Visual Basic

VB2008: Getting the System.Reflection.PropertyInfo from within a class property
I am working on an error handler class. Within a property set method of a given class property I'd like to pass the PropertyInfo to a function. Imagine something like: Public Class MyClass .... Public Property MyProperty() as String Get Return _myProperty End Get ... 25 Jun 2008 19:08

Problems with VB6 After Windows XP Service Pack 3?
Hello, I have recently had problems with the VB6 IDE crashing for no apparent reason. The only major change to my system is that I have installed Windows XP Service Pack 3. I have one particular application that will simply close the IDE and give no errors. I have another application that generates an err... 26 Jun 2008 14:38

pretty printers?
What do people like in the "pretty printing" arena for VB6 code? Bruce ... 25 Jun 2008 04:44

Find actual coordinates of a control within another control
Hi, How can we find the coordinates to to upper left corner of a control if that control is put in another control, for example picture or frame. It can be multiple levels. I want to find the top and left coordinates I can use to open a new form at the spot where the control who was clicked is. So it should... 24 Jun 2008 13:22

custom metadata field extraction
I have code that indexes all the files in a folder and sub-folders, and puts data about those files in an access database. I'm extracting the common metadata (MS-Office generated), file system stats, MD5, etc. What I'd like to add is the custom metadata that can be defined and populated. I'm using the DSOFile... 25 Jun 2008 15:01

Is there a free VB6 download?
Even a student edition is fine. Thanks -- Jeff Ciaccio Physics and AP Physics Teacher Sprayberry High School; Marietta, GA Blog: http://sprayberry.typepad.com/ciaccio ... 25 Jun 2008 13:59

Avoiding multiple executables from running
I know how to prevent the same executable from being started twice on the same machine. But, is there an easy way to prevent another VB executable from running. I have two versions of the same program and they lock up if both are running because they try to use the same data acquisiton device. ... 30 Jun 2008 19:57

where to declare variables
I would like to declare a variable for the whole module, so before the class, I used the dim statement, but I noticed in a sub that it complained that a variable was not declared. This seems a little different than VBA. Can anybody help? Option Explicit On Dim txtPlayer As String Dim txtComputer As St... 24 Jun 2008 12:19

setting the value of a text box
Hi all, Is there some way to set the value of a text box in VB Express. I know in VBA, I can set the value of a cell with the range.value object. Thanks! -- Jeff Ciaccio Physics and AP Physics Teacher Sprayberry High School; Marietta, GA Blog: http://sprayberry.typepad.com/ciaccio ... 24 Jun 2008 12:19

Problem capturing the Tab key in the KeyDown event
What's so special about the <Tab> key that I can't seem to trap it to assign some special functionality to it in my VB6 program? I have a form with a Farpoint tab control on it. On that tab control is another Farpoint tab control. On the second tab control is a Farpoint list control. In the list control's KeyDown... 24 Jun 2008 22:37