VB Forum / Win API / April 2005

I'm looking for a way to set the printing preferences; not the printer
settings like collate and copies but the preferences such as watermarks and
sheets-per-page that are unique to the printer.  So far all I've been able
to do is change settings and open dialog boxes.  Is there ...

using this api to copy directories crashes on win2003 server.
Works fine on my Xp pro. no msg on crash, entry in event log says
'faulting module kernel32.dll'
code:

what function do i use to return the coordinates of any object on a window to
which
i can position on with the cursor. also to return the dimensions of the
object such as an picture, etc.

Hi to all,
I've discovered a strange behaviour using UDP connection in MultiCast mode
with my applications.
I don't know if I'm missing something but I can't see the right way!

I have an application call another application in VB6. The called
Application uses a WinAPI for a Save Dialog. If you then pick on the Desktop
Icon in the Save Dialog ...you get the default user desktop instead of the
users. It only happens if an applications calls the App with ...

lonStatus = StretchBlt&(picDest.hdc, 0, 0, 125, 125, picSource.hdc, lonSrcX,  
                   lonSrcY, lonNscrwidth, lonNscrhight, lonRasterOp)
the above function moves a picture image from one picture box to another
very nicely within one process. my question is how do i ...

My app currently extracts bitmaps that are defined in  static classes within
a large dialog box in another process on the desktop without a problem.  
This dialog also
displays other images that are identified as the same class as the larger

I am trying to convert a bunch of different format files (.jpg/.pdf/.doc) to
.pcl (print-to-file) in a batch procedure. I've used shellexecute to open
the files (with an associated application) and then send them to a printer
that is set up to print to a particular file name ...

I just visited
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winprog/winprog
/windows_api_reference.asp.,
naively expecting it would have up to date API documentation.
1. I did not find TabCtrl_SetCurSel isted in the alphabetical reference.

Does an API exist that would allow data to be read directly from a
microphone and data sent directly to the speaker? The purpose for this
is to stream voice over a LAN to a voice modem without writing to a
file first. Would DirectSound accomplish this?

I try to use SetProp function with an atom in lpString.
I can't figure out what is hData in this case.
Declare Function SetProp _
   Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SetPropA" _

I`ve written an application in VB6 that uses the
NetUserChangePassword() api call to change account passwords on
remote servers. All works happily enough but I`ve found the
following inconsistency that I`m hoping someone may be able to

  If someone has a bit of free time and they may go through the
following thread on comp.lang.basic.visual.misc and give some feedback.
I agree shifting through that many posts might be somewhat tedious
task. I hope someone here just has that much of enthu for it. How about

The help for keybd_event in the October 2001 MSDN library states the bScan
(hardware scan code) is not used.
However Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win 32 API
states on page 299: "The keybd event function also requires the hardware

I know that this group is about VB, but I can't find any group about winapi
only (or C winapi).
I use GetDiskFreeSpaceEx function to retrieve the info about disk space.
I have problem with TotalNumberOfBytes argument, because for larger