VB Forum / Win API / October 2004

I've the handle of one window. I need to know if this window is hided (not
minimized!) or not. Any suggest?
Thanks in advance
VV

I can find windows with the FindWindow API. So far so good. But it finds
only windows that r present on the taskbar. Windows which have been
minimized to the system tray like Yahoo messenger cannot b found. How to
find these windows which r minimized to the system tray. Plz help.. ...

I am trying to get ConvertSidToStringSid() to work in VB6.
It always returns an empty string
my declaration is this
Private Declare Function ConvertSidToStringSid Lib "advapi32.dll"

ich gebrauche die GetSystemDefaultUILanguage Funktion der
Kernel32.dll...diese ist aber unter NT 4.0 noch nicht verfügbar...Zur Info:
- Use GetSystemDefaultUILanguage to get the original language of the system
Unter NT 4.0 sind aber nur diese zwei Funktionen verfügbar:

I using native VB code to recursively search through
a main directory and all it main directories. One directory
(not sure how it happened) ends with a trailing space. For
example "C:\Datafile\SaveImages\Feb2004 \".

I have bitmap image and  i am displaying on winform. i want to click mouse
on each time and get x,y co-ordinate. but i got problem when i click on it;
it give me system co-ordinate and i know image co-ordinate is different from
system co-ordinate . is there any way to convert ...

I declare this function in VB6:
Declare Function MessageBoxEx Lib "user32.dll" Alias "MessageBoxExA" (ByVal
hwnd As Long, ByVal lpText As String, ByVal lpCaption As String, ByVal uType
As Long, ByVal wLanguageId As Long) As Long

I am running an application from Windows Scheduler.
The app must first check if it is already running with the same command
string.
How to check it ?

Why does CreateFile, in the following code snippet, fail? Also why do
Err.LastDllError and GetLastError return 0 even though the CreateFile call
failed?
I know that there are simpler ways of achieving the same objective, but I'd

Well I am not sure have I done this allright, I am making class for manipulating TreeView and  ListView + Header controls from
another proccess
and have started making full support (SendMessage) for those controls in VB.
Cause I am not very good in this castings in C

I am adding another machine to my network of two on winxp pro and it shows
all 3 comp on my network of 3 however on this 2rd comp I cannot access it
from the other 2 I keep getting error message" Access denied consult the
administrator." I am the administrator on all 3 machines can ...

I am writing a setup program and  need to distinguish between win98 and
win95, similarly I can't distinguish between Win 2000 and Win XP, currently
I am using the GetVersion/GetVersionEx APIs
Any Suggestions?

Excuse me for my english level because I'm french!
This message is post to : microsoft.public.vb.winapi.graphics,
microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion, microsoft.public.project.vba
My computer confuguration : WinMe, Excel 2000.

I need to know EXACTLY how to go about registering .dll and .ocx files from
start to finish including code.  I believe I use regsvr32.exe to do this but
I need to know the exact steps and code to ensure I get it right.
Thanks