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I need help in finding the user login name in VB. Any suggestions? Thanks!

What if I wanted to load a label instead. I tried this, but it didn't work for labels.

Does this mean that no-one uses design documents?

I am looking for an example design document. Does anyone have a template or a generic one that they are willing to share with the group?

I need to make a form that is always on top like the Windows Task Manager form. Can someone point me in the correct direction please?

I would like to take my finished app and expose it to VB so that I may drive functions from an external application. Any Ideas on how I can accomplish this.

Check your Connection String ADODC.ConnectionString = "driver={SQL Server};" & _ "server=bigsmile;uid=sa;pwd=pwd;database=pubs"

Depending on your Outlook security level, you may not have a choice but to have the email agent popup.

Use the Dir function that is built into VB. You should have this in your help file. Dir Function Example This example uses the Dir function to check if certain files and directories exist. Dim MyFile, MyPath, MyName ' Returns "WIN.INI" if it exists. MyFile =...

How about using ADODB? With ADODB, you can set the user name and password, then call a recordset. I have not tried to connect an ADODB recordset to a Data Control, but it should be possible. Another option is to create an ODBC link. I have used this several times. When I start my project, I...

I am using an OLE object as a WordPicture. What I would like to do is have the user input the Path of a .wmf/.jpg etc then automatically insert the picture into the Ole object. I recorded a macro from Word to do this same thing, but it will not work in my VB6 code. Any Ideas?

I have developed a Multi-document application and now want to develope "Plug-Ins" for my App. I am thinking that dll files would be the best way, have the app look for my specific DLL files upon startup and load the ones found. My problem is, how do I package forms and code into a...

Thanks again for your help. This has been most educational. I think that I have it now!

Thanks, that works perfectly!

Ok, I have read the article, but I don't understand about the size of the field. Am I limited by SQL Sever on the size of the the Image or what? Also, how, in VB can I break up an Image file into smaller chunks to save into the database if that is what's required?