VB Forum / Win API / September 2005

I am trying to download a file form a secure site.
I am told the header information contains some data I need to know
about the file.
hRequest = HttpOpenRequest _

can someone explain ( with code please ) the using of the GetWindow
API ( User32.dll ) to retrieve the handles of all the Desktop windows?
thanks,
José Carlos Ferreira

Can anyone give me some general advise. Not done much with VB6 API or
GDI work before.
I'm using a 3rd Party SDK to convert chemical data into bitmaps
(structure diagrams).  I've attached the code below.

I wrote an app in VB6 and ADO that opens an Access DB. The app works
fine when I run it regularly from the shell, e.g. when I simply
double-click it in Windows Explorer. However, if I try to call it on
the same PC but from within another VB app, no matter which DB I try to

My VB6 MDI app has the classic "Window" menu with WindowList property checked.
When 3 or more children forms are opened, if I minimize some of them, the Window
menu loses some items from its list of open windows.
As the user interface of each child form is rather complex ...

I'm looking for some guidance as to how to implement column freezing.
I'm using a very nice (free) control from vbAccelerator.com called sGrid 2.0
which comes with all of the vb source code.
This control has worked brilliantly for all my needs, however one thing it

Does anybody know what message I should receive when a user presses Win+D or
Win+M keys?
(I have written an app Always-On-Top/NoTaskbar icon that does not react to
them)

how to hook api in Visual Basic
Thanks for any link or source code
Petr Dvoøák (I am Czech)

  I have to doubts:
  1.- How could I know if a network drive already exist?
  and
  2.- How can I create a network drive?

Hello, and of course sorry for my bad english (Italian Programmer)
I've got an already done project which i've to upgrade. It's a TimeCode
reader written in VB6 that reads time-code from broadcast devices...
I need to upgrade letting him to read time-code from the fire-wire.... Dx9 ...

I am fresher what kind of questions are asked during .NET Interviews
how should i prepare myself.I have just completed my course from my
NIIT and looking forward for real job.
I am doing the following stuff

Hello, and of course sorry for my bad english (Italian Programmer)
I've got an already done project which i've to upgrade. It's a TimeCode
reader written in VB6 that reads time-code from broadcast devices...
I need to upgrade letting him to read time-code from the fire-wire.... Dx9

HI again
I got SrtetchBlt work on PictureBox, but it does not work with Printer
object!?
Any ideas?

Hello,
there is a Microsoft Article with Article ID: 330338 concerning the
following problem
refering to service pack 1:

I can't get StrethBlt API to work correctly
a) I Have Form, PictureBox and Command Button on it
b) I LoadPicture into PictureBox
c) Click on Command Button and wanna "stretch" this picture to format