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I' retrieving a color from ColorDialog, and it appears to be in ARGB format. I'm trying to save this in a config file, along with other data, so that I can retrieve later. Can't work out a format to save it in which will convert back into a usable color. ANy ideas?

I have a large CSV file, and I need to enclose every field with double quotes (a requirement for the application importing it). I had thought it would be an easy task, but it has beaten me! I have tried inserting double quotes each side of the commas, which I though would work, but I either get...

I have successfully(?) installed VB6 on my new Win11 machine, with SP6. Two issues though: 1) Although all the SP6 components are there and working, the splash screen doesn't show SP6, and neither does 'About'. 2) I have installed the MSDN help files, but VB6 doesn't seem to link to them. Any...

I'm struggling to create workable code to do what appears to be a simple task! I have a directory A, containing several hundred sub-directories, each one of which contains many individual files. I want to move ALL the individual files into a single new directory. Any help appreciated.

I am trying unsuccessfully to use the SmtpClient to send an email. The following code generates an error and fails. Any ideas? Dim email As New Net.Mail.MailMessage(<Sender>, <Recipient>) email.Subject = "My Subject" email.Body = "My Body Text" Dim MySmtp As New...

OK..I have installed VB6 on Windows8 64-bit, and with a bit of tweaking on the compatibility options it runs fine. However, SP6 refuses to install - it seemingly goes through the process, but then reports that it has NOT correctly installed. Has anyone managed this yet?

In VB2010 I compact a Jet database using JRO.CompactDatabase(........ This all works just fine, and if my database is e.g. 80MB to start with, I typically get a compacted db of around 10MB. All good so far. But here is a strange thing - if I use WinZip to further compress the original 80MB db...

I have a VB2010/.NET4 program using ADO to connect to a Jet database, both reading and writing to it. It works just fine in the development environment, but when deploying on other machines it errors with the following: ************** Exception Text ************** System.InvalidCastException...

I have several applications targeting the .NET4 framework. All fine, except just one which is driving me crazy! When I deploy it on any PC other my own it throws the error "The type initializer for '<MyModuleName>' threw an exception". Does anyone know anything about this problem?

I'm sure that I'm missing something really obvious here, but I can't see how to put a bookmark in my code in VB2008/VB2010. In VB6 it was easy, but I just can't see how to do it in .NET

My application uses a Jet/Access database to store information. I have no problems with creating, updating, inserting new data etc. However, I do have an issue to which I can not find a successful solution. In code, for example, I update the database and close it. I then immediately open it...

I am successfully sending emails from VB2010, using the default email client, with the following code: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("mailto:me@mydomain.com?body=MyText&subject=MySubject") Is there a way of also including an attachment?

I am writing an application where I need to copy some data files into the user's application folder, which is located in ProgramFiles. I know that data should not be stored here, but this is a third party application and that is where they have put them! I am just adding some extra...

I have discovered a problem with the FolderBrowserDialog. If instead of selecting a folder with a left-click the mouse right-click is used, then a trappable error #99 occurs ("External component has thrown an exception"). Any further interaction with the dialog then throws a system error...

How can I retrieve the system Region & Language settings which define the year span used for 2-digit years. (e.g. 1932 to 2031) ?

I am trying to trap combinations of the ALT/SHIFT keys in the KeyDown event of a form, using this code: Private Sub frmMDI_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyDown If Control.ModifierKeys = Keys.Shift Or...

I can (fairly) easily use the built-in migration wizard to convert my VB6 code to VB2008. However, VB2010 does not appear to want to know about VB6, and will not recognise any project files. I know that this forum strictly does not cover VB2010, but has anyone got experience of this?

A small but niggling situation which I cannot resolve is why the Progress Bar Style 'Blocks' simply does not work. The 'Continuous' and 'Marquee' setting are fine, but whatever I try, the 'Blocks' style simply appears the same as 'Continuous'. Any ideas?

I have a PictureBox control containing a set of graphics which I have generated. I had thought that I could copy the contents to another PictureBox by using code like: PictureBox2.Image = PictureBox1.Image but that does not seem to do anything. Any ideas out there?

I am new to ADO.NET, having been using ADO in VB6. Most things seem quite manageable, but I am having problems with two aspects. In my application I need to create a database if it does not exist, and in ADO I did it like this: Dim cat As New ADOX.Catalog...