VB Forum / Win API / March 2005

I'm trying to capture text from another application that is using a
AfxFrameOrView.  It seems like I've tried everything (sending a
WM_GETTEXT message, GetWindowText), but it appears the API functions
only work on windows with a class of 'Edit'.  Is it possible to do?

according to apiviewer
Declaration:
Declare Function SearchTreeForFile Lib "imagehlp" (ByVal RootPath As String,
ByVal InputPathName As String, ByVal OutputPathBuffer As String) As Long

I'm not sure what I'm doing here.  If someone gets bored, can you please
look at the following code and tell me if I'm suing DDBs or DIBs?  A lot of
this code comes from Mike Sutton (such as CopyBitmap)
   m_lBitMapPANSRCDC = CreateCompatibleDC(0&)

Hi, is there a way to change the appearance of the borders around
command buttons?, I want to make the button have flat border and a
different color than default.
And also if possible, that the button changes color when the mouse

I need a way to find out the absolute screen coordinates of a control, f.e.
a picture box which is placed in user control and this itself may also
placed in another user control and so on. Getting the screen coordinates of
a form's control only is not the issue. The problem is ...

I have a class with a couple of functions, one for adding a local user on a
remote machine, and one for removing a local user on a remote machine. I
need to be able to do this. Each takes the name of the remote machine, a
username (remote machine administrator), a matching password, ...

Hi, I need to know the command line (startup info) for the other processes
(not the current process).  
I've tried the Tool Help functions (API), Process & Thread functions, WMI
(the W32_process.CommandLine property only works under WinXP/Windows 2003),

  I'm using VBA and have to create some string from one VBA program, and
find that string from another VBA program. Vba program can be Access, Excel
or Word. I need a simle decision. I hope that exists easy way to create in
winAPI some shareble area from one appliacation and ...

I used the sendMessage function to  change the url of internet Explorer to
www.yahoo.com and here what I did :
'SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SETTEXT, 0, "http://www.yahoo.com/")
but I face this problem that the internet explorer did not start navigate to

I want to fill a list box showing the fontnames written in their specific
font but I can't find an example for this. Does anyone know one?

I need to measure the free memory, so I tried
Declare Function GetFreeResources Lib "RSRC32" _
    Alias "_MyGetFreeSystemResources32@4" _
    (ByVal lWhat As Long) As Long

Instead of having my full-screen splash screen simply be instantly replaced
by the app's first working form when User clicks a Begin button, I  would
like to have the splash screen decay over the course of a second or so to
gradually reveal the application's working form beneath ...

I use WritePrivateProfileString and GetPrivateProfileString to
maintain .INI files from my VB6 program. No problems.
I would like to do this and have the .INI file physically located on
another computer on the LAN. For example:

I am writing an application where I want to write events to the Event Log based
on certain event.  All that is working great.
Here's what's not.  I am using the ReportEvent from the "advapi32.dll".  In
this

Every Week I run a program that creates a text file.  Then I use CuteFTP to
send this file to a clients FTP site.  I would like to automate this.  Can
someone direct me?  Is there something in the WINAPI that I can call like:
FTPSend (InputFile, OutputSite)