VB Forum / Win API / June 2005

Okay, hopefully, this will be my last word on this.
I've spent about an hour looking into writing a system-wide hook using only
Visual Basic. In addition, I have researched this and spent many hours in
the past. For those who are interested, here's what I've concluded.

Why does InternetFindNextFile fail to find all existing files and
directories, and when it fails (returns 0) both InternetGetLastResponseInfo
and GetLastError return 0? In addition, when I look at the contents of the
cFilename property of the WIN32_FIND_DATA structure, without ...

Is there a way to search the text in a window once you have its handle and
are able to identify it as the sort of window you might want to search?
Perhaps I should elaborate, the project is required to search pre defined
apps (Notepad, Internet Explorer, Ms Office) for ...

Is there a way to kill unused threads?
The case of interest is the following:
1. Make sure PowerPoint, call this PPT, is not running.
2. Create a NEW instance of PPT from within VB 6. This instance is not

How can I bring to front an other application from my VB application? In
particular, the other application can have multiple instances opened (for
example, three different Notepad)
Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to make an app that will copy and rename a file that has
permissions set preventing the user from modifying it directly.
I use SHFileOperation for copying and renaming. The application works
OK on files with no permissions set.

I have a routine in a c++ dll which uses the APIs: DrawShadowText and
DrawText. I'm having a little trouble with how to pass the text string from
VB. DrawShadowText requires the string to be passed as a pointer, where as
DrawText can have the text passed as a string. The only ...

I want to get the free disc space on a networked drive
GetDiskSpace(ByVal lpRootPathName As String, . . . . .
This works fine if I map the shared directory to a drive name
e.g.  Map M:\ to \\DownStairs\AnnaCC

Hi,  I'm wondering if anyone has sample code on how to detect what is
running on a PC, eg. the same as Task Manager on Windows.  What I would like
to achieve is to get a list of running Applications and then
cycle/switch/rotate between them.  If anyone is able to assist, it would be

I wonder if this is even possible: I'd like to be able to capture the entire
client area of a VB form and save it to a GIF file programmatically.  Using
Alt-Printscreen or any type of copying to the clipboard (using Windows API)
doesn't work for me because not all of the form is ...

I'd like to set up a simple vb program to run on the server. The program will
run an access report once at a specific time every day. I understand the
program launch part of the equation, but wondering about the timer part.
Looking for recommendations on timer settings. Also, do ...

Is there a way to modify the name of a registry key?
Ex: from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Company\Software_ver_1
to

I've developed an application in vb 6.0, which logs some events into
windows event log. My application does not have any GUI like forms
instead the user can run it from command line with some parameters.
(command line arguments)

I have been looking for a method using API preferably to change the
"Hide all known file extensions" setting inside: Folder Options > View
I understand that this requires some registry manipulation, but I don't
have the knowledge to get it done.

Need some information about the possibilities to create a VB6 application to
manage a camcorder. (start, stop, capture)
Regards,
Robert