VB Forum / General 2 / April 2007

A text box added to a form in Access has Enter Key Behavior as one of its
properties
A text box added to a form in VB does not have Enter Key Behavior as one of its
properties.

How can I get the process name from Process ID with a Basic function?
(under WinXP)

I have a piece of code that will create a text file and append lines
to that text file. Right now I'm using the same name for the file. I
want to be able to add the date to the file name. Ex...
receipts11-23-06.txt   How do I accomplish this?

Greetings all,
I recall using ASCII characters 3 - 6 to represent the four suits in a
deck of cards via the CHR$ function.
When I attempt the same thing in VB6 I get four "box drawing"

I just purchased a laptop and it had Vista on it (no choice).  Tried to
install my copy of VB 6.0 and it said that there was a problem with the
setup  . . . took me to an additional screen and said that the product was
made by Microsoft and to contact them.  Went to their site, ...

Hello
I am trying to make a data collection application in VB 2005 express
edition.  It's an old gas analysis insrument, Electra control MTG
400-t, and the communication is serial.

I created my first function (not sub) in VBA for my excel
spreadsheet.  After typing it in (it's fairly long) I referenced it
from a spreadsheet cell and it returned the wrong answer.  Not
suprising, since this was the first run and it was as of yet

How do you open a Word document in vb6.
I have tried
Dim wd
Set wd = CreateObject("Word.Application")

I am trying to create a way to have the values of two texboxes change
depending on which label is clicked without writing the code onto each
label as there are about 100 of them. I would like to call the code
some how but cannot see how to do this, can anybody help please?

I have 3 sets of radio buttons on a form. Each set has a common name (I've
set it up as 3 control arrays).
Now I thought that when you placed multiple radio buttons in the same array
only one could have .value = true . However I'm finding that only one radio

Hello NG!
I'm new to VB6, so please tolerate my coding...
I need help with the following problem:
1. I'm using VB6 to redevelop a frontend for an Access-97-DB on a

I hate VB 6 because:
In break mode I alter a line of code within a select case statement and I
get a msgbox saying 'This action will reset your project'
When it tells me 'Constant expression required', even though the contstant

what connection strings to use to  access a Access Database on a web site?
Thanks

If I have a VB6 app that looks data up in a Access database - do I need to
have Access installed? Or can VB6 read the data standalone?
It's only one table with about 9 entries in so nothing too demanding.
Cheers,

Alright this is a general question but I will use Ping.exe for my
example  Lets say that I use shell to open ping
Shell("C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ping.exe" & " " & strAddress,
AppWinStyle.NormalFocus, True, 10000)