VB Forum / Win API / September 2005

Hi, I need to implement a PrintDialog function in my project and need to
avoid using comdlg32.ocx OR other 3rd party components.
So far I've modified the CD_ShowPrinter function in the modCOMDLG.BAS by
Kevin Wilson found here http://www.thevbzone.com/modCOMDLG32.bas to fit my

I want to capture the actual image from a webcam (usb).
I do want to use the winapi and avoid external controls ocxs,....
I found how to capture the actual image as a preview, but this only works,
if the image is seen on screen. Of course I want to do calculations (montion

Hi Mates
Have you ever seen/heard or used babylon dictionary?
What OCR Techology they used and what OCR technology is suitable for making
a dictionary like that?

I want to be able to see what print shares exist on a remote print server.
I'm using VB .NET 2003.  Has anybody written code to do this using the
EnumPrinters API?  Does this call require admin rights?
I'm currently using the WMI to do it, but it requires admin rights.

How can i automate Fax in windows ?
i want my program to read our own customer contact information
and send out fax unattended.
pls help.

I am trying to get the system temp directory. In my system, the user's temp
dir is directed "my documents\temp" and in the system variables section, the
temp variable is "c:\windows\temp". I tried to use API GetTempPath to
retrieve the system variable ("c:\windows\temp"), however ...

Can I receive an individual header using wininet?

I'm trying to speed up a sort routine used on large text files by using
CopyMemory to copy or swap array elements. Never having used CopyMemory
before, I'm wondering whether it can be used to simply copy one string
to another, without doing a swap. If I understand the web page ...

I currently include common controls 2 just for the animation control, which
works real fine for me. But the whole ocx makes my setups slightly larger.
I need a simple avi player that players simple avi files such as filecopy,
filemove etc...

I am trying to create a process using Createprocess that will write to a
file rather than the screen.
E.g. Dir >C:\temp.txt
The following works but I want to be able to monitor when it has finished

How can i use bitblt to make my image brighter. Im using bitblt to copy the
image from my canon g5 digital camera to a picturebox control. Im using
canon's sdk to do this and using bitblt. is there a way i can increase the
brightness of my image while doing this transfer?

Res.All,
   Please guide me how I can determine (API) the port no. where modem/s are
installed.
Thanking you in advance,

Could you help me :
aaa: How to get the TEST.txt which is about 500MB ?
Dim C As String
--hFile = CreateFile("C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\TEST.txt",

I use ExtTextOut API to send text directly to Printer.hDC.
Sometimes the text is in Cyrillic fonts.
With one printer(strange printer,scanner, icebox "thing" ;o) ) cyrillic
fonts are not printed.

I've got a following problem, hope anyone can help:
I'm writing a Delphi application, which uses Novell NetDrive for mapping
the remote directories as Windows drives. Unfortunately, the drive
mapping can be executed explicitly only: the drive letter appears after