Adding some form of scheduler to a VB6 program to inform a user when jobs are...
Hi all. Im currently using Visual Basic 6 to develop a preventative maintenance program for a beef production plant here in Ireland. The program consists of a Work Order (list of jobs to that have to...
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I have logs written as a random access files. The len is 256 and the data is 80 bytes/characters per record. I am trying to get VB to start at the beginning of the file and read each 80 bit section in...
View ArticleVB6 controls in Windows 7
I have an old vba macro using mshflxgrd controls which worked fine since 2004 in windows 2000 and window XP. Now when installed in Windows 7 it crashes as it says the control is not licensed. Theonly...
View Articlesimple question
Why won't intcounter add 1? Code: Option Explicit Dim intcounter As Integer Private Sub Command1_Click() intcounter = intcounter + 1 End Sub
View ArticleBringing PowerPoint Show - .ppsm to front
Hi gents I'm wrinting some VB6 code, where i open a powerpont presentation show, which works great under debug mode, but as soon as I build the .exe and run the software, the ppsm file is behind the...
View Article[HELP] Winsock problem. Please help me
Hi guys, I have a game server, that people can connect using winsock indexes. But in another section of the game, the user get disconnect of Winsock Index 1, and get connected to Winsock Index 2 For...
View ArticleCross platform VB7 interpreter
This is just an idea I've had. I always liked the VB6 style syntax better than the class based syntax of VB.NET. I would really like to see a cross platform interpreter that is VB6 compatible and also...
View Articlehow to prevent data loss on networked environment
I am planning to implement to check the network availability first then begin trans and commit trans. I would like to ask for your suggestion on how to prevent data loss upon saving/updating/deleting...
View ArticleRow cannot be located for updating , ?? please help ,
Hi All I make this connection between MySQL database and my VB6 application in database this column , ID----Name-----USERID---- some time i need to change all userID number column , this code i write...
View Articlerandom numbers rnd randomize rng etc...
Hi, havent programmed in over 10 yrs... What im trying to accomplish is a random number with an actual % to roll... ie... If I have 100 entries or 1000 entries I want an actual 1% , 10%, 25% chance to...
View ArticleProblems installing VB6 application on Win 8 PC
I have spent years developing a VB6 application (early versions were written in QB4.5) and finally it is ready! I am using Advanced Installer and have installed it on another Win XP machine and it all...
View ArticleWebBrowser Question
I have completely forgotten how to do it so I have to ask What is the correct way to send a request (like GET or PUT) to a HTTP server that will launch a CGI program to handle the request?
View ArticleIP and Port Number Question - How To
How do I change an IP address and port number to a single Long value and how to change Long value back to standard format? Example: Change 231.18.121.23 and Port 36512 to nnnnnnnnn and Change nnnnnnnnn...
View ArticleContents of Txt file placed in a BAS file instead
I have a text file that contains hundreds of website search engine strings e.g. Code: https://www.google.com.au/search? This information is kept in a text file and the text file is distributed with the...
View Article[RESOLVED] Program to mimmic screen caputing and saving the capture as a BMP...
Hi there, I am going to work on an activity with students that helps to teach writing. The activity uses Internet Explorer. I would like to save their work to the computer, but some of the students...
View ArticleLegendary Superscript problem
Hi guys! I checked this link but it didn't satisfy me because it is not a real superscript. This superscript thing makes no sense! I know that Calibri supports all 0-9 in superscript; I know that I am...
View ArticleHi how do i desable mouse and enable mouse and how do i open exes and can I...
Hi, how do i disable mouse and enable mouse and how do i open exes through my vb6.0 project and can I link my vb.net project to vb6.0. thanks everyone for your help.:wave:
View ArticleDataGrid update DB not working as it should
I have a DataGrid which is bound to an ADODC and it allows updates. The database consists of different tables and the SQL for this ADODC is "SELECT stID, stName, grID, grName FROM tblStudent, tblGroup...
View ArticleLog in time to a remote server
Hello ! I'm continuously logged in to a remote server in order to handle some incoming files on a subdirectory. When I manually open this directory to check for files to process, it takes about 7 to 8...
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VB, Unicode and displaying non-printable characters
I'm not a VB programmer, but I'm designing a test instrument that will be controlled by VB6 or possibly VB.NET. It's a box with a USB port and 4 serial ports, intended for monitoring activity on...
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