VB Forum / Win API / November 2004

Is it possible to create a hDC for an existing IPicture object?
Thanks
Teja

Well I know this is very strange,
but I have tested some algorithms for sorting string items, and one works just a little bit better than sorting in ListBox Object,
but when I set visible property to false in ListBox wonder has happened time is split by 2, which is in VB fastest ...

Our application implements a colored background, rather than the standard
'battleship grey'. Normally, the application runs in a high-color mode and
the forms look just fine. However, when the application is run in 256 color
mode, the background is dithered and it doesn't look ...

I have a application which shells out to another. App B comes up hidden and
the menu system is manipulated to open a dialog, which, when OKed,
periodically opens other dialogs. Often, once I click the button that shells
out to App B, I may switch to, or open another app. The problem ...

The SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime function accepts "Time Zone" and
"Universal Time".
I can populate the "Time Zone" by the GetTimeZoneInformation function which
returns the local time zone, such as "AUS Eastern Standard Time".

I would like to retrieve Time Zone Name based on the computer time zone
settings. For example, under the Windows Registry, there are a list of Time
Zones Names, is there a way to retrieve a corresponding name such as
"Atlantic Standard Time".

How to Create Line or custom Pen To draw line(), which include charactor or
latter.
line for example "--------W------------W--------------W"
Please help some one.

Which is best for large data handling for drawing objects? I am looking for
speed performance also.
I have read somewhere that  VB.net is slow than VB and GDI+ is Slow than VB.
Is that true?

Ive tweaked some code i found to recursively search through a root folder
for a specified extension and then list each file that is found. The code I
have
is as follows and was wondering if there was an improvements i can make

OBJECTIVES
I'm trying to add button to the toolbar in code such that their grouped by:
1.  Add and  appear on Toolbar (show in right listbox when customized method
invoked)

this is driving me crazy.
I've written all the proper routines to handle a chm help file thru the
hhctrl.ocx.
All works fine as far as topics, context, search and so on.

I recently converted a client server app to allow the client to run as a
service.  Now when the client passes the current username to the server it
passes "System" because the service is set to run as the LocalSystem
account.  How can I get the current username when it's running as ...

I am adding sites to security zones in Internet Explorer through the
registry. I would like a way to force Internet Explorer to "refresh" the
browser with the new settings. The functionality can be re-created by going
into security and adding a site to a zone. Once you click "OK", ...

I have a bitmap file loaded into memory as an array of
bytes( the bitmap header and everything that is in a bmp
file). Is there any way of getting the rgb value of any
pixel in the bitmap. Or is it possible to atleast load this

I look for a vb-code to parse long text in words. Some textes are 100.000
words long.
Long time ago I found a website which comparses different possibilities to
split text (split, with api-copymemory) in benchmarks. Does anyone know this