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    New User registration problem

    In the past week I have advised a couple of friends who are always bugging me for VB6 help to register on this forum.

    They both reported the same issue:

    Even 24 hours later the board had NOT...
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    Re: SQL Server Desktop versions question

    It's okay. I nailed it. Seems problem was using Access 2003 to restore. When done via command line interface, it works fine.
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    Re: SQL Server Desktop versions question

    Many thanks. I'll post the message when I get a moment.
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    SQL Server Desktop versions question

    A customer has sent me a backup of a SQL Server Desktop database. It's a sample of a database he wants our app to connect to, for us to use for test.

    It won't restore. Says my SQL desktop verison...
  5. Re: [2.0] Custom border form problem (Advanced. Guru needed)

    Hi Bill.

    Yes, that did the trick. Thanks!
  6. Re: [2.0] Custom border form problem (Advanced. Guru needed)

    That sounds logical. I'll give it a try.

    Many thanks Bill!
  7. [2.0] Custom border form problem (Advanced. Guru needed)

    I'm having a problem processing the WM_NCCALCSIZE message to redefine the border widths of a form.

    This is the code:



    private void WmNCCalcSize(ref Message m)
    {
    if...
  8. Should I upgrade CR? (Excel export non-latin text problem)

    I'm having a problem exporting from CR ver 8 to Excel. When the text is non-Latin (e.g. Greek, Arabic, Hebrew etc.) it does not port to Excel correctly. I'm guessing this is because vr 8 does not...
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    RightToLeft modal form bug in VS 2005

    Changing the RightToLeft property of a form generally works fine. But try it with a modal form and it vanishes!

    How to work around this?
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    Re: Office 12 Error connection.

    The stuff on the site is a bit dated now, but still has some info I have not seen anywhere else.

    Thanks!
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    Re: Office 12 Error connection.

    Thanks!

    Interested to know where you got that screen shot.

    Do you have the beta?

    As I said, I'm interested in seeing how multiple tables are handled in, for instance, Access. Is is a VS 2005...
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    Re: Office 12 Error connection.

    Thanks, but...

    a) Yes, I know that. But as I said, we can't get the beta here.

    b) Office 2003 was released ages ago and is not at all similar to Office 12 / Office 2007. Completely different...
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    Re: Office 12 Error connection.

    Hi Thirith.

    A bit off the thread topic, but do you have the Office 12/2007 beta?

    I'm developing an app with an Office 12 style interface, but am having trouble getting hold of information....
  14. Re: C# - PC fingerprint (for program piracy protection)

    Most hackers will break your protection by finding the block of code in your application that does the security, then modifying it or commenting it out.

    If you have two (or more) completely...
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    Splash form on separate thread

    This is my first real attempt at threading and I could use some comment on whether or not I'm following good practice.

    The class is passed a form, which it runs on a separate thread as a splash...
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    Re: Problem installing VS 2005 Beta 2

    One thing I would be interested to know is if they have fixed the RightToLeft bugs from the beta.

    If you set a form's RightToLeft and RightToLeftLayout so it is mirrored, then a toolstrip does not...
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    Re: Problem installing VS 2005 Beta 2

    I understand there will be a 'release candidate' version in the next MCP subscription box, so perhaps a bit sooner with any luck.
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    Re: Problem installing VS 2005 Beta 2

    Thanks guys.

    It is just the basic VS we are installing - not the team bits.

    We eventually tried on four newly formatted PCs. It installed on one of them and failed on the other three....
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    Re: Problem installing VS 2005 Beta 2

    So nobody has a clue then? Anybody actually managed to install this piece of junk?
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    Re: How to install Beta 2 of VS 2005

    Well you may find you still have the same problem.

    I now have a copy of the 'release candidate' and it's just as bad as Beta 2.

    I still can't install it! :(
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    Problem installing VS 2005 Beta 2

    I could use some advice installing Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2.

    Our MSDN sub comes with three disks: Team Suite, Team Foundation Server and a time-limited SQL Server 2005.

    From the rather sparce...
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    Re: How to install Beta 2 of VS 2005

    I can't get it to install at all!

    It seems to install (green ticks appear next to each line item), then it goes into 'please wait' for an eternity, then comes back saying nothing installed -...
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    Re: if then else problem

    First thing strikes me is you have a space after reference in the string you are testing for, but there is no space in the string to be tested.
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    Re: ADODB & Recordsets

    I'm guessing you want to emulate something like MS Access browse.

    That does indeed let you load large tables, but it's arguably not a good idea.

    If you go that road, then you need to have some...
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    Re: Display logo at startup

    Just to clarify, your app should start up with the Sub Main procedure of a module. Can you confirm you are doing that? You are not using the MDI form as the startup object?
  26. Thread: Help!

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    Re: Help!

    Change


    If InStr("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890", LCase$(Char)) > 0 Then
    InsideASentence = True
    End If


    to
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    Re: Help for MSMQ

    Try this:

    http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Visual-Basic/MSMQ-Part-1-Architecture-and-Simple-Implementation-Using-VB/
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    Re: Screen Capture Problem [VB6]

    Why not just make the non-effect parts of your window transparent, so the original shows through?
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    Re: Displaying Browse for Folder Dialog Box

    Brian.BrainNotWorkingToday = True ;)
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    Re: Displaying Browse for Folder Dialog Box

    Here's an example. A bit rough, but it gives you the general idea.

    Private Sub Command1_Click()

    Dim DefaultSharedDBLocation As String
    Dim ErrorMessage As String
    Dim ErrCount As...
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    Re: Displaying Browse for Folder Dialog Box

    One thing about the Common Dialog which is not intuitive: If the user cancels without selecting a file, it can generate an error - so you do need an error trap.
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    Re: Displaying Browse for Folder Dialog Box

    Use the CommonDialog control.

    If you don't see it in your toolbox, Click on Project, Components and set the Microsoft Common Dialog control.

    You open it with something like...
  33. Re: Select Statements not working for first 12 days of month!

    Mafi mooshkilla ;)
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    Re: system clock.. nay events?

    Of course all this falls flat if somebody changes the time when your app is not running. You could store the latest time/date and make sure time has not been set back (good for program expiry dates...
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    Re: SHELL COMMAND DIR >> Dir LIST.txt

    Yes. But we cross-posted. I must learn to type faster! :)
  36. Re: Select Statements not working for first 12 days of month!

    It's the Format(Now, "dd/mm/yyyy")

    If you use # you have to format as mm/dd/yyyy (even if regional settings are not USA).

    Don't ask me why, but it seems to be hard coded into Access and SQL...
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    Re: SHELL COMMAND DIR >> Dir LIST.txt

    It means 'permanent' and we don't need it here - (unless he wants the command window permanent, which I doubt.)
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    Re: SHELL COMMAND DIR >> Dir LIST.txt

    On second thoughts, skip the /p

    That would make it memory resident, which we don't want.

    I'm 99% sure this will do it. Please try and let me know.

    Shell "command.com /c dir >> text.txt"
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    Re: SHELL COMMAND DIR >> Dir LIST.txt

    From memory, I think this should get it.

    Shell "command.com /c dir >> text.txt/p", vbNormalNoFocus


    I'm not at a PC and have not checked it, but give it a try.
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    Re: Execute an EXE from memory

    Hi Pareng.

    This isn't easy under Windows. (Was a bit easier under DOS). I'm not aware of any way to do it directly via the Windows API (I dare say it might be possible). If I was doing it, I'd use...
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