VB Forum / Win API / August 2004

Hi! I'm triyng to create an user interface to edit a format, so I did it
with a floating window, that has the fields that form could contain, I'm
trying to implement a drag & drop routine, but it doesn't works from one
window to another... anyone can help me?

I want to ping different hosts in my network. As I want to do this
asynchronously, I don't think that IcmpSendEcho function will help me
any further.
Do you know which ports are involved and what data to send to the host?

I'm having trouble storing the location of several bars on a form.
I'm using this type details:
Private Type typDetails
   dAgency As String

Can anyone tell me conceptually how this might work?  Most of the examples I
have seen for dealing with graphics through the WinAPI have to do with
bitmaps.  My question regards dealing with windows metafiles or enhanced
metafiles.

I have one list (ListView20WndClass) and i would like to read items from that list is this possible !?
I have accomplished to retrive hWnd of that object and class name but further ... ??
[SolarAngel]

I'm having trouble storing the location of several bars on a form.
I'm using this type details:
Private Type typDetails
   dAgency As String

Hi. I need to ascertain the domain of a PC running my program; all PCs
running this program are XP/2000 machines and are on standard AD domains.
What is the simplest way to do this?
I have been playing with the Active DS Type Library and I suspect there is a

how to print a bitmap in VB program ?
thanks

I am trying to overlay a bitmap on to an icon and have the following code:
Dim bm As New Bitmap(16, 16)
Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bm)
g.Clear(System.Drawing.Color.Transparent)

I am trying to overlay a bitmap on to an icon and have the following code:
Dim bm As New Bitmap(16, 16)
Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bm)
g.Clear(System.Drawing.Color.Transparent)

In short: I need a way to tell about how far into a JPG file it gets
before I hit bad data. A command-line utility, control, ... anything
that can be automated.
I'm trying to help a nice guy recover JPG pictures of his family.

hii, i have to know if a folder, situated in \\server\images (for example)
exists.
This is the vb code i use:
Private Declare Function NetShareCheck Lib "netapi32.dll" _

Any way of chnaging the system Regional Settings Properties at run time
in VB6?
Thanks

Ok, I know nothign about using API's so please, be nice.
I have 2 applications that my users are using.
Currently, the run a query in the first app, select and copy data that
always is in the same place, then paste it into a cell iin Excel.  Then they

I'm having a problem using the NetGroupAdd api in VB.NET. I'm getting
a return value of 5 - (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED). However I'm logged in as
an Administrator and do NOT have problems with any other Network APIs
such as NetUserAdd.  I tried it on an other WinXP PC but still have