Recent content by RonVaught

You can do it using the CreateProcess and TerminateProcess API calls in VB.

No. You can’t store the name of a form in a variable and reference the form using the variable. VB doesn’t work like that.

Hey Red "aparently" is spelled "apparently". Where is the keyword that Creeper is using as a variable? Are you referring to the (year) he uses as an integer? If so, its not keyword, it’s a function when used like . . . MsgBox Year(Now) Point being, anyone can post...

Thanks RLCraven!! Precisely. That’s what I’m seeing here. It’s an issue with time zones. RLCraven for president!!

I’m using the File System Object with a (File) object / variable. After instantiating the File object I see what appears to wrong dates being returned from the DateCreated property and DateLastModified property. The DateCreated property is returning a date that’s more recent than the...

I misunderstood your question. Disregard my previous post in this thread. I don’t know of a way to obtain an NT password.

Option Explicit Private Declare Function GetUserName Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "GetUserNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long Private Sub Form_Load() Dim sUserID As String Dim sUserIDFromUser As String Dim iLen As Integer sUserID = Space$(100) iLen...

The Lock Window Update API call will eliminate annoying flickering. Your code will execute quicker too. It won’t have the overhead of updating refreshing the control. Option Explicit Private Declare Function LockWindowUpdate Lib "user32" (ByVal hwndLock As Long) As Long Private Sub...

There is an API Function called CopyFile. It copies a file from one location to another. One cold use VB's FileCopy Statement too. Its easier to use than the CopyFile API Function.

Option Explicit Private Sub Form_Load() Dim sTargetString As String Dim sParsedArrayAllRecords() As String Dim sParsedArraySingleRecords() As String Dim sID As String Dim iCountAllRecords As Integer Dim iCountSingleRecord As Integer sTargetString = "John Frederick Doe, Customer...

Here is an example of how to obtain an exit code. It uses Notepad.exe in this sample. Both Notepad and the vb app are running on the same PC. Copy the code below into a form module with a command button named Command1 Option Explicit Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS As Long = &H20 Private Type...

Shooting from the hip. . . I would say it is actually being added but the filter may be making it look like its not there. In order for me to know for sure one would need to know the value of the <filtervalue> variable. Would also need to know what the actual value for is <string VALUE>...

Try putting code behind the 1st Combo’s Click event. This code should set the 2nd combo to whatever you need.

I stumbled across a way to disable / enable controls based on two text strings being the equal. In the sample below, Command1’s click enable the label. Cammand2 disabled the label. Does anyone see anything wrong with this approach? Some of the other programmers I work with don’t trust it...

If you add the Microsoft Comm Control you your toolbar you can drop the control off on a form and use it to communicate with a modem. From within the form module you can use methods / properties below to send commands etc to your modem Me.MSComm.Settings = “9600,E,7,1” Me.MSComm.CommPort = 1...