Questions tagged [vb6]
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Passing '&' as text in parameter in batch file
I am trying to pass an argument to a BAT file thru VB Shell function. argument text value looks like this say Hello&123
As you noticed there's an '&' as text in it. However & is reserved ...
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Error Loading VB 6 Project In Windows 7 - MSComCtl2
I can't open my VB6 project on any Windows 7 machine. I did a clean OS install on a machine. The OS is Windows 7 Pro SP1 32 bit. All I have installed on this machine is VB6 Enterprise and Office 2007 ...
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Compatibility issues with a VB6 app on Windows 10
The big problem
In the organization where I work, the management system (a modular application created by another company) was developed in the year 97/98 on VB, and has never migrated to another ...
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Why can some HKLM entries be read on 64-bit PCs but some cannot from VB6
So our software is used by one of our customers on legacy Windows versions because they're in an industrial,air-gaped setting and they have Windows XP and a bunch of old servers that are the only ...
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how to make a process unstoppable?
There are some process in the Windows-Task-Manager that you can't kill them in Non-Administrator users :
And even in Administrator users, when you try to kill them, you receive this below warning :
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Visual Basic 6 on Windows 10 (Yes, Really)
Is there any way to install VB6 on a Windows 10 machine?
I've been asked to revive and move an old company application from an XP machine to a new PC. The code is going to be rewritten in C#, but we ...
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VB6 program stopped working on win7 after security update
I have a customized VB6 text editor that I developed myself in VB6 (using the richtext control), developed on windows XP, but has always worked fine on windows 7 until this week after some kind of ...
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Visual Basic 6 Cannot Find DAO350 DLL
I have a Visual Basic 6 .project file that is being built with MSBuild. MSBuild is using VB6.exe to do this, and finds the executable fine.
However, the VB6 executable itself cannot find the DAO350....
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While running VB6 I get no notifications/sounds from Outlook
I have some legacy code that I need to occasionally maintain in VB6. My issue is that when I run VB6 and run code at least once, Outlook will stop notifications and I won't know if an email comes in ...
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vb6 client and server using playyit.gg multiplay lan host detect
i used this https://github.com/dechamps/WinIPBroadcast it is a .exe made by the author of this tool that WinIPBroadcast is a small program that allows Windows applications to send global IP broadcast ...
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How to execute 'make' and 'run' commands on vbg files in Administrator mode on Windows 10?
I have a VB6 project which has two components that I need to 'make' before I can 'run' the VB6 project. This involves me right clicking on each of the component (vgb file) and choosing the 'Make' ...
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How to overcome regtlibv12 error and register a type library (OLE)?
I am trying to setup a vb6 environment on Windows 10 machine and use it with some ocx components.
But whenever try to use regtlibv12.exe with any of the tlb files, I get error:
RegisterTypeLib of ...
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VB6 Add-Ins only show when Running as Administrator (Windows 11)
I recently installed a version of VB6 (Enterprise) on a Windows 11 machine. When I previously ran VB6 on Windows 10, I was able to utilize the popular mouse-wheel fix add-in by calling regsvr32 <...
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Create outlook folder loop via excel range
I could able to loop sender names from first columns of excel & nwow I am trying to create folder loop in below code but it showing error !!!
Sub MoveItems()
Dim myNameSpace As
Outlook.Namespace
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VB6: How To Show SQLite in DataGrid
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim sqlstr As String
Dim conn As ADODB.Connection
Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As New ADODB.Recordset
Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
conn.ConnectionString = "DRIVER=...
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windows 10 Home errors with vb6 inet control on networked drive
Got a utility program I wrote many years ago in vb6 that uses the vb6 inet control to access a website to update itself. The update feature works fine on hundreds of machines running XP, win7, win8, ...
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How to run a VB6 app from a scheduled task without users being able to run it
We have a legacy VB6 application that automatically emails reports. It runs from a scheduled task on a server. Occasionally a user will run the exe - it's in a folder that we can't lock them out of, ...
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Format an Excel cell from VB 6.0 with an amount to two decimal places
When using vb 6.0 to make a cell, we cannot force the amount to be shown with 2 places after the decimal if the number does not have end in 1-9. For example 59.12 shows up correctly but if we try ...
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File timestamps inconsistently update on network drive in Windows 7
This problem has been bugging me for a couple years now, and I have not been able to find a good solution. I develop code in both C++ and VB6. When I compile my C++ code in Visual Studio 2005, the ...
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how to transfer file without replacing old files using pscp by vb6
I have an app. when on click it will transfer all text files to server but it replaces the old files. I want to transfer the new files without replacing the old files.
here is my code that when you ...
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Convert FTP to SFTP in vb6
I have to convert FTP code to SFTP in vb6. I am really new to it so have little idea.
So to get started I have few questions:
Are FTP and SFTP servers different. I have a host name for eg. example....
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Incorrect Printer CurrentX and CurrentY
About 10 years ago, the following code, could print "Test" exactly in x=0 and y=0.
But i don't know why in (Windows Xp Sp3) the x=0 is equal to x=10 and y=0 is equal to y=10 !
The printer device ...
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Microsoft office automation error
I am receiving an error when i try to create an excel workbook through a vb6 application. the error is a Microsoft Software Installer error 0x80004023. i have read over a similar question on a ...
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