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How is best to get the value of a registry key? Is there a difference in approach in VB6 and VB.NET, is there any approach that is common to both languages? Any guidance much appreciated - Rob

vladk, Thank You. I actually meant from the vertical?! So if a point is in the top right corner of the screen the angle would be 45 degrees, halfway down the right it would be 90 degrees, bottom left 225 degrees etc. Rob

I want to know the angle of a line from the horizontal. What is the simplest was of calulating this in VB? Rob

Thanks for the reply Christiaan, but I thought there might be a dot net solution instead of resorting to using the API?

Hi, I have an activex control that has many windows in it. When I call its hwnd method it just gives back the main 'wrapper' window. In VB I can get hold of the window I want by getting a point using GetCursorPos (API call) and passing the point to WindowFromPoint (API Call). I see this...

Hi, I cant find out what database I am connected to. Is it possible to determine the difference between Oracle, DB2, SQLServer and Access if the only thing you know about the database is if it supports anyone of the following 5 SQL clauses? Distinct All As Order By Group By I suspect not...

Hi, I checked the FAQ'a but nothing there, so I hope know one minds me posting a simple question. I have the following code in a module in my vb project, i call it from my main code window to hide the taskbar, its works just fine, but I really dont understand what is happening. Any guidence...

Hi, This may be a little low level for the forum but im banging my head over this. I have some software that requires ie6 be installed, problem is i dont have an internet connection? every time i try and install it wants to connect, i havent been able to find a downloadable version that...

Hi, I have a main menu control on a form. It is thinner than a normal menu, does anyone have any ideas how i could increase the height of the mnu bar? Any thoughts appreciated, Rob

Hi, I am trying to write a simple little app using vb.net. It has two forms, one is a splash screen the other is the 'application' I call the splashscreen first then use a timer to delay the loading of the second form. The loading of the second form (and timer) is in a sub called...

I think task panes are only available in 2003? Ctrl-F1 do? It opens the task panes. What is the Word Task Pane? They display 'Getting Started' info, 'Help', 'Clip Art', 'Clip Board' etc. There are a number of Task Panes Yes there are, but only one seems to be displayed at any one time. I...

The Windows API may be useful: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/windows.asp

I already have. Any further suggestions appreciated. It doesn’t necessarily have to be VBA, any ideas in VB6, VB.NET appreciated. I just thought people who read this forum might have some ideas!

Hi, I would like to add a dockable window to word that hosts a VBA form. The Form can be developed in The Word VBA dev environment and added to the dockable window? Is this possible? I really don't know where to start with this, any help appreciated, Rob

Hi, I am using Word 2003. I have a form in VBA which hosts an ActiveX control. I would like the VBA form to be hosted itself, within the Word Task Pane (Ctrl+F1). Does anyone have any ideas how I may achieve this? Any thoughts appreciated, Rob