Trying to get the .HWnd of the Current Form's .Caption and then...
Hello, I'm posting again. I need to have the current Form's .Caption and then place only the current Window that has the Focus, then place it into the Label1.Caption, like so... Code: Rem If the...
View ArticleGetting the position of the caret
I want to stop the typing or insertion of text into a textbox or any control that the user can type in when the text area has reached a certain point. Counting characters or figuring character widths...
View ArticleVB6 - Faster than Timer control?
I'm coding a program where I need really fast time control. I'm trying to send digital data throught the serial port to a radio that produces some electrical pulses. Those pulses are used to send data....
View ArticleVB6 - Fast Inverse Sqrt
a=1/Sqr(b) is an high time consuming operation. This function is intensively used in vector operation, such normalization: eg: D=sqr(dx*dx+dy*dy) , dx=dx/d , dy=dy/d In C and other languages there's a...
View ArticlePrint Form Alternative?
Hi there! I have a form that puts bingo cards on it. There are 6 cards on it, which take up a fair bit of the screen. The last 2 cards unfortunately make the form too big to fit on the screen height...
View ArticleStopping User Input in a ComboBox
I have a ComBox and I want to stop users inputting anything ie they MUST just choose from a list. So, I follow the advice given to dozens of people asking this question on the web and set it to Style =...
View Article[RESOLVED] How can I view only my Threads ?
Hallo, Can I view the list of my threads only. Time ago I posted Thread, but I don't remeber the exact days i posted it. Can I show my threads only ? Thank you.
View ArticleTextbox Count Lines & do Maths problem based on content
I have a Text box containing below in "code" i want to be able to do the following with a button & display to the user: ( or on the fly Inside a label would be nice!) 1. Add up amount of Lines...
View Article[RESOLVED] OleDbSrc.dll Missing reference
when i load my project, i get the following missing reference Microsoft SQL Server DTS OLEDB Source Adapter 1.0 Type Library below it shows a path like this : c:\windows\system32\OleDbSrc.dll When i...
View ArticleGet text out of outputdebugstring
Hi, I am curious whether you guys have tried to get text out of outputdebugstring api? Meaning, when you run the vb6 exe and call outputdebugstring, it actually traces out into the DebugView...
View ArticleHow to use localhost
Below code..... Winsock1.Connect localhost, 1234 localhost is empty. I thought localhost was available with the address of your local machine. EDIT: Never mind. It's not localhost; it's "localhost"
View ArticleTrouble parsing JPEG tags
I'm working on a project to be able to automatically detect JPEG files embedded in other files (such as game resources). In the absence of knowledge of the resource file format, but with knowledge that...
View Articlevb6 to mysql
guys, i am new in visual basic i need you to help me.. i want to display data from mysql table in my combobox.. i have dbms2 data base and students table in it. all i want is to display idnumber field...
View ArticleFile access block to read file as binary access read from COM server and...
I need help. I spent many hours to research my problem but I could not figure out. My application is client-Server. It installs on COM server (Application Server with all dlls), Window Server 2008...
View ArticleHow to Shell from a directory with spaces in path?
I can Shell from C:\App.exe without a problem but how do I shell from C:\My Programs\My VB Apps\App.exe? I tried using quotes around the path like this: Shell Chr(34) & App.Path & Chr(34) &...
View Article3D code
I put a project for anyone interested on monoboom.co (not .com). All the code should be there and should work with the reference files. I'd like to know if someone has any ideas for deploying a final...
View ArticleRandomizing, yet omitting certain numbers
My issue is simple...my attempts at solution have failed. I am developing a replica of an old game show, Tic Tac Dough. On the program, initially nine categories are shown in a tic-tic-toe type...
View ArticleStrip URL
I have a the following URL http://www.google.com/temp/2012/sample.jpg I need to strip the URL from it so it is left with just sample.jpg Any help would be great.
View Article[RESOLVED] Adding records to mdb database then reloading the combobox doesn't...
I have a report system for my school and I wanted the user to be able to enter the reports in a datagrid. To do this, for a new term, I add skeleton records for each student in the group, (name,...
View ArticleRandomizing Categories in 9 textboxes (restart of previous un-resolved thread)
Well, I acted too soon once again. Zvoni's suggestion on the command1 click event almost works. It does not ELIMINATE the chosen category for subsequent randomizing. Here is the code (all in project)....
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