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- Create an up-down box for your VB6 programs
- Not sure why you need to use a scrollbar,since there is an existing up/down control in vb6, which works properly.This is neater than entering into textbox directlyThis method does save time and errors when entering numbers in a text box. One drawback is that the entry is in integer form.As...
- Tags: Text1.Text, Fractional Values
- Discussion threads 2005-12-06
- VB6 ToolTipText
- How do I produce a "wrap round" in the text inputfor the ToolTipText property. Would like to produce a "box" of text not one complete line of text.You may want to try the carriage return vbCr preceeded and followed by ampersand. I've never tried using in this context, but it...
- Tags: Len, Me.txtMsg.SelLength, Me.txtMsg.Text, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, programming, stokecity, TempMsg, Text1.Text, trapper, vbCr
- Q&A 2005-05-13
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- ActiveX Programming
- Respected Programmers i m in trouble to create a custom text box in vb6 that change it colors on got focus and lost focus these properties are set during design timeYou do NOT have to create a new Control.Just change the BackColor on GotFocus and LostFocus events.Private Sub Text1_GotFocusText1.BackColor =...
- Tags: ActiveX, End Sub, programming, v4vickey@...
- Q&A 2005-02-09
- Sending hex data serially from PC to PIC controller
- answer this please,i attempted to send hex data serially from PC to my PIC controller.i used the following code//Private Sub cmdSend_ClickDim i As IntegerDim c As Stringi = Text1.Textc = Hex$iLabel1.Caption = cMSComm1.Output = Text1.TextEnd Sub//but the data displayed was different. send me code to use this purpose.double check the...
- Tags: saideep_2886@..., MSComm1.Output, Pic, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- Generating random letters in vb 6.0
- Hi allSorry should have explained this in more detail, here's what I want to do.I have one form with 5 text boxes on it and need to generate random letters between A-F and random Numbers between 0-9 For Example: Text box 1 A0, Text 2 B7 Text 3 F9 Text...
- Tags: random letter, text box, markjenkins74@..., programming, Rnd, Text1
- Q&A 2006-05-26
- serial port
- it convert the value to hexadecimal but when i pass this value to the mscomm control or to the serial port it doesn't reply my code is just follow below. [code=vb] Text3.Text = Hex(Text1.Text) bytetosend(0) = Text3.Text ...
- Tags: serial port, jatinder_44@..., Text3.Text
- Discussion threads 2007-05-07
- Access 2000 Report Sounds Easy??
- I have a Parent Table with Names and a Child Table with Dates attended. The report shows the Name with the Dates attended in the Detail Section.I surpressed the repeat of the name. In the Group Footer, I have the last date attended which is simply the max of the...
- Tags: abramowitza@..., DATES, Microsoft Access, MRA2, programming, Text1
- Q&A 2004-11-05
- Converstion from dec to hex
- Is there is function to send Hexadeciaml data to serial port in vb. eg: &h65 i working with serial port communication with robots it take &h64 this value from textbox and then send the data back to me in the another text box,But i want that if user enter the decimal data...
- Tags: jatinder_44@..., Text3.Text, serial port
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- How to do syntax highlighting with VB6
- I am trying to make a code editor with VB6 for the language Lua.I have opening and saving files done and working, but I cannot seem to get the syntax highlighting to work.Meaning, I need to search for specific words, color them blue, and make them bold.I have tried various...
- Tags: mastergamer@..., Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
- Discussion threads 2007-05-10
- Create an up-down box for your VB6 programs
- The up-down box gives users the option of typing the number in directly or of clicking up or down buttons to increase or decrease the value. See how you can create an up-down box in your VB6 programs by combining two of VB's standard controls. A...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Peter Aitken, Microsoft development tools, scroll bar, up-down box, down button, TextBox, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Box, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-08-02
- Automate data validation in VB6 with CausesValidation and Validate
- Don't let invalid user data problems sneak up on you—prevent them by developing programs that take into account data validation. Find out how you can automate the data validation process in VB6 using the CausesValidation property and the Validate event procedure. Data validation is an important part of many...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Data Validation, Peter Aitken, CausesValidation, event procedure, TextBox, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Corporate Communications, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Marketing, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-10-20
- Using VBA to tie a Project task start date to a certain day of the week
- Some tasks must be done on a particular day of the week. Saturday, for example, may be the only reasonable time for a major system test. Luckily, you can avoid missing the window of opportunity by tying such tasks to a specific weekday in Project.Sometimes, a task must start on...
- Tags: Brian Kennemer, Microsoft Project, Text1
- Technical articles 2001-08-29
- Using Project 98/2000 VBA can make you a better support tech
- If your clients use Microsoft Project 98/2000, understanding how to use Visual Basic for Applications will help save them and you valuable time. Learn about the power of loops and the always useful If...Then statement.In my earlier article, “Use VBA to support MS Project 98/2000,” we covered the basics of...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Brian Kennemer, Microsoft Project, Dim T, VBA
- Technical articles 2000-10-12
- VB6 Tip: Selecting all text when a Text Box gets the focus
- This article originallyappeared in the Builder.com Visual Basice-newsletter. Clickhere to subscribe automatically.When the focus moves to a Text Box that contains text,Visual Basic 6's default is to position the caret editing cursor at the startof the text. In some applications, it might be more appropriate to have all ofthe control's...
- Tags: Box, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Peter Aitken, SelLength, SelStart, Text, Text Box
- Technical articles 2004-12-10
- Lost in forms and paramaters
- Hello folks, I am current in a reporting role at my job and I am working on a project where I am trying to make a form in Access that will enable to update to SQL Server Tables in the background. I was trying to use stored procedures to update...
- Tags: jabney@..., programming, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server
- Q&A 2005-04-28
- Text Conversion Software (exe)
- This application allows you to easily convert from text to hex, hex to text, binary to text, text to binary, and ascii to text or text to ascii. Plus you can select a number of files to process automatically in batch batch text conversion, and specify a default filename extension,...
- Tags: Software, ASCII, Conversion
- Software downloads 2008-01-25
- Prevent bugs by filtering input in VB6
- Once you discover a program contains a bug, it can take up hours, or even days, of your valuable time to determine what's causing the problem. Take preventive measures by filtering input, such as accepting numbers only in a TextBox, in your VB6 programs. An important step in preventing...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Peter Aitken, TextBox, KeyAscii, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Corporate Communications, Productivity, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Marketing, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2005-06-16
- Exporting Text from Access Table into RTF files
- I have created a simple table in Access 2000 containing just two fields in each record: Name and Contents. I have around 200 lines in the table (200 records) so there are 200 Names with 200 corresponding pieces of associated text in the Contents field.I want to create a...
- Tags: malc@..., Microsoft Access, FileToOpen
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- Grab Text (exe)
- Have you noticed that what we perceive as text can be virtually anything in computers world? There are text symbols displayed using various fonts, images depicting single characters, words, phrases or even paragraphs of text and dialog windows that display some text that cannot be copied. If we only need...
- Tags: Productivity, Construction, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2005-06-02
- Help make Project 2000?s Task Priority more user-friendly
- If your users are having trouble with Microsoft Project 2000's new Task Priority rating system, we can help. Find out how you can create a new priority field that is more familiar to Project 98 users.One of the changes in Microsoft’s Project 2000 is in the way Task Priority is...
- Tags: Microsoft Project, Project 2000, Brian Kennemer, Iif
- Technical articles 2001-07-02
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