VB Forum / General / January 2005

Dim X as int32
Dim Y as int64
X = Y / 1024
gives me the error:

 I want to know if there is an API for getting the author of a windows file.
Google searches found nothing.  Is there another simple way of getting that
same info? ( I saw a similar post yesterday but the suggested code doesn't
function properly, at least not for me since I'm ...

I am trying to send a maill message from VB using Outlook. I have looked
through the many previous posts on this subject but have not seen any
reference to the problem I am having.
I have gone through many different scenarios and am left with the following

How can I programmatically force a listview control to scroll down in order
to display a selected item that may not be visible without scrolling down ?
Thanks !

Is it possible, and if so is there any sample code, to build a wrapper to
install the MSDE. I have looked at the C++ sample but I would rather have it
in Visual Basic.  If this is the wrong group please let me know which one to
post it to.

I have a thought to try to write a simple little app that would run on
startup and track my computing actions through the day.
Partly just as an exercise in learning more about vb, and partly to see
where my time is actually spent.(like in how much time I'm wasting reading

Can I change default printer properties with VB 6.0?  I wrote a program to
get the printer properties and assign the default printer, but I can't get
it to change the printer's default property to print landscape.  I set the
landscape property but that apparently only works for that ...

How do u copy multiple files from a lsbox to somewhere else?  Does a CopyFile
method work in this case?  If so, how do I manage to copy multiple files?
Kou

When you select an item from a listview control it gets highlighted but when
the listview looses focus then the highlight disappears giving the
impression that nothing is selected which is not the case. Any ideas ?
Thanks in advance.

Has anyone here written any VB code to access the EXIF data stored in
digital photo files?
Any pointers to where to read about or get started?
What about access the files on the camera itself? If it is attached

I have an application sending e-mail within my organization based on an
existing MAPI session. The users are using Outlook as the primary e-mail
program. Based on the security updates within Outlook I am no longer able to
automate the internal mailing trough my VB program, because ...

Using VB5 sp3
This is a bit of a mixed question - to use VB to automate an ASP page.
I have an ASP page, based on a web server, that I use every day to send an
e-mail ( containing a web based report ) to a specific e-mail address.

how can i retrieve the domain name of my computer. I have been using
getnetworkparams api n it returns "MyDomain.com" but i need only
"MyDomain" as the usernames are mydomain/myname
Can anyone help me ?

Vb6.0 applications running on win2k professional.
Database: SQL Server 2000 on Win2003 Server.
These are all fat clients used on a manufacturing floor.  The applications
have suddenly become sluggish. The applications code base hasn't changed. The

(I asked the wrong question before)
Can you have a Property of a class to be an array of structures. I can a
Property array but not a Property array of structures.
Or is it easier having another class for this.