VB Forum / Win API / June 2004

1. How can I get Reference Count for some Object (any type)?
2. Create Reference for some Object and not increment Reference Count for that Object?
[SolarAngel]

My computer was having all kinds of problems, so we wiped everything out and reinstalled Windows 98 ~ finally I can get on the internet again, but now all of the graphics are messed up.  Any web page backgrounds have noise in them ~ including this page!  It's making everything ...

  What is the easiest way to convert BMP to JPG in VB6 without using any OCX?
  Thank you

Apart from creating a custom messagbox form, is there a way to customize the
message to allow for radio buttons and checkboxes with corresponding return
values??
Secondly, how do I extract/reference/get handle of the standard msgbox icons

hi,
i am searching for a solution to open a fileopen dialog, which allow me to select a directory and not a file. i know there is a solution, but i couldn't find it.
can someone give me a link or an example?
thanks

Short and simple
How do I create a shortcut programatically please.
[I'm using win 2000 but I would like the code to
to work for win95 > winXP]

I'am reading image properties (Width, Height, BitsPixel) from image files
using the the GetObject function (Private Declare Function GetObject Lib
"gdi32" Alias "GetObjectA" (ByVal _
hObject As Long, ByVal nCount As Long, lpObject As Any) As Long)

I'm using the shell_notifyicon API in VB6:
Private Type NOTIFYICONDATA
   cbSize As Long
   hwnd As Long

How to find the parent Directory of the Child Folder whose PIDl i have using Shell Programming APi call
Here i required to Move one level up b navigating in the backwark order from the Child to the its Parent.

The internet is boasting about some undocumented API exported from
Shell32.dll to receive shell window notifications like window creation and
activate and destroyed events. is there anybody who can tell me if this is
true or not and if this is true how one can implement it and one ...

I need to get a valid CreateFile handle on Win 98/ME to use with
DeviceIoControl.
The following call works on 2K/XP:
hdh = CreateFile("\\.\PhysicalDrive0" , _

I am developing a spatial model, and I am reading in an ASCII file into my VB.NET application. I would like each number to be represented as a cell or pixel, and for all the pixels to join together to form a grid. I only need this for illustrative purposes, as I need a graphic ...

I received the following from an associate - can somone explain what he
means?
"I've been reading up on type libraries. A concerned developer from
Amsterdam

Can anyone guide me ?? I want to connect to users machines remotely to a specified shared directory and try to copy my files to that directory and if any updates in the packages do that changes to their directories . I am using vb application and struggling to get right choice ...

I have created a local hook to trap WH_MOUSE messages that occur within my
application's thread.  I am doing this for an inactivity monitor.  The
problem is that WH_MOUSE is apparently firing periodically when everything
is sitting still.  In testing I noticed I'll hook two events, ...