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    Phind-70B AI codes in VB6

    So I was trying out the new AI Phind-70B and it's pretty darn good at VB6. But I thought I caught it in an error when it suggested I use the "" operator. "Lol.. you stupid computer. You put your...
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    Re: Docking Immediate Window

    Just coming back here to update this old gem. I was finally able to dock my immediate window.

    First off, yes you need to check the docking box and all the good stuff everybody posted above. But...
  3. Re: Adding a table to an existing database using Code

    Great minds thinking alike. I just finished doing this. When I couldn't find a way to add the reverse index, I wrote my routine this way. Too bad. There are cases where just switching an index is...
  4. Re: Adding a table to an existing database using Code

    Right you are, that's DAO. I already know how to make tables, add fields and indexes. But the question was how to add a REVERSE index.

    With VisData you just put a minus sign in front of the...
  5. [RESOLVED] Adding a table to an existing database using Code

    So I'm trying to make a table (that part is working) then I want to add fields (also working) and finally I want to add an index (working) but I want it in reverse order (not working). I know it's...
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    Re: Amyuni PDF Creator Pro

    Just wanted to give a final update to this one. I found an old old copy of Amyuni PDF Creator Pro some guy was selling on ebay. It was v3.5 I think. It could fill a form in and display the form...
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    Re: Amyuni PDF Creator Pro

    Thanks Olaf. I guess that's one way of doing it. I have a series of variable names in my program like "Name" and "City" and "Address" and "Phone" and "Cell" - 25 of them actually. When somebody...
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    Re: Amyuni PDF Creator Pro

    Genius level stuff as always!

    Would you have any way to search the PDF file in Chrome, identify a field by name - say for example "City" and then populate that field with "Phoenix" as an example?...
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    [RESOLVED] Amyuni PDF Creator Pro

    Hey people. I'm looking for a tool I can incorporate into a VB6 program to open and fill a PDF file. I downloaded the Amyuni PDF demo and got the demo working. Looks like it's exactly what I want....
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    Out of Memory error

    My project is really complex and absolutely huge. 335,000 lines of code. 8570 procedures. 18320 controls. 450 files and forms. So eventually I was bound to run into an out of memory issue.
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    Re: Docking Immediate Window

    Right. That's what I'm trying to fix. It's ticked as dockable but it won't dock.
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    Re: Docking Immediate Window

    It's interesting code and I've called API's many times. I just don't see how this code is to be called or what it's supposed to do.

    It looks like perhaps you are thinking I want to dock a window...
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    Re: Docking Immediate Window

    This code is interesting. Thanks for posting that. I'm afraid it's a bit over my head. It looks like module level code. How do you call it? What do you do with it?
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    Re: Docking Immediate Window

    Yes, I know that's how it's supposed to work. Unfortunately it doesn't dock.
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    Docking Immediate Window

    I've got the Docking ticked off for all windows but the immediate window won't dock. Or rather it won't dock when I drag it to the bottom of the screen. It continues on and outside the IDE without...
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    Re: Which user has the database open?

    Followup. Well... sadly this doesn't work. I ran my program, it detected I had the database open. I closed the database and it detected that. All good.

    Then I ran a 2nd copy of my program. It...
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    Re: Which user has the database open?

    Quick follow-up. I wasn't quite sure if I should be passing the name of the database or the name of the LDB file. I passed the ldb and it pretty much worked. Except every line was doubled.


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    Re: Which user has the database open?

    Well that's next level genius right there!! Thanks
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    Re: Which user has the database open?

    Nothing so far as to who has a database open. But as for the "Inconsistent state" error, after a lot of googling I found this article:
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    Re: Which user has the database open?

    Thanks for the reply.

    For the command line to work, user would have to have Access on their computer. If they already had Access, they could open and close the database themselves.

    What I'm...
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    Which user has the database open?

    Just a question about MDB files. I've seen messages like "Locked by user X on machine Y" so it's clear that somehow somewhere VB knows who has the database open and locked. It's probably tucked...
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    Did we get hacked?

    TrendMicro is reporting my email and password were leaked from VbForums. Hey... not finger pointing. Stuff happens. But did we get hacked? And if so, did I just miss the notification or were...
  23. Poll: Re: If VB was still alive & updated today, would you pay for a license ? [POLL]

    Speaking of TB, any docs on how to add in an external OCX control? I added one with a reference but the compiler wouldn't run after that. Seems like it's really REALLY not a Beta but more in an...
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    Re: Set Default Printer

    Yep. Works perfect. Thanks!



    Private Declare Function SetDefaultPrinter Lib "winspool.drv" _
    Alias "SetDefaultPrinterA" _
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    Re: Set Default Printer

    No. Tell me more? I'm not familiar with this function or how to use it. Looks interesting.
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    [RESOLVED] Set Default Printer

    I've been using this code to set the default printer for a few years. Works great and very reliably. All except on one Windows 11 machine. There it hangs the program dead. I noticed the PC had...
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    Re: Palette missing in IDE?

    Thanks!!
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    [RESOLVED] Palette missing in IDE?

    Hey people. Windows 11. When I go to the Palette the colors are missing. I can click on any empty square and a color will pop up but of course I have no idea which color I'm clicking on. System...
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    Re: Modernizing the VB6 IDE

    About the only update I'd love to see is the ability to change the font size of the IDE menus. I can change the font for the code windows but I can hardly read the menu's because they are so small.
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    Save encrypted strings to a text file

    I've got two text strings. A User ID and a Password. I have encrypted them both with an AES encryption routine. Now I'd like to save them to a text file and later recover them.

    Problem is...
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    Re: Reading a text file line by line

    Thanks for all the extremely helpful suggestions. Great ideas!
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    Re: Reading a text file line by line

    Sadly it's going to be a regular thing. And what's worse, some lines are 98 characters and others are 255. This is what I've come up with so far.


    Option Explicit

    Sub...
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    [RESOLVED] Reading a text file line by line

    I've got a text file and for whatever odd reason each line is terminated with a LINE FEED but no carriage return.

    In past I've used Line Input to grab line after line. Now Line Input seems to...
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    Re: Using POST to upload a file?

    I ended up using ChatGPT to write a draft of the code. It kept assuming I had access to URLMon and a JSON parser and other features that aren't part of VB6 but with enough coaxing I got what I...
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    Re: Using POST to upload a file?

    Hey guys. I just wanted to show a super short example I got to work grabbing a token from the server. I need the token to POST the file.


    Dim textJSON As String
    textJSON = "{...
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    Re: Using POST to upload a file?

    Thanks very much! I will be working on this over the weekend so I'll post back and let you know how I've managed.
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    Re: Using POST to upload a file?

    While waiting for all of you VB experts to chime in, I asked ChatGPT for some advice. No idea if this is anywhere near accurate but it's what the brain in the sky says... I guess I need to pass...
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    Using POST to upload a file?

    Hey people. I need to upload a file using POST. I've been given the tokens and URL but just not 100% sure where to go from here. Any sample code or help would be much appreciated. (Sorry I had to...
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    Re: Study Twinbasic FOR FORMS.* APP.*

    Has Twinbasic reached the point that it's useful? Or still heavily into the development/beta stage?
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    Re: [RESOLVED] Manifest Causing Problems

    Thanks for the tip!
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