VB Forum / Win API / March 2005

I need to get and set the date and time stamp of directories (for backup
and compare usage).
With the 'SetFileTime' API I can only set the stamps for files.
Is there a way to get the Handle of a folder w/o the need to use the

i need mute the line in. how can I do this?
thanks.

I'am looking for an example that uses a ListView control (Icon view) as a
thumbnail-viewer.
I'am developing an application that needs a thumbnail-viewer for a huge
amount off images.

We have subclassed a form to keep track of its focus. It looks like the
dpicker control opens its own form which causes our form to 'loose focus'.
Any suggestions how to get around this issue.

Hi, I need help.
I have a class module Clase 1. The property instance is GlobalMultiUse.
In this clase, I have code in the method initialize, and initialize the
variables in muy class.

Does anybody know anything about the Microsoft Shell Controls and
Automation?

I'm developing a program that has to access a memory mapped file that has
been created using API functions in another program that is running as a
service (using XYNTservice tool)under Windows 2000 server. When I try to
access the file it gives an 'access denied' error.

Given an hWnd, can I trace it back to the EXE program to which it is
asociated? For example, given a handle to a Word document window can I trace
this back to WinWord.EXE?
Thanks for your help.

I see Windows XP have this very nice feature, programmable power button.
I've set it to shut down whenever the power button is pressed.
I would like to know if it's possible to write a small application (and what
API do I use) and install it in Windows 98 and make power button

I need to read info from the serial port in a program I am writting in Visual
Basic.  From what I have seen it looks like I have to use the CreateFile
function to open a stream to the serial port.  However I cannot find the
CreateFile function.  I am not sure how to access the ...

Good day VB experts and seniors,
I have an VB6 application (installed in Wins2K Professional) that will need
to obtain system datetime from remote PC running Wins98. I have no idea how
could I achieve this in VB. Please provide me any idea. Thanks a lot

I want to display Browse for folder dialog with the initial path set
(initial folder from which the browsing starts). I have some code that works
fine with the local path. But I does not with the network path (to be exact,
it works only with the mapped drives). I want to access a ...

Any idea how to make a combobox case - sensitive in VB.
Let us assume i have a range object in Excel with 2 strings which are
the same but the case is different. Eg: ABC  and abc.
Now i set the row source of the combo to this range object.

I am tring to attached a Serial Port to a StreamReader so I can read the info
being sent through the serial port.  This is for an application I am building
in Visual Basic.  I have tried a number of things but I cannot find the right
functions to open the port.  Can anyone help ...