VB Forum / General / August 2004

Is there a Windows API function that does the same thing as
Picture1.Refresh, using picture1's device context, i.e. hDC ???
Many Thanks,

I am trying to call the acmStreamPrepareHeader function in the msacm32.dll
library as follows:
Public Declare Auto Function acmStreamPrepareHeader Lib "msacm32.dll" (ByVal
has As IntPtr, ByRef pash As sACMSTREAMHEADER, ByVal fdwPrepare As Int32) As

Is there any way to tell if the 'Shift' key is held down when my app starts
?
I would like to have the app perform a different ( than usual ) operation if
the shift key is held down when the app starts, either from the exe or the

I cant seem to remember how to load a text file into a text box.  Any help?
I prefer not to have to load the text file into a string with vbCrLf and
etc, just hoping there is a setting that points to the file containing the
text and send it to the text box.

I'd like to write an background process that periodically logs the caption
of the window that has focus.  Any idea which API can do that?

I am trying to use Visual Basic 6.0 to create an application that is called
from the command prompt to do some database maintenance.  I am running into
two issues:
1.  When I run the VB application, I immediately get a new command prompt,

I would like to know how I can end other processes from VB. Is it possible?
I want to run a background program that ends other programs at a specific
time.
Thanks

I have a Winsock1_DataArrival Event
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Private Sub WinSock1_DataArrival(Index As Integer, ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
   A small bit of processing

hey everyone,
i'm going to be as clear as i can about my problem.
http://www.rapaport.com/rapnet/prices/data/Weekly/round.pdf
this is the link, if you click it, you can see, that the site will ask you

I know how to create a command button in runtime from an existing control
array of command buttons, that's not the issue here.
My poblem is the following: I have a Frame as part of a control array with a
command button on it, also part of a control array.

My project has a reference to Microsoft Data Formatting Object Library,  I
didn't add it??  I can remove the reference, recompile without a problem and
save the project.  However, when I reopen the project the reference returns,
any ideas on what is happening are appreciated.

Has anyone encounterd this type of problem?
I created a VB6 program to communicate with a piece of equimpent my compnay
makes over RS232.  I use an echo character scheme where the sending device
won't send another character until the receiving device echos back the

I have some tables in a jet database that I would like to use to populate some combobox controls in my application, but the tables contain a single character index and a description, rather than a numeric index.  This presents a problem since .itemdata only supports numeric ...

I need a VB6 program to copy a whole directory ( sub-folders and all
the files in) to another directory. I developped it using classes and
collections ( for folders and files in ) but it's too long.
Is there a better way please?. Sorry but I am not a VB6 guru. At least could

I have alot of images that use in my application and I was wondering the
advantages and disadvantages of using the resource file.  I am concerned
about the exe getting to large and slowing down the application loading
time.  I already have it optimized to handle varies uploading ...