VB Forum / Win API / January 2005

Hi Gang,
I'm not actually using Visual Basic.  That isn't because I don't like VB, I
love it, but I'm using PowerBasic and it's for an application that must be
extremely fast and have an impressively low memory overhead, and we all know

I'm writing a UserControl replacement for the DTPicker.
I created the window thru CreateWindowEx specifing "SysDateTimePick32" for
the class.
I have subclassed the window to get control over it.

Dear NG,
When creating a enhanced meta file the resolution is set to the resolution
of the device context.
Now, I have two ways to influence the resolution: Choosing a dc compatible

if there an API for that?
I use a Form of my Application as an Container for a Tool-Window (this
window is from another application), just as a "frame".
If the Tool-Window is active and I use ALT-TAB then my "frame"-form get the

Is it valid in Visual Basic 6 to take the AddressOf a callback function
during program initialization and store the result into an array of longs
(thus forming a dispatch table) and then use the stored addresses as callback
parameters in a call to SetTimer?

I want to start an app, and at the same time control where it is placed. I
use the following code, but it doesn't seem to work. The MoveWindow call
doesn't move the window. What am I doing wrong? Isn't the shell function
supposed to return the handle to the window? Or is this ...

I currently use LookupAccountName to get the domain nameof the user that is
logged in. I just found an issue if there is a local account with the same
user name as the network doamin account that is logged in.  For example, I
am logged in as "Mynetwork\dreber" but there is an ...

I'm ineterested to write a program to display continue waveform data in
10bits/400 sample/sec.
would anyone have any advise to me? Please also repla to me email.
Thanks in advance.

This is from MS web site about the WM_QUERYENDSESSION flag and WindowProc
subclassing function
à Parameters
wParam

When I try to use the shellexecute command from vb to "Print" any kind
of file that is associated with the "microsoft picture and fax viewer"
under windows XP, the file just "open"s, and does not print.
Using the exact same command for any other type of file (eg Word,

I am attempting to obtain the text value from a window(control on a
form). I have no problems obtaining the handles for each window on the
form, but on some controls I cannot retrieve the text value unless the
control has focus when I run the code. I also tried to set focus to the

I need to prevent an application from closing. I downloaded the dscwpmsg
example from allapi.net as well as other examples. My hope was to discard
WM_CLOSE messages. I am able to intercept and discard some messages, but not
WM_CLOSE. I have Win2K on this machine.

Hello. I am writing a small app on a Win2K server, and I need help with the
WideCharToMultibyte function.
I need to use WideCharToMultiByte so as to convert a string to UTF-8 but for
some reason the function is returning nothing.

I'm creating an autodialer application that will dial a number, get the line
ID and the play a WAV file through the mode. I am using Tapi 1.4 for this.
Now, I make a call, I connect, I can even get the Line ID (using lineGetID).
However, when I go to call waveOutOpen, I keep ...

How can i get the Visible Property Value of a control via api?
Thanks.
Alex