VB Forum / Win API / January 2005

Can someone help me understand the function and the user defined parameters
that are associated with it?
Thank you.

Why is GetDc(Picture1.hwnd) different from Picture1.hHC?
tia
John

Hi,There are some codes in http://www.shrinkwrapvb.com/avihelp/avihlp_4.htm 
,which is very helpful to create AVI file by BMP files.
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   Dim opts As AVI_COMPRESS_OPTIONS

I'm working on a function that uses XP theme visual styles.
Can anyone tell me where I can find the "uxtheme.h" module that (I suppose)
contains all the constant definitions?
Thanks a lot,

Does anyone know how to flow Text (type) around an image (bmp) in a RichText
Box?  The file would be an .rtf file.
I have yet to find anything on the subject anywhere on the Internet.
Thank in advance.

I want to add a picture from a picturebox to an imagelist but this code
doesn't work because picture1.picture = 0. What am i doing wrong?
rval = SHGetFileInfo("C:\test.xls", 0, finfo, Len(finfo), SHGFI_TYPENAME Or
SHGFI_ICON)

Hi people.
I'm checking possibilities why some code is being executed twice when
it should only happen once. I do write a StatusID indicating if the feature
has already run however I am thinking it doesn't get written to the registry

I am running API-Guide version 3.7.854  (http://users.chello.be/cr27630/3.7/agsetup.exe)
(This is a utility for learning API functions for Visual Basic , including examples) .
After installing the application (running agsetup.exe)  under Windows XP Pro ,
I receive the following ...

I am using memory mapped files for cross process communication.  I create a
mapped file which is mapped to the swap file (virtual memory) by calling
CreateFileMapping with the hFile parameter = -1.  I then access the data in
a separate process by calling OpenFileMapping with the ...

reg.RegDelete ("HKCU")
how can I use regdelete function to delete a default value?
for example if I want to delete the (Default) key in the HKCU root?
Please help

is there a way to lookup (programmatically) the host a user is or was last
time logged into in win2k AD? I know how to do it with netsh wins, but that,
as I understand, does not have an API.
thanks,

HOW TO: Catch GotFocus (WM_SETFOCUS) and LostFocus (WM_KILLFOCUS) for Child Windows (contained controls) in UserControl?
I have made UserControl that doesn't receive focus, but it's a controls container with no controls within (in design, maybe I will
add some later on in RT, ...

I'm trying to save a WMF as a GIF using GDI+ but
bitmap.loadfromfile wmffile
bitmap savetofile giffile, gifcodec,0
loses the transparency.

Hi,
Please,  Some one have one example about how check if the transmitt
buffer  of serial ports is empty in VB using API or not ?
Ok ,I know, I must use the WaitCommEvent, SetCommMask and GetCommMask,

Is it possible to add an associated icon wich i get with shGetFileInfo to a
picturebox from wich i only have the hwnd?
tia
John