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  1. jbrowne

    embedded video clip

    Hi Guys, This is not really my area of expertise so I need a little help. My question is a two parter. Firstly I need to embed a video clip onto a webpage but I do not want the user to have control over the video clip. What I mean here is that when the webpage is displayed - the video clip...
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    Update a second table with records if they don't already exist

    Hi, I am using access 2007. I have a front end form in access that runs a query to give me a list of information when the form opens. I can input into the form and its supposed to save my input on closing the form. My problem is that a secondary table exists with a link field to the main table...
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    Select files in a webbrowser control

    Hi, With reference to thread222-1077839, I am using a webbrowser control to show a specific list of images in a specific diectory. I need to achieve 2 things though; 1. I need to allow the user to select one of the images so that I can save their selection. There is no click event on this...
  4. jbrowne

    Creating a Mysql DSN in code

    Hi can anyone tell me how to create an ODBC DSN to a mysql database through VB. I also need to be able to specify the port number of the server machine. Thanks John B
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    Return value of the picture property of a picture box control

    Hi, I am trying to get the return value at runtime of the picture property of a picturebox control. What I want to do is save the name of the image in the picturebox into a string but when I try to do the following; MyString = Picture1.picture All I get is a 9 digit number. How can I get the...
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    Resize event

    Can anyone tell me why on one developement machine in our office the resize event is called continuously during a resizing action while on another machine (same version of VB6) it is called once only at the end of the resize action?
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    Graphically Addjustable Table control?

    Hi, I need to add a control to my project which allows the user to resize individual cells (not just whole rows or columns) of a table/spreadsheet in the same way as "Word" or "Front page" allows resizing and merging of cells in its table control. I also need to be able to access the cell's...
  8. jbrowne

    Waiting for a batch process to finish

    Hi, I am running a batch file from VB which in turns runs a java compiler on a java file from a VB application. I am passing parameters to the compiler from VB through batch file. I am using the Shell command to run the batch file. It all works perfectly fine until I try to loop the shell...
  9. jbrowne

    Showing Visio files with a Web Browser control

    Hi, I'm showing Visio files in my application using a web browser control. It works very well except for one irritation. It pops up a message box every time before loading the file asking if its safe to open it (security dialog box). There is a check box on the dialog box which allows you to...
  10. jbrowne

    OLE control?

    Hi, What I need to do here is allow the user to open up a relevent file connected with a record within our application. What we want is the external file to open embedded on one of our forms. The file could be a word document, excel spreadsheet, visio document, notepad document, powerpoint...
  11. jbrowne

    How to register system dlls on installation

    Hi, I'm pretty new to Wise scripts. I'm using Wise Installation System version 6.0. I need to register certain dlls which will be installed on the clients machine in their windows/system directory. I thought the 'self-register ocx/dlls' command would do it but it doesn't seem to be doing the...
  12. jbrowne

    automatic emailing

    Hi, I put this question up yesterday as part of another thread but got no response so I said I'd try again as a new therad this time. I have put in an error handler routine throughout my application that it is working a treat. One question though, when the error trap routine is called, it...
  13. jbrowne

    mousepointer conflict

    Hi, I've a silly little problem really but its doing my head in. I'm running a large number of batch files one after the other from the click event of an "run" button. The process can take up to 10 minutes so I need a cancel button to interupt the run button if needs be. Now I am also running a...
  14. jbrowne

    Pop up Menus

    Hi, I want to create a pop up menu dynamically depending on what the user clicks on a grid. My question is as follows, can I code the contents of a pop up menu (driven from a right click event) at run time depending on what row of a grid the user selects. In other words can I pass variables to...
  15. jbrowne

    How to check for a file on the users machine

    Hi, I'm using Wise Installation System version 6.0. I am trying to create an installation script for installing updates on the customers machine. The updates are for software that we have already installed on the machine. I am using a dialog box to ask the user to input the installtion...
  16. jbrowne

    Running Java Compiler from VB

    Hi Folks, Heres my problem. I have a number of .java files loaded onto a grid that I want to compile into .class's using the Java compiler. I want to loop thru the grid, line by line calling the java compiler (javac.exe) for each file. I am running the following command to do so; result =...
  17. jbrowne

    Error handling problem

    Hi, I have a problem in that my application on occasion crashes out - without error handling catching the error. Obviously this looks very unprofessional to my users when it happens. On most occasions (but not always) it is a 3021 error - 'No current record'. It happens when I do a seek or a...
  18. jbrowne

    Weird one

    Hi, I have a wee problem. I am accessing an access 2000 database using VB6 thru the DAO object. One of my users is having problems in that the access database is not being closed on his machine when it should be. What happens is, I open the database, open the recordsets, transfer in the...
  19. jbrowne

    Setting environment variables

    Hi all, Is there a way to set environment variables (eg path and classpath of the machine) from VB6 code. Thanks John B
  20. jbrowne

    Running a batch file from a VB project

    Hi, I am running the function below to run a batch file from a specific directory using my VB project. This code has worked fine on Windows 98, 2000, NT etc but when run on Windows XP it seems to have a problem. Instead of looking in the correct directory for the .bat file (which is stored in...

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