VB Forum / Win API / December 2004

how can i change printer settings such as Paper size, printer color
settnigs, using API functions. (would appreciate a sample)

I'm using Windows XP with SP1. When I try to create a thread using
CreateThread API and the user-defined function contains only a
messagebox, the whole program crashes and terminates itself. The code
follows as bellow:

Is there any way to determine the CAPS LOCK state in VB. NET, without
calling any VB6-style Windows API?

There is a component for RS232 com port, however, is there any component for
Parallel port?

I'd like to add some scheduled task from VB6 code.
Is it possible with the help of API funcs or is there onother better way?
Thanks in advance.
Ivan Abramov,

I have a program which allows a user to select many files using the Open
Dialog Box and populate a listview with the list of selected file names etc.
I want to add the associated file icon as the listitem icon.
How can I do this?

Hi all of you vb experts,
How on earth do I get the selected text from a listview that belongs to
another app?  I have the handle, but now what?
I am trying to get the selected task from the task pane in the outlook

in my VB6 app, I am opening an Excel file then running a long macro. My
question is, even though Windows will allocate a new thread for the Excel
application, is there a way to programatically pass the control to this
excel sheet then once it's done my program will open another file ...

I writes a DLL  abc.dll containing an export function hereunder:
char   _stdcall fGetChar()
{
return 'a';

I need to develop a download manager using vb.net, the requirement being
that it can download X files together, with every file having individual Y
parts being downloaded from mirrors. How do you think I should implement
this most efficiently? I think I will need thread....but ...

I have a hardware connected to my Comm Port. The input I'm recieving
from it is then plotted in a line graph at real time. Now as far as this
is concerned, its working fine. But the rate at which the data is coming
to me is very high and I'm not able to plot that manu pixels on ...

I have a VB6 program with a standard text box on a standard form.  Normally
the cursor in the text box is a blinking vertical bar which appears where
the next letter will be typed.  I want to change this so there is a blinking
block the size of one character instead of the vertical ...

I´m currnetly developing a small ArcGis 8.3 application i VB6. My app.
is supposed to recieve messages from a Delphi DLL, because the Delphi
DLL handles all database connections and other stuff. In my app. I´m
using PeekMessage i order to recieve the messages, but running

Subject says it all.
Ed

I have a big problem for me ... maybe single for you ...
I have to print a MSChart an I am ussing the next code to print it.
MSChart1.editcopy
printer.paintpicture clipboard.getdata(),0,0