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  1. derrick

    Outlook, use VB to delete message

    Hi, can you provide the code needed to delete a selected message/e-mail from the Inbox? Thx Derrick
  2. derrick

    VB6: Convert PowerPoint to PDF

    Title pretty much says it all, I would like to automatically convert PowerPoint documents to PDF using Visual Basic. Also, is it possible to load an Excel document into a Word document using VB?
  3. derrick

    VB6 Convert files to PDF

    Hi, I need to convert MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents into PDF format. I have the full version 5 Adobe Acrobat application. The PDF buttons appear in the other applications and can be used manually, but I need to convert files in a folder automatically. I can read a folder and its...
  4. derrick

    E-mail from VB

    Does anyone know how to automatically mail a document using VB, how to write a message and heading on the e-mail, and attach a document. Thx in advance Derrick
  5. derrick

    VB Com object ASP

    I have created a simple .dll and registered it using regsvr32. I now want to use the COM object from an ASP page. The object registers ok, but only if it is in "C:\WINNT\system". I thought it could be held anywhere but this does not appear to be the case (by using regsvr32...
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    VB6 & Adobe Acrobat

    I would like to know how to open a .pdf document in Adobe Acrobat using VB code. I have the full version 5.0 of adobe. If possible I would also like to be able to use SendKeys, but this is not urgent, yet! Cheers
  7. derrick

    Repair Access97 Database

    Database is corrupt, Access can not repair it, any solutions outthere folks?
  8. derrick

    VB6 Execute DOS program

    I am trying to wrap VB code around a DOS program, and would like to be able to capture the output (stdout). I can execute some of the functions of the program (Swish-E) using VB, but not all, and can not access the search results. Any help appreciated Cheers Derrick
  9. derrick

    Excel Sorting anomaly

    An excel file was created with column headers, so rows 1-4 contain column titles. These are not included with the sort. When a column is sorted for the first time, the sort ignores the topmost record that should be included. Yet when the sort is repeated the outcome is as expected. Any...
  10. derrick

    VB6 Sorting records

    I need to read a file containing about 250,000 records, sort them, and write the resulting list to another file. List boxes are restricted to an index of 32,767. Although I can enter more items in a sorted listbox and refer to them in order by reading the first index, then deleting it so that...
  11. derrick

    Converting documents to PDF

    Anyone got info on how to convert various documents to PDF format? Thx Derrick
  12. derrick

    VB6 & MUSCAT database

    Anyone got info on how to search, retrieve, add records to a MUSCAT database using VB6 or similar? Thx Derrick
  13. derrick

    Access 97 Indexing problem

    A large Access 97 database that we use will not let us enter a new customer applicant number, saying that the number is already in use (this is a primary key). When I search the table for this number it does not exist. When I run a query looking for this number it extracts a totally different...
  14. derrick

    Web enabling a mainframe

    I need to set up a method of communicating with our IBM 390 mainframe via the web, initially read only. If any one has any ideas, or has does this before, please contact me. Thx Derrick
  15. derrick

    HLLAPI & VB

    Does anyone know how to use the HLLAPI.DLL to communicate with a PCOMMS mainframe emulator from VB6? Thx in advance Derrick
  16. derrick

    Screen Scraping 3270 Mainframe Terminal Emulator

    Hi All, I would like to use a VB6 interface as the front end to a 3270 Mainframe Emulator, possibly using DDE or WHLLAPI, (or both!?). The PC Comms emulator is set up to use DDE, but although I have tried to use the linkmode, linkrequest etc methods in VB, I can not get the two applications...
  17. derrick

    Prevent Mousewheel scrolling records in Access97

    I would like to be able to do this using Access 97 VBA code only, there is an example numbered Q308636 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base using VB6 but it doesnt seem to have any effect. Any tips would be most welcome, Thx Derrick
  18. derrick

    Access97 Mainframe Connection

    Can anyone tell me what is required to connect either Access97 or Visual Basic to an AS/400 mainframe? Any help would be welcome. Thx Derrick
  19. derrick

    Pixel Information

    How can I get the colour of any pixel on the screen using VB, in particular pixels that may not be associated with a window. (I dont think that the VB Point method can do this, and I cannot find an API that does this either). Thx
  20. derrick

    List Views

    Any objects on list views appear tp not be windows, ie labels, images. How can they be detected and manipulated. e.g. A list of files show no information about themselves when using WindowFromPoint, so are they not windows? How would you select one with no handle? Thx

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