VB Forum / Win API / December 2004

We embed the UI window of a foreign application into our own application. It
works well except for one detail. When the embedded application window
receives focus, our own application loses focus. Is there any way to prevent
this?

hai,
I require to save the picture that is painted in picture box
using following code
Me.pic_back.PaintPicture LoadPicture_(Me.cdlg_image.FileName), 0, 0, 3650,

[Warning: graphics newbie]
I've a picture box, whose picture I'm assigning to a StdPicture variable. (I
basically want to alpha blend it in-memory and then assign it back to the
picture box, so I'm using 2 in-memory device contexts, CSourceDC and

I am using the ezVidCap activeX control with Win95 with a Hauppage
WIN/TV Video Capture Driver version 0.97.0.15262.
It works fine, except for the fact that when the images are larger
than 233 pixels in height, it fills the space below the image with

This is perhaps one of the most bizarre things I've seen in my career as a
VB developer. It's very simple.
The following navigation statement was failing on us on a particular
workstation (we've only seen this on one workstation so far out of

I have a web browser control on a vb form.  I have implemented sub-classing,
and I'm receiving all the messages that the form is getting just fine.
I want to know when anything changes on a web page.  For example, if the
page dynamically changes a table cell color from red to blue ...

I have an Access database that I have converted to an MDE.  I have a bunch of
users all over the place who use this DB via a desktop short cut.
In an effort to stream line the transition I am hoping to find an API that
will save me (or someone else) from having to go to every ...

Since there is no programmatic access to the menubar (Ctrl+E) in VB
there hopefully is a way to change the color of the menubar
and its subitems with API-methods.
According to google it's easy in VB.Net. I couldn't find the way to

First let me say that I, by no means consider myself a VB programmer.
I am a programmer, but Object Rexx is my language of choice.  However,
I have managed with a lot of trial and error (and help from many of
the VB regulars) to create an ActiveX dll in VB that encapsulates the

As object, I need to create a picture into memory and then send
to a specific hdc of a third parts control to use as watermark.
I can create the image, but I don't know how to send it to the hdc.
better could be create an Istdpicture's object and pass to control's

   Is there an easy way to write dynamic byte arrays
to file? I'm storing arrays of bytes in a collection
and then writing the file. But Put is apparently writing
the array descriptor as well as the bytes.

Can anyone tell me what API I need to use to add a task to a Win 2K/XP box and how I can cause the task to run under a different
user then the default?
Thanks
Scott

Below is code I have tried to use to call NetUserSetGroups.  The call fails
and .EXE just dies, in the IDE the IDE crashes.  I have not been able to find
the correct Syntax of a working example.
Private Function setusergroups(f_server As String, _

i have used Getvolumneinformation to get the serial number of Cd ( Not cd
Drive) ,
but it gives me logical serial number , that chages every time i burn my cd
again .

Is there some API that allows me to retrieve computer details and that these
are definitely unique (ie. cannot be changed after reformating HD,
reinstalling windows, etc.)?
Thanks,