VB Forum / Win API / November 2004

I am getting a problem related to VB UNICODE string passing to another
appln. While having an interaction with VB and VC, strings send from VB are
in ANSI format this is what I have observed. Does VB support UNICODE format
while passing strings to VC application??

does anybody know a way for faxing from vb. I am trying to use Symantec
starter edition which comes with XP.I couldn't use this program from vb 6.0
Any idea ?
Thanks in advance

HI GURUs
Looking for good suggestion
I am Looking for speed performance to draw line.
I am using class collection for data holding. And for looping I am using

is iit possible to alter the screen resolution for a period of time
by updating the registry settings ?
thanks

Hi all! I'm experiencing some problem with the vb6 "Printer" object

centimeters) but printer stops to print after about 29 centimeters (A4
length). What's wrong? I tried to set A3 format but an error occurs (i

I am trying to call a procedure in a DLL which requires a byte array
parameter, which the DLL then alters, allowing the VB program access
to the new values. Below is the parameter. Can someone please help me
with the equivalent structure and calling example in VB for passing to

I'm trying to get WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser to work in an
Excel-VBA macro and Excel keeps crashing. I'm guessing that I haven't
mapped correctly to VB types. The code I use is below. Any pointers
would be appreciated.

I´m looking for a free ActiveX thats allows me to view .dwg maps (AutoCAD
Maps) and, if it was possible, an ActiveX thats allows me to DRAW these
maps.

I'm trying to create skins for an application.  Have got as far as using
things like CreateRoundedRectangle and unions and differences of regions.
What I would like to do is shape the form round the boundary of a picture,
then I will just use Form_MouseOver/Down to effectively ...

I am trying to read a frame from an avi, modify the bitmaps in it and
display each frame to a picture box.
The part I can do is read the avi frames and display them in the picture
box.

Hi *.*,
I'm using the above API inside a program for temporarily logging in as
Adminstrator. After that, I check by "GetUsername()" and "IsAdmin()"
(the later results from an MSDN sample) and get the result "OK", you

Every technique I have tried includes my window because my window has to
remain visible and I would hate to waste anymore time with it if it can't be
done.  I can use regions to get what is beneath but it causes major flicker
in the area of the region and, in the case of XP, ...

Good Morning everybody. I am totally lost.
First i escuse myself for my poor english.
I have developped a greyscaling bitmap function in visual basic 6.
When i use this function on a 24 bpp bitmap, i get a good greyscaled

Hi Y'all, I used the following code to retrieve data from the windows
clipboard and save it as a bitmap.  It works but when I try to insert the
image into MS Access form, it seems to not show it because the header
information of the .bmp file is not correct.  When I hover over it ...

I get the handle of a scroll bar and i Try to find the curent position of
the scrollbar.
I  'm not the owner of the scrollbar. it's located on  a external  form .
Any way to manipulate the scrollbar .