Visual Studio

Windows 7 right to left support
I've noticed a weird problem with VB6 apps (runtime) on the RTM of Windows 7 (replicated it on RC and Beta1 as well). Some standard controls such as the combobox and menu bar suddently do not support right to left properly. Any idea why ? Same apps work perfectly fine in Vista & XP. Tried using Applicaiton C... 3 Sep 2009 07:25

ActiveX DLL for an ASP site
Hi I noticed an ActiveX DLL option to use a MS Word template with my ASP page, but have had real problems getting this to work. Is it the case that I can't even use this if I using a Shared Hosting ISP? I would have thought the DLL registration process is all done on the client rather than the server. My fe... 3 Sep 2009 07:24

How to record audio data (microphone) into memory
Hello I'd like to write a small tool which displays the audio data (an animated line) captured by a microphone in real time. Does anyone know how to get the audio data captured by a microphone into the memory with VB6 so that I can use them to show the animated line (no noise -> horizontal straight line / nois... 18 Dec 2008 19:42

Problem Registering RICHTX32.OCX with Vista
I have written a program in VB5 which uses a rich text box (actually a couple of them). When I try to install it on my daughter's computer with Vista, I get the following: Runtime error '339'. Component 'RICHTX32.OCX' not correctly registered file: file is missing or invalid Either the other OCX files are ... 10 Dec 2008 16:59

Installing ROOT certificate programmatically with VB
I know this can be done with the use of the capicom dll file, but i found two possible crypt32 API calls that might work without the need to include an additional DLL with my application. Declare Function CertAddEncodedCertificateToStore Lib "crypt32" (ByRef hCertStore As Long, ByVal dwCertEncodingType As Long,... 3 Dec 2008 12:47

MSXML2.XMLHTTP26
I ahve a program written in VB6 that sends payment details to a third party. They send back a reply and I parse if teh payment was or wasn't accepted. To create the xml I use MSXML2.XMLHTTP26. This has been running pefectly on Win XP. However, I have just started migrating people in the office to Vista and have ... 25 Nov 2008 07:45

VB6 and Zlib1
Hello, I am looking for a VB6 example code using "Zlib1.dll" (Zlib.dll 1.2.3) (specially for the inflate method). I found many sample code but with "Zlib 1.1.4" with a different calling. Many thanks for any answer. ... 11 Sep 2008 14:08

Automate Any Email Client
Hi, I want to automate any email client running on Windows and save the generated email in as Draft. I was trying to use MAPI control with VB6 but when i save it gives "Unspecified Failure has occured" The case is same with COM MAPI objects (CreateObject("MSMAPI.MAPIMessages")) And one more thing is Send m... 5 Aug 2008 12:10

VB 5 Reinstall Problem
I was running VB5 under XP and my computer was giving trouble so I bought a new computer. On the new computer I installed VB5 under the XP Pro operating system and now several of my projects will not run in development mode. When I try to run these programs, I get the error message COMDLG32 .OCX could not be... 19 Jun 2008 01:15

Non-programmer - trying to get VB 6.0 installed on a Vista machine
x-no-archive: yes Last year, someone sent me a working copy of VB 6.0 from the Sams book "Teach Yourself VB in 21 Days". This was enough to get a program that my wife wrote in VB 6.0 to run on my XP machine. I bought a laptop with Vista Basic last August, and I can't get my wife's program to run. When I i... 19 Jun 2008 01:15