VB Forum / General / January 2005

I know that you can use ShowWindow to hide and show the desktop, but
what can be used to tell if the desktop is visible or not?
I would like to use one command to change the state of the desktop, for
instance:

Is there a way to update the registry for a different user other than the
current user?
I need to update the screeen saver - also what is the key for the screen
saver for Windows NT?

 I have an application running on a machine.  The function of the
application is to copy files from source machine to destination machine.  The
application runs fine but sometimes say in 2-3 days throws an error message
"Out of memory : Error Number 7".  Can you please let me ...

I want to drag and drop an email from outlook to a listview in my vb6 app.
I'm only able to get the header/subject info using ole drag/drop. What I
want is the same result when you drag and drop an email from outlook to
explorer. When you drop it, it creates a file with a msg ...

I am looking for some sample codes, using the MSComm control and AT Commands
that will allow me to send and receive SMS messages to a mobile phone
directly from my VB application?
Any help would be most appreciated.

I would like to be able to pass any data type to a sub or function arg
without getting a "Type Mismatch" compile error.  For example, the intrinsic
function UBound allows this:
Dim lngArray(1) As Long

I am writing an application that is using an Access (I am using 2002 but it
could be 2003 on client) back end to store data.  I am having a couple if
issues that I dont seem have when I have a SQL backend.
1.  I am trying to take a value from a text box (numeric) and pass the value

Hi, I am a newbie at find/findnext in selected ranges.
I have tried typing in verbatim the example of findnext code
and receive runtime error 9 Subscript out of range. I would like
to search a set range for the character string "7F", insert 2 rows

Windows XP might use Windows XP theme with thick title bars for all windows
or the Standard one with thin title bars. The height of the title bar
affects my program appearance. Unwanted scroll bars appear on the screen.
How can I find programmatically from VB6 what theme (Windows XP ...

I've written an app that uses the milliseconds propertys of a files
date/timestamp, just wondering if anyone knows any utilities/explorer
replacements that actually show the milliseconds for a file.
Rgds,

i wrote a vb6 application that uses a map point controll, on my pc (where i
develop the application) everything goes right, on another pc (test pc ) the
map
point server tells me it is busy all the time and it appears the message

Hi. Cna anyone tell me how ot prevent my MSHFlexgrid column header from
disappearing when I scroll through a certain number of records?. In
other words - I would like to be able to view the headers regardless of
how many records I scroll through.

I need to send and receive information through a USB port, so I can
control certain machine on the other side. The data goes through a USB
to serial cable, so I'm only interested in sending data.
The thing is I've been searching for a USB API for VC++, and I can't

Is it possible to write a VB program that will check if a shortcut
exsits on the desktop , if it does not creat it AND PLACE IT ON AN
EXACT LOCATION ON THE DESKTOP
Is it possible with a VB program to change the desktop background?

I am trying to use Data Report (with out data environment) to display a
report as below. I am really struggling with this. I have checked MSDN and
Microsoft samples are mostly for datareport with data environment. Has
anyone done this? Please point me to resources and sample code. ...