VB Forum / Win API / May 2005

I am researching a function which allow to modify suffix dns connection
network under win 98 and win XP.
I work under vb 6
Thank you in advance for your help

Need an urgent task , when my sql server is down , i need an alert (sms) to
be sent to my cell
Please help
Thanx in Advance

i have original complete bmp file. my problem is i obtain a nearly complete bmp
where a small part may be cut off and the file picture may be a little
larger, or smaller. How do i compare both files to determine if they are the
same bmp's.

When I look at the properties of a file manually I see the time last accessed
correctly. But when I try with a getfiletime api, or from within vb with the
fileobject
I do not obtain the time with any degree of real accuracy. Is this a problem

I am using 2 picture boxes and BitBlt to create transition effects.
Pic1 is displayed
Load pic2
BitBlt pic2 to pic1

I wan't to supply my ODBC login information with win username/password.
I found the code for getting the username (WNetGetUserA)
But how do I get the password? - is it possible at all?
Rgds, Henrik

I have problems of creating thread under VB. VB crush when the CreateThread
fucntion called. After correct the wrong declaration copied from the API
viewer from:
Private Declare Function CreateThread Lib "kernel32" (lpThreadAttributes As

I have 2 apps running simultaneously and sharing a file. Is there any way to
determine if one of the apps accessed the file ? An example would be nice.
Thanks

I wrote some utility programs invoked by hotkey. They exploit the clipboard
to add functionality to a Java IDE. The program does directory and file
scans within the Java workspace. The APIs used are FindFirstFile,
FindNextFile, and FindClose. If I want to delete the Java workspace, ...

in an activex-exe I am using GetClipboardFormatName to return a
textual representation of all clipboard formats currently
available (Looping with EnumClipboardFormats).
For some unknown reason the function only returns names for

One of the difficulties with using SendKeys is that playful/malicious users
can mess things up by sending extraneous keyboard/mouse clicks.
Does using SendMessage avoid this problems?
For example, in the URL below I am avoiding use of SendKeys in setting a VBA

can anyone provide a quick example using api's / code/ etc. that accesses the
IP header to obtain info about the message portion in the application layer
of another app in a separate process, then use this info to pick up the data
portion using vb6?  Specifically i want to obtain ...

MSFt has a web site that catalog DLLs and let's you know which version of
the DLL was included in particular products.
Is there a similar resource for API subs/functions?
I'd hate to release an exe or dll and find that the run-time systems to not

Hi
I need to know how to:
- find the current domain;
- find the current machine name;

I'm working on a screen recorder which records a certain area on the
screen based on its window handle.
An inherent problem with this, is when other windows or dialog boxes
pop up.  They are often placed "wherever" by Windows, often