[RESOLVED] Brains Not Working!

[arpan_de]

A VB6 Form has a Label & a CommandButton. When this application is used in the trial version mode, users can use it only 5 times. As & when the application is run, the user should be shown how many times he has already used the application in the Label. The CommandButton should be visible only when the user runs the application for the sixth time otherwise the CommandButton should always be hidden. After the user has used it 5 times, he should be shown a message in the Label saying "Trial version expired" along with the CommandButton clicking which the application should terminate. I tried it this way:

Option Explicit
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim Count As Integer
    Dim NumOfRuns As Integer
    
    NumOfRuns = Val(GetSetting("VBAPP", "TRIAL", "RUNS", "0"))
    NumOfRuns = NumOfRuns + 1
    SaveSetting "VBAPP", "TRIAL", "RUNS", NumOfRuns
 
    Count = GetSetting("VBAPP", "TRIAL", "RUNS")
    If (Count = 1) Then
        lblTrial.Caption = "You have used the trial version 1 time"
    ElseIf (Count >= 2 And Count <= 5) Then
        lblTrial.Caption = "You have used the trial version " & Count & " times"
    ElseIf (Count > 5) Then
        lblTrial.Caption = "Trial version expired"
        cmdExit.Visible = True
    End If
End Sub

But when the code is run from the IDE, the Form with the Label doesn't show up irrespective of the no. of times the application has been run. Where am I erring?

Please note that the key gets created in the registry successfully.

Thanks,

Arpan

[|2eM!x]

So the form with the label doesnt show? Try frmname.show then your label code

[arpan_de]

So the form with the label doesnt show? Try frmname.show then your label code

Yeah.........Me.Show does solve the problem but why isn't the Form showing up without Me.Show?

Thanks,

Arpan

[Pasvorto]

Have you tried stepping through the code to see where it is not doing what you expect?

[randem]

I have found that when you do some API's or call ActiveX's that call API's, the form events sometimes get delayed or events get ignored. You can test this by attempting to show an HourGlass while calling API's or ActiveX dll's. Sometimes the Hourglass refuses to show...

That is why you need Me.Show.

[arpan_de]

I have found that when you do some API's or call ActiveX's that call API's, the form events sometimes get delayed or events get ignored. You can test this by attempting to show an HourGlass while calling API's or ActiveX dll's. Sometimes the Hourglass refuses to show...

That is why you need Me.Show.

Thanks Randem & thanks to others as well for your suggestions & ideas

Regards,

Arpan