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    VB6 ODBC Connection under Windows 7

    Hi, I am trying to get a VB5 app which uses a workspace to run the following ODBC connection Global ODBC_WS as Workspace Global ODBC_DB as Connection set ODBC_WS = CreateWorkspace ("","", dbUseODBC) set ODBC_DB = ODBC_WS.OpenDatabase("", dbDriverComplete, False...
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    Outlook Form Designer has been made unavailable by your administrator

    Hi, I am trying to devlop an Outlook form however following a recent upgrade to Office 2007 I now recieve the error message "The Outlook Form Designer has been made unavailable by your administrator" when clicking on the "Design This Form" button. The office upgrade was distributed through...
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    ™ Character in Varchar2 field

    I have a product description field which I need to instert the character ™. I have a VB.Net program which allows the user to enter details into a text box and then writes the data to the database. I have recommended the user use the jeyboard shortcut alt(0153) to enter this and it displays ok...
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    SQL Script Connection Question

    I am trying to run an insert statement into an SQL Server 2000 database from a .sql file which is being called from a batch file running on the same server as the database. I have got the insert statement working when run from an interavtive SQL session, but I cannot get a connection from the...
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    EXE has to run once with admin rights

    I have developed an application in VB6 which has been running ok for several years with the odd enhancement every so often. I have recently got a new laptop with XP Pro SP2 installed, when I make a change to the program and regenerate the exe it works ok on my PC (I have full admin access for...
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    OUTLCTL.dll System Error

    I am having some issues with the OUTLCTL.dll. I have a project with this control on a form displaying an outlook mail folder. This has been working ok, however I recently got an updated PC with XP SP2 since then whenever I have attempted to use the control i.e. navigate to an outlook folder I...
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    DllRegisterServer entry point was not found

    I have been trying to register several dll files on a PC in the windows\system32 folder however when i use regsvr32 I get the error dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point was not found the file could not be registered. I have successfully registered the same file on other PC's in...
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    Sleep Without Freezing in VB.Net

    I need to make a VB.Net application pause for 5 seconds but still be responsive. I tried using a loop with a timeout based on a timer with DoEvents in the loop, this worked but used 99% of the cpu which was not acceptable. I have changed this to using System.Threading.Sleep(5000) which reduces...
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    Variable is either undeclared or was never defined

    I am currently running VS2003 on XP and I recently had to look at making a change to a project after it had been working ok for several months. When I opened the project I get the error "Variable is either undeclared or was never defined" on several custom controls I have on the form. When I...
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    Print Screen From Code

    I have developed an outlook form with vbscript being used to control the funtionallity. I need to print the form but do not want to transfer any extra files to the users PC e.g. word templates or XPrint. Therefore is it possible to call a PrintScreen command from the vbscript? If this is...
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    Changing control focus on outlook forms

    I am developing an MS Outlook template which has VBscript behind it to control enabling and disabling of controls etc. This email gets sent to several different addresses who each complete part of the form. There are 3 pages on the form and I would like to bring the correct page to the front...
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    Hide Close Button But Leave Minimise and Maximise

    I am currently working on a VB.Net 2003 project where I would like to hide the "X" button in the title bar of the form. I was doing this by setting the title bar property to false however I do not want to lose the maximise and minumise buttons. HAs anyone got any ideas?
  13. ianwin

    Issues Writing HEX Chars in VB.Net 2003

    I am attempting to write the character "ÿ" (chr(255)) in a text document using VB.Net 2003. I am using a streamwriter and the following code to get the character from the hex FF. Chr(Convert.ToInt16("FF", 16)) When looking at this file in notepad the correct character is displayed, however...
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    Control Arrays for User Defined Controls

    I have developed a custom control which is going to be used in a polling program to access different data streams. On my form I have 12 instances of this control each with a GetData method which connects to the data source. Also on the form I have a timer which triggers every second to loop...
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    Tabstop Not Working

    I have a form with a datagrid, a listbox and several option buttons and combo boxes and a command button grouped in a frame. To start with the user selects an Item from one or more combo boxes and clicks the command button to perform a search. This populates both the list box and flexgrid as...
  16. ianwin

    Package & Deployment Wizard File Paths Problem

    I am attempting to package an application I have written which includes several dll and ocx files. When following through the steps in the wizard I specify the location of each of these e.g. $(Program Files)\Phoenix\Common $(Program Files\Phoenix\Bin - for the exe. However when I attempt to...
  17. ianwin

    Open Process Failing

    Using VB6 I am attempting to terminate a process which is running under a different user to the VB application. I have got the process ID but when attempting to get a handle to the process using the following code I always get a return value of 0. handle =...
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    Package and Deployment Wizard Disk Required

    I have packaged a project I have written using the Package and deployment wizard, and have successfully installed the project on the PC I developed it on using the setup.exe. However when I attempt to install using the package on another computer I get an error "Please Insert Disk". Can Anyone...
  19. ianwin

    Crystal Reports Standard Export Button

    We are currently using Cyrstal Reports 8 with a VB6 application. Reporting is working fine but when users click on the standard export button some users get the correct functionallity, some users get nothing happening and some users get a blank file exported. All users have the same access and...
  20. ianwin

    Export From Crystal Reports

    I am having several problems with the export button in crystal reports. On one machine the export button works fine, on another when the export button is clicked nothing happens, and on a third the export appears to work fine however a blank file of the type specified is created is created...

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