Visual Studio

RTC Event in VB6
Hello, Do anyone know a way to obtain an RTC (Real Time Clock) Event each second in VB6? Do not tell me to use a Timer, it's what I do now, but those timers are not precise enough to keep time. So I wish to find a way to use the PC RTC instead to generate a event each second. Bye Jacques ... 13 Apr 2010 12:47

Writing a class onto a binary file with VB .NET
Hello everybody, I am new here. I wonder if anybody could help me with a problem, since I am new to the .NET environment, coming from VB6. In Visual Basic 6 there was a very handy possibility with the TYPE command, which allowed to group variables, for instance like this : TYPE dummy dim A as Inte... 12 Apr 2010 19:14

Referencing Flash OCX properly in vb6
Hi All I've used the shockwave flash component to good effect in my vb6 app, but when I tried to add this ocx (flash10e.ocx by the way) as part of my installler InnoSetup can't register the component. Keeps giving a 0x5 error. Some have said don't worry about it as flash is installed by default in windows th... 9 Apr 2010 09:58

Getting install to uninstall old version
I've developed a number of programs in VB6 and in one case a program being used by an organization. That program has had a number of upgrades done and in every case I have to tell the person doing the admin to uninstall the old version before installing the new. How can I get the installer to uninstall the old v... 2 Apr 2010 03:52

Inserting multiple pictures into a Word table cell
Hi All Sorry for the cross-posts. Not sure what category my queries really fall into. My VB6 app inserts mutliple pictures into a Word doc template, but because I don't know whether it will be 1 image (with accompanying text) or 36 images (ditto) my idea was to just have a pre-created table of 1 row and 1 co... 28 Mar 2010 14:32

Background picture doesn't display when taking copy off of a Word template
Hi All Sorry for the myriad of posts from me today. I am trying to fathom stuff myself, but I'm on a hot streak of doing stuff today, but at the same time hitting a few brickwalls. Basically I have created a background image and applied to my MS Word template, eg Format / Background / Fill Effects and selecte... 28 Mar 2010 11:14

locking out part of code in VB6
I'm trying to lock out a part of the code depending on a status flag. However VB insists that it still needs the procedure that I've ocked out. Is there a way to make this work? StandAlone = True If StandAlone Then Call LineXX(0, 0, 100, 100) Else Call LineAA(0, 0, 100, 100) End If ... 26 Mar 2010 11:55

Design of "Schematic Editor"
Hi All, I am interested in creating a win32 editor application which allows me to create a drawing using pre-define symbols then allows me to wire them together. This will be something like a very simple schematic capture package. It should also be possible to double click on the symbols once they have been e... 24 Mar 2010 09:58

CommonDialog substitute?
Jacques St-Pierre wrote: I only need to browse for the proper directory, maybe create one, but not enter the file name. The current CommonDialog (save method) require to enter a file name, when I do not need it. Not sure if this is what you want but you can set the CommonDialog file name yourself befo... 22 Mar 2010 11:50

Slow response to label.click event
Hi, I have a label on a form and am using the label.click event to do a very simply task such as adding an item to a list box. If I rapidly click the label, I can only update the list box about every 300mS, ie clicking the lable updates the list box but then there is a delay before it is or can be updated aga... 26 Mar 2010 20:25