VB Forum / Win API / July 2004

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me where/how the COM IID is stored in a
compiled COM DLL.  I would like to obtaining the interface ID
for a COM DLL so I can manually (programatically) add a reference to another
.VBP through text file manipulation.  Currently the only want I know of ...

I've dabbled with GDI/GDI+ (both via the managed/unmanaged libraries) a
little bit in the past, but am still trying to get accustomed to the
nomenclature.
Just for the fun of it, I'm writing a small .NET application that will load

I tried to port the .NET-example to VB6 from
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/d
papiusercredentials.asp
but the login dialog does not appear, I always get ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS as
result, regardless of which flags I'm combining.

l = GetWindowLong(lvWindow, GWL_STYLE) And 3&
I have this line of code.
I was hoping some on could explane what the "3&" meanse.
i  = SendMessage(lvWindow, LVM_GETITEMCOUNT, 0&, 0&)

My eventual goal is to programmatically control the time zone of a PC. But I’m having trouble manipulating existing time zone information.
To start, I call GetTimeZoneInformation. The data returned doesn’t match what I would expect. It seems like it’s not formatted right, or the ...

I have been struggling with this project.
I need to simply pass a host name, eg: "www.yahoo.com" or
"support.mydomain.com" etc. to a function and have returned to me the
current IP address that it resolves to.

any body would kindly tell me the api to place picture box in center of mdi
form. so the mid child form should be appear in front of the picture box..
not the behind the picture box
thanks

I can't seem to find a copy of this DLL
Any one know where i can get it.
I have checked the microsoft site.
It is not there

If I have administrative access to a machine, can I remotely enumerate all the shared names and which path they map to locally?
I.e. If on Machine A I have a directory "C:\Data\" shared as "DataRoot", can I from Machine B query Machine A over the network for
"DataRoot" somehow and ...

I am trying to enumerate the symbols of a VB 6.0 application which I
have compiled using the [x] Create Symbolic Debug Info option.
The header file (dbgHelp.h) has the following declaration:
'--8< ---------------------------------------------------------

As part of an application (VB6) I am writing a user can drag a reference to
an element in a web browser page (e.g. a picture) into a window of my app.
If I do this using the Firefox browser (for example) the data sent is
something like 'http://somesite.co.uk/apic.jpg', which is ...

Hello Group,
I would need a way to force Plug and Play device detection.
Is there an API that I could call to start that ?
Thanks !

How can I hide/show individual columns in one Listview?
Sample
I have the headers
One

Is it possible to start a schedule task wizard using API call ? If yes, can
it accept program name or other parameters?
Regards,
Kwokho.

hi gang,
If you write your own WndProc, and process the messages yourself, you have
to return something.
The Microsoft documentation says this: "What you return depends on the