VB Forum / Win API / July 2005

Why does the bitmap fail to load please?
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Option Explicit
Const LR_LOADFROMFILE = &H10

How do I programmatically get the list of documents about to be printed or
still printing in my local printer?
I am writing a program that needs to know whether the document that I
printed (shell to another application) has been printed out already.

I'm working on a project to print UPS Thermal Labels from the web.  I
can get the files, save them locally, and *almost* print them.  I've
found all the code samples that have:
Call OpenPrinter(PrnName, hPrn, ByVal 0&)

Does any one know how can all setting of a web be set from VB without user
intervention? I supose that it may be possible through the AviCap DLL but I
couldn´t find how yet.
TIA

I want to format RTF text to a given width and put it with other 'print'
stuff (like additional text, drawings, and bitmaps) onto a picture box.
While I could do formating by importing the text into a RTF box I don't know
if there is a way to get out the text in formated width.

I'm planning to use a call to DeviceIoControl Api so i can retrieve some
information about a hard drive in WinXP...
Do you know any problems that might ocurr in Win9x systems ?
Thanks,

I'm having difficulties to get a capture mechanism using BitBlt to work
properly when the color depth is at 8 bits.
The capture mechanism is part of an application, and I capture a specific
window within the application. Said app is able to cope with 8 bits color

Here we use Win2k.
For connecting to our local intranet I use:
Domain  : de
Username: mml3ba

VB6, XP
I need to use 32-bit values in a vertical scroll.
I have looked and tried the tips given in MS Help. (SetScrollPos,
GetScrollPos, etc)

I need to implement an idle period timeout in my VB6 multi form application.
The casual approach to this implementation does not appeal to me.
I'd need to maintain a global timer.Not really a big deal, I could have this
running on a hidden form. What's more of an issue would be ...

does anyone know how to use the API call MiniDumpWriteDump from VB6? A
sample would be great. I've fiddled around for hours now, and got only error
codes and exceptions so far.
Thanks

  How do I display text like "Small Caps" in Word. Is there a fixed ratio
between the first character and second character of a word, or does the
ratio depend upon Font definition's ascenders and descenders.
Thanks

I am using a webbrowser control (or IE autmoation) from VB6 to download
text from web pages. I would like to speed up the process by removing
image content from the pages the browser downloads, all of the
information I need is in the innerHTML or innerTEXT of the page, so if I

We have a client who wants to interface to our C and C++ software. We
provide an interface wherein we return a pointer to a handle. (The
handle is actually a void* itself.) How can the VB programmer call a
function in the DLL which looks like the following:

Just getting used to API fonts routines. In calculating the desired lfHeight
of the LOGFONT, why do all examples use MulDiv
e.g.
Dim lf as LOGFONT