Does anyone know of a good way to encrypt and decrypt strings using VB6 to ensure sensitive data is secure? Also, is there an encryption method that can be shared between VB6 and .NET? Example: The encrypted string will be written to a database using a VB6 application, but the value also need to be read an decrypted in a c# .net appl...
My vb6 app is showing run-time automation error when doing something with a calendar. What is the likely cause of this? ...
That is a followup from my previous question, but you don't need to read it to understand that one. I'm designing an interface in .NET that would be consumed from COM applications (mainly VB6, but Visual C++ 6 is also a possibility) and I would like to use Collection types as argument and return types for the methods in the interface. ...
Hi, I am working on a website which sells books and journals. My problem is the books will be sold our directly where as in the case of journals case the journals, they can be subscribed for the whole year / per issue or per chapter also. Can i have both of them as products using ubercart in the same site? Thanks & Regards, Satya. ...
This code was once working on sql server 2005. Now isolated in a visual basic 6 sub routine using ADODB to connect to a sql server 2008 database it throws an error saying: "Login failed for user 'admin' " I have since verified the connection string does work if i replace the body of this sub with the alternative code below this sub. ...
Hello, I have a VB6 COM DLL. I want to use it from C++. I know how to register it, generate a tlb file from the DLL, and #import it in C++. I'd like however, to load and use DLLs like this dynamically, at runtime, without knowing them in advance. Is this possible? Thanks, ...
I've got a Registry class and there are a few Registry values that I want to access from within that Registry class. (There is a bit of a calculation with these values so I thought I'd just put all that code right in the Registry Class itself). So we might have something within our RegistryRoutine.cls like: Function GetMyValue() as int...
Hi, I am making an application which uses a separate program to unzip some files. How can I compile my exe to contain the unzipping exe inside so that I only have one file instead of two. ...
I am trying to send an email via Outlook from within a VB6 program. Everything is working fine so far, and my emails get sent successfully. I would like to send the recipient a link in the body of the email, however, that sends them to a network directory. I can't seem to get a hyperlink in the body of the email. My code for sending ...
I have a VB6 EXE project with a large amount of classes - everything compiles to an EXE, there are not COM DLLs built. Some of the classes implement the IDataProcessing interface. How can I programmatically determine the classes that implement that interface? ...
Hi guys, I am upgrading my application from vb6 to vb.net. I used to populate my data in datalist control in vb6 forms. I am not finding it in vb.net windows form application. Which one control is the equivalent to it? How can i list my data in that control? just like: I had a table with data like id, name I want the name should be...
Hi guys, I think there should a control like databound list control of vb6 in vb.net windows form application too which can show up data from database. I have confused and staring my database applications in vb.net.... so can you suggest which control can be used? ...
I have a VB6 application (please don't laugh) which does a lot of drawing via BitBlt and the standard VB6 drawing functions. I am running up against performance issues (yes, I do the regular tricks like drawing to memory). So, I decided to investigate other ways of drawing, and have come upon OpenGL. I've been doing some experimenting...
Consider this situation: There's a critical VB6 desktop application running on a production box. There is a possibility of installing a .NET application that queries the same DB that the VB6 application queries, which is an SQL Server 2000 DB. The VB6 application also depends on third-party ActiveX controls (registered .ocx files). The...
We have a few Subs (like a WriteErrorToLog and some AutomatedTesting) that I'd like to make optional in case we want to reuse a component. I'd like to be able to do something like if AddressOf( Sub) is valid then execute Sub. ...
I understand that in the following example a Resume statement should be used instead of a Goto statement. Sub Method() On Error Goto ErrorHandler ... CleanUp: ... Exit Function ErrorHandler: Log error etc Err.Clear 'Is this line actually necessary?' Resume CleanUp 'SHOULD USE THIS' Goto CleanUp 'SHOULD NOT USE THIS'...
I'd like to create an object... say a "Movie" object. The object should have a method name "Stop", so I can have this code below dim Mov as new Movie Mov.Stop ' To execute the Stop method. In my Movie class, I should have something like this. Sub Stop() 'code here needed for the Stop subroutine End Sub However, I can't use "Stop" ...
I've got a game in VB6 and it works great and all, but I have been toying with the idea of creating a scripting engine. Ii'm thinking I'd like VB6 to read in flat text script files for me and then lex/parse/execute them. I have good programming experience, and I've built a simple C compiler, as well as a LOGO emulator before. My questi...
I wrote a .net assembly using c# to perform functions that will be used by both managed and unmanaged code. I have a VB6 project that now needs to use the assembly via COM. I created my .net assembly, made sure that ComVisible is set to true and that it is registered for COM interop via project properties. public class MyClass [C...
i have an updater program, the pulled files from server has mixed vb6 dll and .net dll in one directory. how to determine if a dll is a COM one? (so i can invoke regsvr32 to it from the updater program) ...