VB Forum / Win API / May 2005

I want to notify the user that an event has occurred (data is ready) on a
particular form, but I don't want to show the form since the user might be
working elsewhere in the application. The form is represented by a button on
the Windows Taskbar. I'd like to flash that button to ...

I used tapiRequestMakeCall to dial on the phone line.
That runs quite well, and is very handy.
Unfortunately, there is a default with that : the call is not loggged.
I have to precise that I have two versions of Windows Dialer installed

What does it mean?
I have an api (my own) in a c++ dll. It gets the file description by passing
just a process ID. All works well in an app I wrote it for, and in a small
demo project consisting just that api call.

I make my vb app as a service,by use the control ntsvc.ocx,but the service  
app
is running after the windows was loaded ,I want to pause my service app  
until

Can any one tell me how to get the regional setting to an application?
I am basically interested in data , number , currency and seperators?
Sample code is very much a help
Thanks in advance

I'm using the function ENCRYPT in another company's DLL (Encryptdll.dll) in
VB 6 and have successfully gained the address of the function with the
following code: -
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I need a way to detect that the mouse has moved off a particular control.  I
can't use MouseOver on the adjacent controls, because (1) they might not
provide a MouseOver event (e.g. ScrollBars) and (2) my app. uses a lot of
Modeless forms, so if the user has positioned one to ...

I've a checkbox on a form with style set to graphical. I've an image on the
form with a icon in it
Why doesn't the following code put the image onto the checkbox? Thanks
Simon

I was reading through the MSDN trying to determine whether or not the
CreateProcess function can be used to call DLL functions. Specifically, I
want to use CreateProcess to call UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices. It
isn't clear to me from reading through the MSDN, nor from ...

Using a getfile.ShowOpen common dialog:
1.  Is there a common string I can use for getfile.InitDir that will open the desktop in both 9x and
2K / XP
I know that: C:Windows\Desktop  will do it in 9x, and  %UserProfile%\Desktop  will do it in 2K / XP.

I have many avi/wmv files and I want to create a thumbnail preview of all
these files.
Is there a fast way to get the first frame of avi/wmv and load it as a
bitmap image?

I need some help on how to detect a previous instance.
My need is this:
Clicking an icon (shortcut or exe), starts the app. If you click the icon
again, the first instance recieves focus and the second instance closes.

I've come across a strange problem that i've been trying to crack for
almost two weeks, any help is greatly appreciated.
The problem involves CryptGetUserKey() which works on one machine and
fails on another.  Both PCs have identical setups (config running XP)

What parameters do I need to pass to the API to open a help topic from a VB6
app where it is displayed without toolbar and navigation pane (basically
just the topic window).
Thanks,

I use Windows API's GetProfileString, WriteProfileString and SendMessage to
set a specific printer  a PC's default printer in VB6 code.
The following calls are used for Windows 2000 PC
(1)GetProfileString("PrinterPorts", TheSpecificPrinterDeviceName, "",