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Re: dhSqliteDemo

nos...@thanks.com (mp) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 16:02:33 UT

i've always avoided running sp6 since i heard here through the years that
there were problems with it
i don't know enough to know what they were or if it would affect me but just
figured the concensus here was stay with sp5
however i have done windows updates on occasion...could they have
surreptitiously updated vb service pack in one of those?

Re: dhSqliteDemo

nos...@thanks.com (mp) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 15:58:59 UT

that is stand alone vb6 enterprise
in your help|about box you dont have a reference to the vba version for that
vb6?
i assumed the vba refernece was due to the fact that vb is built on vba
namespace or whatever it's called
i don't know the right term but am referring to:
ie Left$(string,x) is VBA.Left

Re: dhSqliteDemo

nob...@nobody.com (Nobody) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 15:25:01 UT

That explains the error then, you need the stand alone VB6, not VBA to use
the ADODC control, and many of VB6 controls.

Re: dhSqliteDemo

nob...@nobody.com (Nobody) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 15:21:02 UT

I see that you are using "Controls.Add" method to add the ADODC control. I
doubt that the GUID changed because of binary compatibility issues. In MS
December 2008 Rollup update, there is a mention of a bug when "Controls.Add"
is used, perhaps the OP has that update. I tested this update with Winsock

Re: dhSqliteDemo

nos...@thanks.com (mp) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 15:12:29 UT

snip
thanks got em, will proceed with installs
i'm pretty sure i'm on sp5 unless i forgot to load that the last time i
reformatted this box
how can i check in the ide? help|about shows version 8176 vba:retail
6.0.8169 forms3:2.01
i guess i could just rerun sp5 without fear of damage to make sure?

Re: Diagonal Transparent Text

m...@whiskyandcoke.com (Mike Williams) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:55:06 UT

I think Larry and "Nobody" have already got it covered regarding the rotated
solid text and two different methods of drawing it translucently, so I'll
just restrict myself to a few notes about your Adobe Illustrator created wmf
of the rotated outline text. You can generate and print rotated outline text

Re: I thought digital signing was supposed to detect changes?

tto...@telusplanet.net (Tony Toews [MVP]) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 07:53:56 UT

Yes, I see that now. That sure is a small red x.
Also when I ran the changed exe from a server the tampered message was
at the bottom of the warning screen in the fine print. I was
expecting a much larger red stop sign, etc, etc.
In my opinion this screen is way too similar to the non signed screen

Re: Diagonal Transparent Text

serfla...@usinternet.com (Larry Serflaten) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 07:53:48 UT

FYI, the second picturebox really only needs to be the size of
your DRAFT image, which you can position on the page
where you want it.
Also realize that you are working on the bit level, so some colors
for background and foreground may not work as intended. They
might add or subtract from eachother to produce different results.

Re: dhSqliteDemo

s...@online.de (Schmidt) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 07:29:45 UT

First ensure, that you're using the latest Binaries and Demos from:
[link]
Then install all of the Binaries into a separate Folder on
your local Disk, as e.g on:
C:\dhRichClient3\...
To register the COM-Dlls you could run the included
Register.bat file - or do it "by hand" with your tool

Re: Diagonal Transparent Text

serfla...@usinternet.com (Larry Serflaten) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 07:38:53 UT

"DORI" <D...@discussions.microsoft.co m> wrote
Here is an idea, but I leave it up to you to determine if its 'better'
It involves And'ing and Or'ing your draft image a couple of times
to achieve the desired effect. You'd end up printing the page to the
printer, and printing your DRAFT image to a picturebox the size of

Re: Diagonal Transparent Text

d...@discussions.microsoft.com (DORI) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 05:57:01 UT

Hi Larry,
Thanks for your thoughts. Meanwhile, I tried something else and it seems
that it is solving the problem. I used Illustrator and changed the font to
have a thin "strike" without the "fill" and saved as .WMF so that the letters
appear hollow. Now when I print the WMF image of the letters over the picture

Re: Diagonal Transparent Text

nob...@nobody.com (Nobody) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 04:44:25 UT

Search the newsgroups for "vb -dotnet watermark". Some API's to check:
CreateFontIndirect(Ex): Prints text at any angle.
AlphaBlend(): Copies a bitmap with transparency.

Re: dhSqliteDemo

nob...@nobody.com (Nobody) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 04:35:00 UT

This seems to be unrelated to dhSqliteDemo. That error typically show up if
you first used a control without setting the Index property, then decided
later to use it. In this case, Index parameter must be the first parameter.
Make VB generate the updated event declaration using the code window combo

dhSqliteDemo

nos...@thanks.com (mp) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 03:43:25 UT

After long time away from trying to learn database i'm back to trying to
make a simple jobs/contacts/todo list database for personal use at work
tried to run the dhSqlite demo(right clikced the vbp- hit Start with full
compile)
got the following compile error at this line:
Private Sub AdoDC_FieldChangeComplete(ByVa l cFields As Long, Fields As

Re: Diagonal Transparent Text

serfla...@usinternet.com (Larry Serflaten) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 03:05:11 UT

"DORI" <D...@discussions.microsoft.co m> wrote
Okay, scratch my earlier posts...
I can see you want to print the whole thing in one go.
Time to put the thinking cap on....
LFS