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    Self-containing an application

    My app runs the Shell function quite a few times and requires a number of files that are essential for the app's calculations. In Shell, I give the app the specific path to each file. RetVal = Shell("C:\program files\RequiredFile.exe", 0) But I want to be able to distribute this...
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    Creating a Cancel Button

    I do have the cancel property set to True. I have set the Cancel button's click event to Unload the form, while the OK button's click event is to .hide the form. The textbox is initially blank. I type "blah", hit OK. Load the form, then I delete "blah" and type in its...
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    Creating a Cancel Button

    I have two forms, a main one and a sub one. You click a button on the main to launch the sub. Now, on the sub is a textbox and two command buttons, OK and Cancel. When I type "blah" into the textbox and hit OK, the sub form closes. If I launch it again, the textbox displays...
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    Shell problems

    JohnYingling: I've been trying to use your code. I put it into a bas module that's in the same project group as the form I'm using, and I've typed in the command just as your code says: --------------------------------------- Call ShellAndWait("C:\foo\bar.exe", 0)...
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    Shell problems

    Hi, I've got a VB5 program that has a number of Shell functions that run a DOS program. Originally, I had problems with it because, as you probably know, the statements following the shell function are executed whether the shell function completed its calculations or not. As a result, I...
  6. pds

    Pausing VB

    A vb program starts. It runs through its calculations, and sometime at a certain arbitrary point the program pauses for a few seconds, say 2.5, and then continues until it finishes. Is there a way to do this?
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    Select Case, reading lines in a document

    Thanks for your help, guys! pds
  8. pds

    Select Case, reading lines in a document

    I'm reading lines in a text file and using the values. I am reading one value on one line, and two values on another line. I'm a little confused on how the code should look. Should it look like this? ------------------------------------------------------------ Select Case LineNumber...
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    VB Running Other Programs

    Hello, I'm new at coding, but in less than 3 weeks I converted a QuickBasic program to Visual Basic 5. So I guess I have the hang of it. Question: Is there a way to run a VB program, then have a command in the program that tells it to execute a completely different program, and then use the...

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