VB Forum / General 2 / October 2008

I am writing an application which will use this function repeatedly. Am I
opening myself up to possible memory leaks or other problems if I don't
destroy the array (set zzz = nothing kind of thing) if I do this or will a
repeat of the split function clean up for me?

How do I go back to the top of the file when I end one action to begin another
(Word)
                   - = -
Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist

How do I check if the network connection is enabled?

How do I check for network connection?
I want to be able to disable at startup so as to only connect manually.

I'd like to open the serial port "COM1" within Visual Basic. I do this
with
 lngHandle = CreateFile("COM1", GENERIC_READ Or GENERIC_WRITE, 0, _
   ByVal 0&, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0)

Is there a simple way to check status of my network connection?
I need to produce a short program that I can drop in the startup
folder which will check if the network is enabled when PC is turned
on, if so I want it to disable the network.

while entering data into text box belongs to password(*********)
what are the properties need to be change

Have a couple of list boxes in my program where the user can press a
hot key to perform an action on the currently selected item in the
list box, using the list box keypress event. So far so good - works
with no problem.

I need to use SFTP in an old VB6 environment.
I do not want to use an active-x, because I would need to install it
on every client.
Is there a dll to call with API (Declare...)

I am trying to create a multiple tab in a single child form using
SStabs control, which covers the whole canvas. With a tab I have a
frame and I have a scroll bar… so when I move the scroll bar the whole
form moves up and the tab is not visible. I want the tab to be visible

Firstly I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the creation of
the function I have been working on.
The function I have so far is this.
Private Function Sbox0(dword As Long) As Long

I am sure other people must have faced this sometimes as the size and
quality of the screens have improved.
How do I write VB code to reduce the size of a given window to half
(or increase it to 1.5 times), which will identify all the objects on

I need a way of saving a web page as *.txt file but not just in the
form of source file. The following code (VB 2005) seems to work fine
only for web page source download:
Dim nw As Network = New Network()

Does anyone know if there are plans for an SR to fix the following problem in
MSAccess 2003 and if so when:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824159
If not, any other workarounds besides what Microsoft suggests?

I have an Asus A696 pocket PC.   I have written a small test program in VB6
called "Pocket PC" and compiled it just as I would normally do to run on my
desk top.  It runs on my desk top perfectly normally.  I then copied the
application file to my Pocket PC.