VB Forum / Win API / November 2004

does anybody how you can call a CHM help file properly ?
I tried some code I found on the internet, but the code doesn't work.
I thought it could be a problem because of my desktop firewall, but enabling
it doesn't work too.

   I'm currently developing a thumbnailer application for most currently
supported image formats. Now, I've decided to add support to all media files
(mpeg, avi, mov, wmv, etc). Show/Play in a preview window it's not the
problem. What I'm trying to get without success is thumbnail ...

Hi every one,
Is possible to stop the user from copying file/files from a specific folder
i.e. can we protect our data in a specific folder so that no 1 can directly
copy file/files from a folder. It can be done only through my custom

I'm creating a DLL which is called from MS Internet Explorer. That
means, all elements (Listboxes,...) are displayed in an Explorer
window.
In this DLL, I use SendMessage to set tap stops in a Listbox:

Hot to specify defalt filename for GetSaveFileName API call ?
I've been using something like this but it raises error, I wan't to show dilaog Save As with default filename:
Rem DLG_ShowSaveFile
'   shows save file dialog

I am having some problems in programming a pop3 client program to download
the messages to the hard drive, client can connect  and will give you a list
of the email messages on the server but i cannot seem to save them to a
folder on the hardrive.  I have searched the net looking ...

I've written a simple app that performs an address fragment/post code search
on the post-office PAF database.
The next trick that I'm trying to get the app to do is to be able to
automatically transfer the results to any application that happens to be

I have a form with my grahical activeX, and form.print can't print my AX,
but only the text.
so I tried this way,
RetVal = BitBlt(Printer.hDC, 0, 0, reportFrm.Width, reportFrm.Height,

A question for (graphical) gurus.
I found a lot of examples for creating thumbnails, but there is always a
problem reading corrupt images (bottom part is grey). When the application
tries to read a corrupt image, sometimes it hangs. (even with Mike D

I have a need to read the text on a browser window - just so I can tell when
a person running this web applications has successfully completed the
function.  I am looking for the words successfully completed.   I have tried
using the GetWindowText APIs - it can read other ...

I may be making this more difficult than needed -- if so please set me
straight.
Toolbar.Customize brings up a form with two list boxes.  The box on the left
is empty.  The box on the right contains the loaded toolbar icons.

How to set DC Size within Rect. for Zoom Window.
Thanks
Amrit

I am writing the program that draw the set of graphs. These graphs are very
'long' so I need to make it possible to scroll the graphs. But I am afraid of
very low perfomance of my program on some slow machines and blinking of the
image.

I need some advice reading an embedded image file (jpg-file) from a binary
file.
Now I open the binary file, read the relevant bytes from the jpg and store
them in a byte array.

I have Downloaded from site Microsoft then procedure for validate user in
windows.
But this functionally not function in WindowsXP not in domain, how?