Visual Basic

VB Community Transition
Feel free to point... Microsoft turned off its newsgroup server, but the community resource lives on. You just need to know where to look for it. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2010/07/16/classic-vb-newsgroups.aspx -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org ... 23 Jul 2010 09:12

.NET vs Java (Windows service development)
We have a requirement, in this we need to develop a windows service. Our client want this to be develop in Java, we are emphasising on .NET 4.0 and much more comfortable with .NET. I would like to know some good comparative points for .NET 4.0 over Java in windows service development. Thank You, ... 26 Jul 2010 14:57

Delay Methods
VB6 I have two timers running. In each timer routine I need to have a variable delay (10 mSec to 1000 mSec). The delay only needs to be accurate to a few mSecs but should be consistent each time it is encountered. What is the best way to do these "simultaneous" delays so they do not interfere with each other... 22 Jul 2010 12:31

reversing the comparison
Hey C++ guys, what is the advantage or purpose of this? If (FALSE == SomeFunction()) { .... } Why put FALSE == instead of the function first, like we usually do? -- Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.vis... 30 Jul 2010 11:54

Displaying property menu at runtime
Hello, Is there a way to display at runtime the property menu of a control so that the user may interact with the control? In my case, I'm speaking about the MsChart control which has a property menu at the design phase (when picking "properties" after right clicking on the control) Thanks Avi ... 20 Jul 2010 08:04

Installing VB6 on Win7 64 bit
When installing VB6 on Windows 7 64 bit an "incompatibility problem" message box pops up. Anybody know what is causing this, and whether it is anything to worry about? Mike ... 7 Aug 2010 22:21

DLL Heck
Still pondering why my ActiveX EXE is not working. My ActiveX EXE talks to a manufacturer's M.DLL that does not return the correct result when the ActiveX EXE is referenced/used as a .EXE but does return the correct result when the ActiveX EXE is referenced/running in the IDE. This manufacturer's M.DLL is the... 19 Jul 2010 21:18

Getting text from hidden text producing error
I am using code to populate a drop down from hidden text (in text formfields) in a Word form. The code works great, however, I have now hidden the section that contains the text form fields and the code returns an error. Is there something I should be inserting in the code so that it can cope with hidden text/ bookmark... 18 Jul 2010 18:07

Pasting text to browser
Hi Here is the scenario: I have a browser open (Internet Explorer , FireFox or whatever), I then load my program written in VB6. The program has a textbox or label with say a URL loaded in the text / caption. I want to be able to click on the textbox / label, and drag and drop the loaded URL to the browser's addr... 4 Aug 2010 20:11

Receiving strings in a Standard DLL
I have some code I am thinking of sticking in a standard dll which needs to have strings passed to it. What is the best way to do this with me seeing the chance that non VB code could be calling this code. Should I use pointers and convert to a VB string? -- ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.mi... 19 Jul 2010 13:35