VB Forum / Win API / March 2005

I'm currently using
set IEOBJ = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
to create a browser object and give the "IEOBJ" browser commands such
as navigate("url") etc.

It's quiet...too quiet.  So I'll ask a completely subjective question and
see if anyone wants to chime in!
I'm making a drawing program -- this thing opens up an image that is a
floorplan of some building, and our users can draw on it things like colored

Are there any new common dialog api to call the new dialog boxes as those in
Office 2003 instead of the standard ones?
Thanks,
Ivan

Sorry, I'm newbie here.
Wich api's are used to get properties and pixel colors of images? (.bmp,
.gif, .jpg)??

Firstly - I am sorry if its the wrong group - I searched/googled for two
weeks and could not find a solution.
I am trying to use SCM smart card reader.
I have problems with MCardReadMemory.

I have written a program that watches changes in a certain folder. The
interval that I use is controlled by a timer control, to avoid hangups.
At startup I first of all call:
lCurrent = FindFirstChangeNotification(tFolder, 0, FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ALL)

I'd like to show the standard VB6 message box with 3 buttons
MsgBox "Hello!", vbYesNoCancel
and want the last button label to be mine ("Settings").
How me to change? Is it possible with api calls or is there another simpler

Does anyone know how I can implement this API into VB6? I've done a google
search and fund very little. All I'm looking for is the declare. I'll work
out the rest.
BTW. I'm already aware I need to use InitCommonControls and a manifest file.

How does one represent Alt and Ctrl characters in String data?
Can vbKeyControl be used for the CTRL character?
Other than wdKeyAlt (in Word), I've not found anything for Alt.
What needs to be used?

I am using SendMessage to move the form
Anyway to resize the form (probably using the sendmessage)
on action:mousemove
?

Does anyone know of a way of dropping accents (diacritical marks) from
extended Latin alphabetic characters in order to generate a 7-bit ASCII
fall-back? For instance: 'A-acute' mapping to a simple 'A', etc
I expected the FoldString API to do it, but it doesn't. Neither is there a

Is there a way to retrieve the quantity of paper in each paper trays (Empty,
Full, 1/4, ...) ?
Thx in advance,
Serge

Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias
"FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long,
ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long
hWnd = FindWindowEx(hWnd, 0, "TrayNotifyWnd", vbNullString)  

Every few seconds my start button flickers.
Does anybody have an idea why?
Regards,
Roy

The ellipse function does not work in Windows XP for certain
co-ordinates in which it should draw a circle. In earlier versions of
Windows there was no problem. This simple VB6 example shows the
problem.