VB Forum / Win API / July 2004

I'm currently playing AVI-files using the mciSendString API-function.
Placing the video into a picturebox is no problem using "window handle
...". But how do I get the dimensions of the video, to size the
picturebox to the correct size?

How do I detect the currently opened Folder windows in Windows XP, from VB?
Code sample or pointer to one will be very much appreciated!
Thanks!
Don

I've got an Icon File that has a transparent background and I need to set
this icon like the icon's form in run time. Whe I do this with LoadImage
function, the transparent background is replaced with black. I can't use a
resource file, I need to set the icon from an icon file, ...

I have been using the following code in visual basic 5 to load and save my
rtf files but would like to
find another way to do this without using the filesystemobject.
Could someone help with a more visual basic method.

I have posted this question on the Controls news group but i have had no
luck in getting an answer.
So if there is an answer i think it would probably be to do with API's.
I would like to build a control that is basicly a text box that when you

I'm looking for source code to capture stills from MPG files.  Anyone
know of a site where I might download the code, or at least get some
assistance?
Thanks!

if any one have a way to show me
how can I conver the bmp file to JPG file in vb PLz do it now.
i need it very much.
thanks and bye.

Mike,
That does work.
I am going to play with it a bit and let you know how it goes.
Do you think it will be better to put the code in a class or a module.

Different values are returned when method point(X,Y) for picturebox is used
to get the color value seperately in 24-bit color mode or 32-bit color mode.
I want to regard both these values as the same. How can I judge them? Maybe
the value obtained in 32-bit color mode should be ...

How can we get the mouse button clicked on a list view or a tree view
control. When i click on a node or item in a tree view or list view control,
if i have right clicked i need to show a pop up menu. How can this be made
possible. Is there something builtin to the list view or tree ...

Hi NG,
i use the API-Function SHBrowseForFolder in a vb6-programm to browse for a
folder. I now want him to go to a certain directory (that i have stored in a
string, eg. "c:\download") when i open the dialog-box. How can i achive

I'm trying to find a way to dinamically generate e-mail messages with
mailto/subject/body AND an attachment included to be sent using the user's
default e-mail client.
This is where I'm at:

    In a VB5 project, I'd like to create a window dynamically
using the CreateWindow() API, but this window requires the DTPicker
object found in MSCOMCT2.OCX.
Does someone know if this object is actually located in a standard DLL

GDI allows to create pattern brush (from 8x8 bitmap for example). Such brush
will fill polygons with some pattern (like GDI defined hatch styles).
How to make such polygon transparent ?
Thanks in advance

Can you please explain me the arguments dwhandle, dwlen and lpData
of the following api:
Public Declare Function GetFileVersionInfo Lib "Version.dll" Alias _
  "GetFileVersionInfoA" (ByVal lptstrFilename As String, ByVal _