VB Forum / Win API / October 2003

Anybody able to tell me how I can call XP's built in CD writing wizard? Even
just calling whatever is called when you right click the CD Writer in
Explorer and click on "Write these files to CD"...?
If this is possible, anyone know of a way to automate the whole thing

I wish to activate the Windows Screensaver if there is no activity on a Visual Basic form after 3 minutes.  Anyone know hoe to do this?  I have tried various examples on the net that use SendMessge but they don't seem to work.  I would really apprecate any help you can give.

I would like to print the panel control. The panel
controls contains images and lables.
If i can capture as  image i can use it for other purposes
like Zooming etcc..

Are there any API so that I can control the speed of the cooling fan?
thanks

SelectObject will selects an object into the specified device context. The
new object replaces the previous object of the same type:
 OldMemBitmap = SelectObject (MemDc, MemBitmap);
 ... ... ...

I have created help in Microsoft HTML help format.  The format is .chm.  I
would like to password protect this file.  Therefore; anyone who double
clicks on the file gets the password prompt window.  Is this possible..?
Thanks in Advance

I'm using the following code to check registry values on
remote PCs. (We have several hundred PCs that we must
ensure are patched, etc.)
Set objLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")

In an application, I need to obtain the NT login id that
is currently logged on.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

How can I flush the file buffers from a file opened with the VB open
statement?  Direct API calls are ok.
open "foo.txt" for output as 1
print #1, "This is a line"

Hi Colleagues,
My target is to open AVI file, append text & graphics to it (it can be out
of original video size => resize my output AVI) and then to pack all bitmaps
into a single output AVI.

I'm downloading HTTP-files via InternetReadFile.
Now I want to enhance my program: It shall be able to use proxies. These
proxies should not be entered in the settings of the Internet-Explorer. The
user enters the proxy-address (ip or url), port, username and password in my

Hello group
I ve browsed a lot of Google resources ans MSDN reference for GetTimeZoneInformation
but i still have not a clue about the values i am getting for StandardDate and DaylightDate.
thank you in advance for any help or information. i may be missing something obvious.

Who knows how to draw marker in VB? Is there any API
function we can call to draw marker? I have no idea how to
do this. Any information will be appreciated.

Who knows how to draw hyperbola curve using API (given
parameters: center point and two radius) or using VB
function? Tks a lot.

I need to have the user draw a box over a picture to select
a region. Does anyone already do this or have hints?
Thanks!