VB Forum / Win API / October 2004

While creating dynamically (subclasses WM_CREATE) or in VBIDE I am unable to set border of ComboBox to nothing,
I am able to remove border from ListBox!
Why same (similar properties) doesn't work for VB.ComboBox ???
Any alternative control (ControlClassName like "VB.ComboBox")

I am attempting to impersonate a user using the LogonUser and related APIs.
Whenever I call LogonUser on a Windows 2000 system the call fails with the
error: ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD
The MSDN indicates this is a issue specific to Win2K and is related to the

Something very strange is happening...
I have control that dynamically creates inner VB controls, VB.ListBox, VB.ComboBox, VB.CheckBox, ...
cause I can't set some parameters that are read-only I use hook and listen for CREATE Event, and than set style needed.
Everything works fine ...

The subject says it all.
thanks,
==Larry

I live about tens mins away and am free on and off throughout the week,
when it isn't blowing locally of course. If you still ...

I have a file associated to my application. When the user double clicks the
file in the explorer it gets opened in my application. Now my application is
SDI.
Again when the user double clicks the another file in the explorer I want

I write a new GINA for Windows XP to make logon via smart card.  When the
card is inserted, on Windows 2000 i receive the SAS notification  event, i
read the card and all is ok.  On Windows XP Professional - installed on a
standalone machine - i do not  receive the event.

When using the Spy++ application and passing the crosshairs over my
transparent usercontrol, Spy++ detects and highlights the control the very
moment it crosses the control's border.   So, I thought I would be able to do
the same using the WindowFromPoint API.   Not so.  Using ...

I have something like this:
SSL_RC4_128_WITH_MD5                       = { 0x01,0x00,0x80 };
does this means next:
   const SSL_RC4_128_WITH_MD5  as long  = &H010080& ' will trunc latter in strem to 24 bytes

Is it possible in VB to obtain pointer to a variable ( LONG type value )
containg addres of variable of any type?
MWK

        I want to use MouseMove event of VB6 to draw line (with
mouse_down event) like windows paint pencil, but it seems not a good
result, because VB6 only shows a lot of discreet points, not continues
line, how to apply mouse_event of VB6 to draw continues line with

Hi Group
I am trying to use a 'navbar' to allow easy access to a series of programs.
The intention when an user clicks one of the buttons on the NavBar is to
enumerate windows to see if the required exe is already running, if it is,

Hello, i would like to highlight a specified file in a common dialog box
(certainly using the windows api), so that the user can choose the next file
by pressing the down arrow key (for example).
It appears the property .filename is not suffisant

I have a rather tricky question: Is it possible to place a top-level window
between two child windows of another application in Z-Order? Or any other
way to make it look as if the window was between the two child windows?
(W2K / XP / 2003 by the way)

I just had an error reported in my application.  I'm using an Exception
handler and it reported the error as EXCEPTION_FLT_INEXACT_RESULT.
Shown below is my Exception Handler Code.  Is there anyway to allow errors
such as the one above to allow it to return to the code where it ...