VB Forum / Win API / October 2004

I have been working on an audio project and have been able to successfully
implement the playing of wave and mp3 files with it. I have also
successfully implemented simple operations for basic manipulation of the
sound such as stop, pause, rewind, forward, etc.

I have been strugling for a few days trying to do the following, and can't
figure this out:   I need to find out how many inches a text string of a
given font would occupy on a printed page.
For example the string "SSSSSSSSSS".   If I use Arial, size 10, bold, how

I have 2 applications that need to talk to eachother.
If i send a message like this from app 1 to app2
send(app2HWND)
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I create a temporary wav-file and after the play command is execute (by
mciSendString "play TempMCI .....") I directly delete the file before the
playing is finished. Why does this work and does it work under every
circumstances?

How do I get the username of the user logged into windows?

I try to declare the function GetImageEncoders in the following way:
Private Declare Function GetImageEncoders Lib "Gdiplus" (numencoders As
Integer, size As Integer, encoders() As ImageCodecInfo) as Boolean
But I got an error return saying unable to find the entry point of Gdiplus

I need to first check the version of a system .ocx file in the Windows
System directory and then if it's older then the one I have, I want to
overwrite it.  Can anyone supply me with a snippet of code that would enable
me to do such an operation?

The group's too quiet, so I'll ask a question.
When using EMF files, when I create my DC, I am specifying a rectangle, and this
rectangle needs to be in Himetric units.  Or am I wrong?  I actually build a
RECT structure and populate it with the size of rectangle in pixels I'll need

I'm looking for a way for my VB6 program to be notified when a new network
connection is established. I'm not sure what the best method to monitor is
(a new IP, a new active connection, etc). Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Question is simple: how can I get the path for common files folder in win98?
thx,
Dimitris

I am trying to add temporary font resources so that Word can use the font. I
have used the following code with no success. I would like to eventually have
the Bitstream Type 1 fonts on a network drive and temporarily made available
for particular documents.

hi gang,
I constructed a "fake" statusbar, using a picbox aligned to the bottom of my
form, and using api's to draw in the panels and text.  This works well
enough.

How do you get the IP address of the machine through code, I have found the
following and copied it into a module
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0067.htm
But i wont know the IP until run time, is there a way of getting it

how can I call win api in vb.net. It the syntax is different then vb6. Any
short example or link to atritcle?
Thanks in advance
Ansari

I have some code which I have found which disables the Close button on my
MDIform, I was wondering if anyone can either add to this code to help me to
also disable the maximize button or if anyone else has any code which could
help me disable the maximize button.  Appreciatte any ...