VB Forum / Win API / March 2005

Does anybody have a sample how to implement the "hide when minimized"
functionality into a vb6 app.
Thanks
Marc

I have the following code which just helpfull with Notepad:
Code:
<DllImport("user32", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError:=True)> _
   Public Shared Function FindWindow(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal

Does anyone have the code to add a new submenu to the menu control at run
time?? I can expand the parent ok but need to add a child menu on-the-fly.
Thanks

How can I programatically get a logged in users folder path to
Application Data and Local Settings\Application Data. I need
to do this for WinXP and Win95/98. Currently I use ENVIRON("USERPROFILE")
but it fails in Win98.

I need to start a program (maybe ms access!) passing a *command line*
parameter (clp), then get a reference to its object model.
Using shell(), I can start the program with the clp, but shell()
returns a process handle, not a reference to the object model.

Normally I Google the web and usenet, and do a deep search at Planet
Source Code.  But these functions don't have VB declares anywhere, at
least in the scope of my searching.
The functions I need are ICSeqCompressFrameStart, ICSeqCompressFrame,

Came across some interesting code that allows you to use API function in
VB/VBA without declaring the functions:
Call API functions by Name, without Declare, v 2.0
Written by Arkadiy Olovyannikov

How can I use win32 api to change the address bar of internet explorer;
for example if i want to change the address bar from http://www.msn.cm/ to
http://www.yahoo.com/, how can I do that, is there any function like
sendmessage can handle this ?

I'm using VB5.
I'm attaching a thread to another.
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The guide says about the 'AttachThreadInput' API :

This isn't really a specific question about code, but more a question about
theory.
A Device Context contains things like a bitmap, a brush, a pen, and probably
some other things.  In order to draw things on a Device Context, it's a

I'm trying to work with ChangeServiceConfig api in VB6,
but I've got error 87 every time I call the API.
Is there a way to make this API to work ?
Thanks to your replies.

Have a problem with a popup commandbar in an Excel userform not popping up
on the right monitor
when there is a dual monitor setup. The Excel application will show on the
right monitor, but the

In order to display a series of jpeg files, I am using LoadPicture to stick
them into an image control.
Is there a better (faster or less resource intensive) way to do this?
The problem is that from time to time, the image control simply display a

I'm just playing with this property and after a bit of advice as I've
never used it before.  AIUI, if you create an mdi and then a menu which
has it's WindowList Property set to true, that menu will automatically
keep track of any child windows which are created within the mdi ...