VB Forum / Win API / September 2005

I used the API call SetWindowRgn to cut holes in a form. But when I use
this call, I lose the skins and visual styles on the windows.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thank you.

how can convert PDF document to TIF ?
when i send fax using windwos XP, it will automatically
convert my PDF to TIF before sending.
because of this, PDF windows will open up.. looks kindna wired..

  Im trying to make a checkbox transparent, but I dont know how, do you can
help me???
  But it had to be without the use of MaskColor property!!!!
  tnx a lot!!!

I would like to use the ActiveX control "common dialog box" to select
multiple files for my program. But normally I can select single file at a
time. Can I select multiple files? If yes, how?
Thank you in advance.

I'm using VB6 and WinXP Home SP2. I wrote a DLL that uses
SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CALLWNDPROC,....). I wrote it using source code
available in many places on the web, and they all do it more or less in
the same way, so I thought it wouldn't be a problem. I used it to

I am working with Ms-Access VBA (2003).  How can I identify the
time-zone(region) used by the PC?  Or, how can I convert the PC's time [i.e:
now()] to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)?
Thank you,

I have been using the code listed in  
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm to get the file path and file
name.  Now I would like to have the FileDialog box open in "Preview" view.  
It currently opens in "List" view.  I would like to look at a jpeg before I

Does anyone know of a way to enumerate printers in a network ?
Thanks in advance,
Jj

I have recently replaced code using the Internet Transfer control with code
which directly uses the WinInet.dll API.  My compiled EXE works fine on my
Win2000 SP4, Internet Explorer 6 machine.  However, after installing this on
a machine with Win2000 SP4 Internet Explorer 5, the ...

Need some help jogging my memory.
A while back, I used a utility that monitored  the function calls when running an
application.
the output looks like this:

I'm looking for a way to do the following:
1. Get the current keyboard input language (I need the value, not the 'Name
of the language')
2. Set the keyboard input language.

I was wondering if anyon knew of a windows api wrapper that can be used with
vb6?

I need to copy an image drawn on a form via paintpicture, line, print, etc
methods to another form's picture object. It's not good enough to use
FormDestination.PaintPicture as this simply paints the picture to the form's
client area. I need to get it to the form's picture object ...

does anybody have experience with TAPI Programming
in VB6 w/o any special OCX´s.
I just want to use the API routines of tapi32.dll
and would like to have some sample code.

I have a question about resizing photos.
I'd like to show photos (jpg files) from a digital fotocamera in my
application.
So i need some routine to resize the photos (They've not always the same