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  1. robdon

    Sending Ctrl-C to a process started with WshShell

    Hi, I start a process on a unix machine from my VB6 app, using the WshShell with the .Exec command. It starts a program on windows called 'plink' (from the PuTTY program to run unix commands) that then runs a script on the unix machine. Now, I want to be able to send a CTRL-C to the...
  2. robdon

    onBlur global event

    Hi, While I'm running an Ajax query, I'm trying to disable the user from moving to other fields on the form. So, I need a 'global' onBlur event to set focus back to the currect field which its running. I've tried the following at the start of my code, where I define other global events (that...
  3. robdon

    setting $_SERVER with Microsoft.XMLHTTP

    Hi, I'm opening a web page using: Set objHTTP = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") objHTTP.Open "GET", "http:xxxx", bolGetAsAsync objHTTP.send What I want to be able to do is set a $_SERVER var, before I call the page, so that the page (PHP) can check it. I want my php script on the web page...
  4. robdon

    DirectX Line drawing

    Hi, I'm trying to draw a line in DirectX and am having problems. I try to draw the line with.... LineData(0) = CreateTLVertex(100, 1000, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0) LineData(1) = CreateTLVertex(100, 100, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0) D3DDevice.DrawPrimitiveUP D3DPT_LINELIST, 1, LineData(0), Len(LineData(0))...
  5. robdon

    Loading an OCX at runtime

    Hi, Is there any way to load and use an OCX control at runtime? I would like to load a specified OCX and then dispay it on a form at runtime. Thanks, Rob D. ProIV Resource Centre www.proivrc.com
  6. robdon

    Transparent label on a transparent UserControl

    Hi, If you create a UserControl and make the BackStyle Transparent and then place a label control with a caption in it onto to the UserControl (as part of the UserControl) and make the label also Transparent, then if you place this UserControl on a form, the labels caption is not visible. Any...
  7. robdon

    'OverFlow' error with string conversion.

    Hi, Very occasionally I get a runtime error, 'Overflow' from the following statement. strTime = "Total Load Time:" + Str$(timeGetTime - stTot) I am setting stTot to timeGetTime at the beginning of an operation, to time something, and its a global DIM as a Long. The DEFINE for the timeGetTime...
  8. robdon

    DOS Batchfile flashing up window

    Hi, If you call a batch file from the 'Run...' prompt then it pops up the command.com windows qucikly while the batch file is running. This makes things look at bit bad... can it be stopped? My batch file just contains: echo . | time > c:\rob.time But for some reason when its run, it pops...
  9. robdon

    Directory & file performance

    Hi, I've been told, and I kind of understand also, that if you have alot of files in one dir then this can have an effect on the performance of opening and accessing the files. This is because for each open, Unix has to read the 'directory table' to get the inode. We are using Tru64. So, the...
  10. robdon

    Transfer rates on a 100Mbit connection

    Hi, I just recently got a new internet connection, with a speed of 100Mbits. :) What sort of transfer rates should I be getting. If I use a Download Accelerator, I get around 1000Kbs, and if I use Direct Connect to a friend that is also on the same 100Mbit ISP, we only get 1000Kbs between us...
  11. robdon

    Creating a 'form' type control

    Hi, I'm writting an app to create an IDE for another language that I code in. I am writing a 'screen painter' type thing at the moment much like the VB design form, and I need to have a usercontrol that looks like a windows 'form'. IE has a border and caption bar with min/max icons etc. Does...
  12. robdon

    Creating a UserControl at runtime without Control Arrays

    Hi, Does anyone know how to create a UserControl at runtime, without using Control Arrays? I can create standard control like this... Dim ctlName As Control Set ctlName = Form1.Controls.Add("VB.Textbox", "Text1", Form1) ctlName.Visible = True But I cant find out how to create a...
  13. robdon

    Finding the parent form from a Modal show

    Hi, Is there any way to find out the parent form from the child form, when you load a modal form. IE... When I show a form like this... frmListsSearchItems.Show vbModal, frmListsMaintEdit Is there any way for the frmListsSearchItems form to know that it was loaded from the frmListsMaintEdit...
  14. robdon

    Problems with Winsock and UDP access

    Hi, My application uses Winsock to communicate with another program I have written, and they use the UDP protcol. The both run on the same PC, so the RemoteHost is 127.0.0.1 and using port 5400. One of my users always gets the following errors when I try to send data... Address is not...
  15. robdon

    Windows XP not installing on C: partition

    Hi, I've been playing around with OverClocking and I had to reset my BIOS :( , and I'm now having problems installing XP. I have a P5N32-SLI Delux Motherboard with Raid0 setup with 2 disks. I have to re enable RAID on the BIOS, to start with. When I start the windows Install, it insists on...
  16. robdon

    Windows XP with 4GB of memory

    Hi, I've just bought a new PC from Alienware, with 4GB of memory. WindowsXP is only showing 2.37GB I read in my motherboard manual, P5N32-SLI Deluxe, that I can only use above 3GB of memory on Windows XP 64 bit. And not Windows XP 32 bit. Is that true, and if so, why did Alienware sell me a...
  17. robdon

    MS Access trying to configure itself

    Hi, I'm having a problem with my application, that is only happening on one PC that I have installed my app on. Every other PC I install it on is fine. Once I start my application, after my splash screen, I get the following popup 'Please wait while windows configures MS Access 2002'!! It...
  18. robdon

    Docking & Toolbar software

    Hi, I have been using a 3rd party product DockStudioXP from www.innovasys.com for a while, but I have had a few problems with it and I have reported bugs but have been told that they are unlikely to be fixed and time soon. So, I'm on the look out of a new provider. I've looked at the product...
  19. robdon

    Passing back a String with Pchar array

    Hi, I am new to Delphi, so sorry if this is a 'newbie' question ;) ... pointers just confuse me at the moment. I have a proc, that passes an array of pointers, and I cannot figure out how to pass back a string, and I've tried the following but it wont compile. type TPCharArray =...
  20. robdon

    Numeric comparisson with AWK

    Hi, I'm having a problem with awk (running on Tru64 5.1) I have the following 'example' script { val3 = 16.775 * 100; print "val3:" val3; if (val3 == 1677.5) print "match"; } Now for some reason, I never get the 'match' text printed out. Even though I know that val3 is 1677.5, the IF...

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