VB Miscellany by George Hernandez

For a list of command line options available, navigate to the the Visual Basic directory in an MS-DOS prompt and enter vb6 /?.
You can print a form using Me.PrintForm.
If a form has a border style other than 0 (none), then the form is limited to the size of the developer's monitor.
A 8.5"x11" page is 11,7000 Twips wide & 15,400 Twips tall, assuming a border of approx. 1/8" all around.
There are 3 categories of files needed to run and distribute VB applications
- Run-time files. File required by all VB apps. These include the following files:
  - Msvbvm60.dll
  - Stdole2.tlb
  - Oleaut32.dll
  - Olepro32.dll
  - Comcat.dll
  - Asyncfilt.dll
  - Ctl3d32.dll
- Setup files. Files to install and uninstall an app. These include the following files:
  - setup.exe
  - setup1.exe
  - Setup.lst
  - Vb6stkit.dll
  - St6unst.exe
- Application-specific files. These include the following:
  - Your actual .exe file.
  - Any data files used by your exe.
  - Any ActiveX controls (.ocx) or DLLs (.dll) used by your app.
Register DLLs via regsvr32 "PathToDLL", then have VB project reference it.

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