling with what seems to me to be a basic problem.
I'd like to parse a file and the then display it in a gui for editing.
Each field in the file has a set number of possible entries. I want to
use comboboxes to allow the user to make a different selection form a

I'm trying to drag-and-drop files from an Internet Explorer window that
lists files on an FTP server, to a listbox on my VB6 app. I've done OLE
drag-and-drop on dozens of projects using Windows Explorer as the
source; this is the first one using IE/FTP as the source, and the

hello every one how can i make simple virus with vb6

I am trying to make a programme that shuts the system when the
countdown(duration is given by user) finished. Everything is ok,but i
cannot
shut the system. As far as i learn, i need to use api. I used one but

Most people reading this newsgroup use VB 6 and few of us, also
earlier versions of VB.
Microsoft wants us to go for VB.net, which is not downward compatible
with VB 6 and below.

I have been using the CDlgEx class in my programs for many years.
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631
This includes functions for displaying most available Windows dialogs,
including those commonly called from VB (e.g., File Open, File Save, Print)

My last post under 'Terminology' said the equations were easy.  Turns out not
so easy.  The program runs without a hiccup.  Only problem is the output
results are wrong.
One of the problems is that the program has a gazillion variables.  Many of the

With my VB 6 program, I have no problem doing this from a machine
using Windows 2000.  But from a Windows XP machine my program cannot
open Microsoft Access from a network server because the mapped drive
is not in the safe zone.

I am new to Visual Basic and I wonder if you can help me? Is it
possible to create Bar chart Using VB 6 based on data in a MS Access?
If yes how do I go about doing it?
If it is not possible then is there any other way to do this create

i have used the browser objects (using vb6 and vb.net) in the past to do
many things "automatically" on the web. now i'm trying to "interact" with a
java applet on a website. I am new to java and java applets.  After loading
the webpage that contains the applet into a browser object ...

Can anybody tell me where to find info. on VB "Runtime error 20728 e".
thanks,
Derek

I have search on the internet for a solution but until now I did not find
what I am looking for.
What I want to do is to open an email file that a other process has saved in
a folder. I want to open that file, save the attachment and get the email

I am new to Visual Basic and I wonder if you can help me? Is it
possible to create Bar chart Using VB 6 based on data in a MS Access?
If yes how do I go about doing it?
If it is not possible then is there any other way to do this create

I have VB 6 program compiled in Windows XP?  When one of my customer
tried to install it on Windows Vista it came up it is not
compatiable.
Do I have to re-compile in Windows Vista and create a package using

Sup guys
Quick Question:
I'm writing some code and running into a problem with values being
returns. Can someone show me the semantics or flow of the following