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    hyperlink problem

    Dear All, I have successfully written a programme that links a cell in one .xls file to a cell in another .xls file. I now want to accomplish the same thing using .doc files. I have created two files, one the source and the other the destination. Both files contain tables with identical...
  2. johnmtb

    To Buy, or Not To Buy?

    Dear All, I have now been using the Free, Downloadable version of VB 2008, for some time, and have written about one dozen programmes using this language. In fact, having convetted those programmes from ones that I had already written in VB 6. I am now thinking seriously about buying Visual...
  3. johnmtb

    Opening a File Read Only

    Dear All, I have a simple programme which searches for a file, and upon locating it, opens it. However, I receive the following error message “…user does not have access privileges.” I have tried to open the file “read only”, but I cannot find the correct method. Everything I have tried has...
  4. johnmtb

    “.FileName”

    Dear All, I cannot understand why the following code does not work, when a previous programme using the same code works perfectly. I am trying to obtain the complete name of a file, when I know part of that name, the part that I know being 521026. The “*.*”, should provide the remainder of...
  5. johnmtb

    “.FileName”

    Dear All, I cannot understand why the following code does not work, when a previous programme using the same code works perfectly. I am trying to obtain the complete name of a file, when I know part of that name, the part that I know being 521026. The “*.*”, should provide the remainder of...
  6. johnmtb

    Folder File count

    Dear All, I need to know how many files there are in a particular folder. The following code works, but considering that, f.DateCreated, f.Size and f.Type, all provide the information I need. But f. FolderContents, f.Contents, and several others I tried do not work. Sub...
  7. johnmtb

    Error 1706

    Dear All, Recently, after dropping my computer, I had to install a new hard drive, and of course, re-install XP Home plus all my application programmes; one of which was Visual Basic 6.0. Now, every time I start the programme, I get a message saying, “the feature you are trying to use is on a...
  8. johnmtb

    Word to Outlook Problem

    To all you Gurus out there, can you explain this? I originally wrote a programme in Word VBA, and have converted to VB6. The programme reads from MS Word documents, copies one of the documents, which includes a table, opens an Outlook Template file, and pastes the copied material into an e-mail...
  9. johnmtb

    Conversion from VBA to VB6

    I have managed, with help to solve all of my problems, caused when I converted VBA programmes to VB6 programmes, with the exception of the following: The programme that reads from MS Word documents, copies one of the documents, which includes a table, opens an Outlook Template file, and pastes...
  10. johnmtb

    Strange Clipboard Response

    i cannot understand what is happening, and i need to solve the problem. the following snippet of code is used six times in the programme Code: ExcelFile.Worksheets("Calculations").Range(CellAdres).Activate Clipboard.Clear ExcelFile.Worksheets("Calculations").Range(CellAdres).Copy...
  11. johnmtb

    Problem converting VBA to VB 6.0

    I wrote a number of programmes in VBA, which read and wrote to other MS programmes, without any problems. However, I was asked to produce stand alone programmes, and purchased Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition. I rewrote all of the programmes, and some have not given any trouble, but...

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