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I purchased a used computer with Windows XP sp2 and connected it to the internet. I have both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome as browsers. Most websites (like amazon) connect fine, but when I try to connect to websites like Microsoft.com or Norton.com I get a server not found error. Could...

Does anyone know a way to disable the Print(/Export) button on a VB6 datareport?

I have used ShellExecute to print and open files, but is there a way to stop/close a running VB6 exe that was started using a Shell function? I have a main VB program that launched an exe using the Shell function (not ShellExecute). So far, everythings fine. What I want to do is have a way to...

I am trying to allow a user to enter a value into a textbox on a modeless (non-modal) form. Because of other background events occurring, the form must be non-modal. The form displays correctly, and I have loaded labels with no problem, but I cannot get focus on the textbox long enough to enter...

I am trying to assign an image file (.jpg and .emf) to an image control that I have on a VB6 Datareport. From the MSDN help files I've seen, there is not a lot of info. Primarily, they say it is similar to the normal Visual Basic image control. When I run the code using the same syntax, I get an...

Can anyone tell me a way to have a Type 2 combobox (VB6) open it's dropdown list when the control receives focus (instead of having the user click the down arrow of the control to open it). Thanks!

I have an old application (DOS) that ran in a command window in Windows 98 that used a special driver to communicate with the COM1 port. The application required the driver to be declared in CONFIG.SYS (example): DEVICE=C:\COMMDRV.ONE 4096,1 Due to hardware problems, I am moving the...

I am using the following code to print a .pdf file to my default printer in VB6, which works correctly, but it leaves an empty Acrobat Viewer window open even after the application closes. Does anyone know how to force this window to close through code? (OS: WinXP SP3) code example: Call...

I have a PC running Win NT4 (sp6) that runs a VB6 procedure that sends a standard text file to a local printer (lpt1). Shell "cmd /c type C:\MYFILE.TXT > LPT1" My helpful hardware support group has replaced the local printer with a network printer and the text file no longer prints. I made...

Can you pass a 2 dimensional string array in the argument list of a VB6 function call? If so, what should the signature look like?

I have installed a new VB6 package using Setup.exe as I have done many times before. However, I did the installation on an NT 4.0 PC and received and error after the installer told me that some of the system files were too old and that I could click "Yes" to continue and it would update the...

I have installed a new VB6 package using Setup.exe as I have done many times before. However, I did the installation on an NT 4.0 PC and received and error after the installer told me that some of the system files were too old and that I could click "Yes" to continue and it would update the...

I have an unusual situation in which I have a VB6 application that has printed data reports to a shared laser printer in NT 4.0 from a small group of PC's for several years. Now I have one of those PC's that will suddenly stop sending the output to the printer. However, there is no error message...

I am generating a VB6 DataReport. A user has asked me if I can change the color of the data in certain columns based upon whether the data value falls within a set of limits. This means that these columns have to be evaluated on a row by row basis. I have not been able to find a way to do this...

When I start up SSMS, I get the following error: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express --------------------------- The automatically saved settings file '\\Settings\CurrentSettings-2008-04-10.vssettings' cannot be found. You can change this file on the 'Import and Export Settings'...

Somehow my setting files has become corrupted (CurrentSettings.vssettings). I have backup copy of this file, but I am unable to delete, rename or overwrite the original file. Any suggestions as to how I can replace my original file with the backup copy? I'm running Win XP sp3. Thanks.

Using VB6, I have loaded an Excel worksheet object (I am using Excel 2000). I am having much difficulty in extracting the comments that are embedded in various cells within the worksheet. I have also tried using a Range object to get at the comment property....but alas, no cigar. Any...

I am using Excel 2000 and have generated a query against an Oracle database. The query works fine. When I edit the "Order By" clause of the query in the SQL window and run it, it also works fine then and populates the worksheet. However, if I exit Excel and return, I lose the edits I made to the...

Being new to the administrative side of SQL Server 2005, I do not know quite how to correct the following error using a SqlConnection object from VB.Net when trying to connect to a database (like Northwind.mdf) in SQL Server 2005 (Developer's Edition installed on my local PC). The error I get...