Time for your 3rd Quarter Update! Are you in the running for the 6th Annual Expert Awards? Click the link to find out.

Third Quarter Hot Shots
 

Having problems asking a question? Have a general question about Experts Exchange? Let us know!

 
Time Tested Visual Basic Solutions: 101 - 125 of 8466
 
I'm looking for a more general solution to my procedure below - a wildcard-substitute procedure - some built in functions allow wildcards  - substitute does not !? - is there some concentrated...
I need help using LDAP to retrieve info from an Exchange server. So far, I have the following (which doesn't work): Set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://ou=accounting, ou=distribution lists, ou...
How do I  get the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data"-folder in VB, VBA? No problem to get the users dir, but not the All Users one. I need to get it to ensure correct fold...
How do I format the date when using DTPicker to be mm/dd/yyyy format? What event would it go in? Do you have a sample?
I have an app that I am working on.  When I test the app within VB6 itself, everything works fine.  When I create the executable and run that by itself, it gives me a: Run Time Error -21474...
I wrote a VB application that runs fine on one server. When I transfered it to another server I keep on getting the error: run-time error '438': Object doesn't support this property or method ...
Hi, I have a problem with the DateDiff function in VB6. I compare with 2 dates to get the date difference. (dd-mm-yyyy) eg. 1-12-2001 and 2-12-2001 ***********************************...
I need to find the SID of a user account in AD and assign the full string to a variable. I am also interested in a way to enumerate user accounts in AD looking for that particular SID. T...
Is it possible for a VBscript to open a maximized (not fullscreen) Internet Explorer window and bring it to the foreground? I am using a VBscript to call an IE window and uses it as a form to...
Can someone PLEASE give me some direction on how to create a Visual Basic Form object from an HWnd value? I am only concerned with 'ThunderRT6FormDC' type forms. My ultimate goal is to be able...
Hi Experts, I have a project developed in VB6.0 and am using Access2000 as my backened. I have a PurchaseMaster form which displays the purchaseproductdetails in a datagrid, I have placed a...
Hi Experts I have a custom DLL when trying to instantiate in a XP box, I get "Error 70 - Permission Denied". If i login as Administrator then this DLL works fine. More info, I created a...
When a user first runs our application an ODBC must first be setup on there machine. IS there anyway within VB I can check, create an ODBC connection to the backend DB? Samples please if this ...
I'm having an issue with a VB6 program running a batch file.  Actually, I have a DOS program that I need to have run and have output redirected to a file, or to test the ERRORLEVEL.  I can't s...
How can I tell for sure if a dll is registered? Without unregistering it to check if it unregisters.
I want to create a simple application in VB .NET that runs as an icon in the system tray. I.e I do not want any dialogs etc. Can anyone please advise if this is straight forward or please poin...
This question has come up before as recently as April 2004 and I have followed the thread in the title solution "JavaScript manipulation with VBA (Excel)" as an example.  Unfortunately I am ge...
Hi Experts, I have problem in using the function using dir(" "). Suppose I give dir("C:\view") whcih has got files in it, It returns the first file, If the folder doesn't exist it retu...
Hello Sir, Q-1 > I want the List of functions from Kernal32.DLL       and User32.DLL.        I want detail description of each function .        (Which function is usefull for what purp...
Is it possible to do type casting in VBA? I have a properties that is of Object type and I know it is a certain object of type WebBrowser for example. How could I cast the variable to access m...
Is there a place where I can get an shareware or evaluation program of Visual Basic
I have an application that sends email receipts to clients once they use our on-site point of sale system.  I am successfully connecting to unsecured servers and most servers that use SSL (gma...
Interesting how theres not a lot of documentation on the performance of different objects in VBA. Recently I asked a question and was told not to use "unqualified references". After 20min of ...
I have a question about how to get the number of feet between two distances (longitiude and latitude). I have a start of: N 33° 37.4899' W 111° 59.7294' I have an end of: N 33° 37.4891...
I have a single page with a GridView connected to an ObjectDataSource. I have 2 text boxes that I would like to use as filter parameters for the ObjectDataSource so that I can filter the resu...