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Hi, I have been looking for a while at applications such as Norton Antivirus, MS Money and Quick Books, and have noticed that they seem to have this 'web like' interface to them. Can anyone tell me if these are special controls they are using or are they the regular controls tweaked to look...

Hi! I am writing an IIS app(webclass) that (among other things) allows a user to add or modify customer information. It uses a function to write the add/modify HTML. If the function is passed a customer object, it displays the form populated with the information in the object. If there is no...

Hi! I am writing an app that (among other things) allows a user to add or modify customer information. It uses a function to write the add/modify HTML. If the function is passed a customer object, it displays the form populated with the information in the object. If there is no object, it...

Hi! I am trying to find the answer to this one... I have changed all my hard coded SQL queries to parameter queries stored in the DB and am using one of these wonderful things to insert a new record into a table. With my old way of doing things, the task of obtaining the ID of the newly...

Hi, Can anyone tell me if there is a way to write one app...deploy it on one machine - say a server, create shortcuts on users' desktops and allow them to run multiple instances of the same program? Further is this wise? I have been playing with webclasses, but my experience is slowing things...

Hi all, Can anyone tell me if there is a way to create an explorer style interface (Outlook, Eudora etc) using VB? Must I code the entire thing manually? I have used VB 6's Application Wizard, but the button bar and the treeview and listview controls look very dated. I'd like to build an...

Hey all! I thought I read somewhere that it is best to use a function that returns a connection object whenever a connection object is used thereby keeping the connections centralized. I cannot recall what I have to do to accomplish this, I have tried something simple, but find that I cannot...

Hi, I have a form that allows a user to modify a record using a class behind the form. Once the record is saved, the form closes and a listbox on the main form is populated via SQL with the updated records from the DB. The problem seems to be that when the listbox is populated, the class has...

Hi, Can anyone tell me if there is a way to get the primary key of a newly inserted record from the database? I am using ADO 2.5 to connect to the DB with VB 6.0. I know that with DAO, I could get the primary key before calling the update method, but this doesn't seem to work with ADO. Please...

Hi, I have an object that writes a record to an Access DB. I'd like to know if there is a way to get the primary key for this newly added record at the time the object is written. I am using ADO 2.5 with VB 6.0 I know that with DAO, I was able to get the value before calling the update method...

Hi, I am working with pictures (jpegs and gifs) and the links are stored in a DB. When I retrive the name of the image, I also want to load the picture into an imagebox. In the event that the user 'somehow' saved an invalid entry, say a text file in the image filename field, the loadpicture...

Hi, I have a database which keeps track of articles of clothing. Each article of clothing may come in different 'size groups' ie Adult, Youth, Child. Further each group could be broken into small, medium, large. Yet further, small could contain a number of measurements...say waist and inseam if...

Hi, I have just installed Windows 2000 Pro and for some reason I am unable to copy the data from a CD ROM backup I have. I can view the files on the disc, but I am unable to open or copy them. I currently have ASUS and MATSHITA CD ROMs and copying from either drive will generate the...

Hi, I have been doing some research on dll files and I was looking for an answer to this: I have built a DLL in VB. I compiled it with no problems. I declare the dll at the form level: Public Declare Function TEST lib "test.dll" (sPass as string) as integer Then I try to use...

Hi all, Can anyone tell me if there is a way (there must be) to read an excel spreadsheet? I have to grab all the rows out of a sheet and export the data to a database. Thanks in advance, Guru2B

Hi! I was wondering if there's an easy answer to this one. Why would I want to use a dll file in my apps and how would I create one? I have been getting on quite nicely without making my own, but somehow I feel as though I am missing out on something. Thanks, Guru2B

Hi, I have an AOpen AX6BC motherboard with two 64 meg RAM sticks. I added 256 meg more, now I have 256. I removed all the RAM and tried only the new 256 meg one, the system recognized only 128 of it. From AOpen's website, I have noticed that they mention Registered RAM. What is this? How do I...

Can anyone tell me what I have to do to get IIS setup to display my ASP pages correctly? I am getting the code displayed in my browser, so I guess it's not executing properly. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I am trying to create a query that returns only records that have an email address. The SQL looks like this.. SELECT * FROM [Table] WHERE EMail <> null (or empty or whatever) I've tried everything it seems (except of course the right thing) and cannot get it to work. Any ideas? I am...

Greetings, Hopefully this will be an easy answer for you VB pros out there: I am creating an app that will use a shared database to furnish many users with information. The user will be allowed to add and edit the information contained therein. I am using DAO against Access 2000. I am also...