Visual Basic

Oleaut32
I've been installing Oleaut32.dll as a part of setup for years without issue. Now that my development machine has been updated to SP2 (win xp) with all the latest windows updates, I'm getting an error saying that Oleaut32.1 failed to self register (the installer is InstallShield Express) when I install on Win2... 8 Jul 2005 23:58

Inputbox Question
Hi! I want to control my input not to accept null or no value upon clicking OK button. Since Inputbox function accepts input, I use it but upon clicking Cancel button, the msgbox error also appear. I have attached my script for you to check out. Private Sub cmdAdd_Click() strInput = Trim(InputBox("Enter N... 23 Jul 2005 01:28

Using Typelib?
How can I use typelib instead of Declare to access functions in a .dll that I've written? I've poked around on google, but I get mostly tutorials on using typelib to get file information. -Joel ... 6 Jul 2005 12:34

CoWaitForMultipleHandles api example or help
Hi all, I am stuck trying to migrate calls that previously used the WaitForSingleObject API to the CoWaitForMultipleHandles api as detailed in the msdn article <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncomser/html/comthread.asp> These calls are made from a com+ application component w... 5 Jul 2005 01:59

Enumerate Devices
Hi There, I need to enumerate all devices connected on the system (similiar to that in the device manager). Could someone point me to the right API or other source that would allow me to do so? Regards, Joshua ... 4 Jul 2005 13:13

Emergency: Unicode Characters in a Dataset.
We are writing an application for a specific culture(Arabic or Farsi). This application involves using DataAdapter, OLEDB Connection and the DataSet. We didn't use the .NET data binding, just field TextBoxes with the data retrieved from the DataSet but whole system seems to be unable to update the database (.mdb ... 4 Jul 2005 03:00

MSXML Error
In my VB6 app I am using msxml3.dll to talk to a secure web service. <code> Dim req As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP req.open "POST", "http://webservice.asmx", False req.send strXML </code> A customer I have was working fine yesterday, but now they get this error: ERROR:12045-Client authorization not s... 1 Jul 2005 14:12

DateAdd problem
I have a vb script to interactively create domain user accounts. The last information I prompt for is account expiration date if applicable. The input string is converted correctly to a date and then populated to the accountExpires attribute in Windows 2003 active directory. However, when you display the use... 30 Jun 2005 16:54

FlexGrid Landscape Printing
I am able to print data inside a flexgrid, but i would like to know how you make it landscape automatically without new windows saying would you like it portrait or landscape ... 29 Jun 2005 12:04

Run-time error '5' when hiding form
Hello all, I have an application that has one form (form1) call another form (form2) modally and when a button on form2 was clicked, it set a public variable and called Me.Hide. This worked fine both in the VB IDE and as a compiled app until I installed Crystal 9 (had to uninstall Crystal 10 first to make an in... 28 Jun 2005 04:41