VB Forum / Win API / July 2004

I have a Trigger set on my table for Inserts. This works if I run an "Insert
Into" statement from Query Analyser.
How ever when I use ADO AddNew in VB6, when the Update line tries to run I
get the following Error.

Hi there everyone,
I am writing an application that creates directories on an NTFS file system
and then is required to set preliminary permissions on those directories. I
know that there is a way of doing this programmatically with Visual Basic

I want to put a form on the user's desktop and give him the option of making
it lower in zorder than the desktop icons he has there. This is so he can
double-click his desktop icons without having to move or minimize my app's
form.

   Is there any way to obtain information about what is the file name
associated to the running window application? We have found a way to
obtain information about the name of the window or handle. Like example,
in a Word application windows, how can we know what is the file we ...

I want to pass the IOCTL_SCSI_GET_ADDRESS command to the DeviceIOControl API
call however I can't find any examples of how to declare this constant in
VB. The below code is an example of it's declaration in C. Can someone give
me a hand as to how to convert this to VB?

I am having trouble getting a VB 6 exe to return an error status to DOS.
I have tried using ExitProcess defined as:
Public Declare Function ExitProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal status As Long) As Long
When I exit via ExitProcess or not the %ErrorLevel% always seeems to be set to 9009.

Hi! All,
I'm very much new to GDI. Actually I had to develop a graphical component
for a hardware which sends me signals. All those signals must be plotted in
a real time graph. I have created the component and it works perfectly fine,

I'm v new to graphics and GDI under VB.
I'd like to know what is the connection between VB's scalemode and the
SetMapMode. Is there some other things I should pay attention if I want to
use the same coordinates in "plain" VB calls (like line, control placement

GDI PolyPolygon method with pattern brush (character 'a' from 8x8 bitmap)
will fill polygons this way:

I am creating a shell and using RegisterShellHook function for getting
notifications for window created and destroyed event so that i can simulate
windows taskbar i tried RSH_REGISTER and RSH_REGISTER_TASKMAN it works fine
as long as it is run inside explorer but is i register my ...

Is it possible to have an app run as a screensaver that will keep running
when interacted with by a user who does not choose to, or who isn't
authorised to, enter the Windows password?
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I am having a problem with my application not unloading properly.
It is a standard VB6 application.
It sits in the System tray. Uses ADO and also connects to a bespoke written
COM object.

How to enable Drag&Drop functionality on VBTextBox to receive dragged link from InternetExplorer AddressBar/HtmlPage?
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Here is what I am trying to do.  I have 2 picture boxes.  The 1st picture box loads a picture into it.  What I want to do
is place the cursor over that picture and display part of that picture into a smaller picture box.
Example.
The large picture box has a picture loaded.  When ...

Hello, I need to find a way to stretch icons that will be assigned to the
.Picture property of a few buttons.
I need them to preserve the transparency.
This is for Win 98 up.