VB Forum / Win API / November 2005

Hi Gang,
            I do not have access to Spy++.  But I need to get the
handle on a control of a separate application.  How can I do this with
an XP operating system using VB6.0?  I know there's some brainiac out

I have the following code. Even if the printer is priting the
Printer.PrinterStatus returns 3 which corresponds to IDLE status of the
printer
Private Sub btnPrinter_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

I added some images to my menu and that works pretty well. The images were
added to the menu bar. Unfortunately the image background is not
transparent. I made the images with the paint program. I had opaque
unchecked, so that part is supposed to be transparent. When I view with an

I am seeking a way to capture the output from a DOS console session that is
generated from a remote computer. The response from the remote computer comes
back after I have issue a command to it. I am wondering whether the
ReadConsoleOutput method is suited for this purpose and ...

Greetings all,
Has anyone made an attempt to implement and RegRestoreKey Function for
Windows 9X in VB?
Microsoft Technet Article #175329 aka Q175329 describes the process in C

I need to Storage of tifs.
I need to joins these tifs to one tif, accoding to some data on it.
Is there a way to do this on code?
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i want to get the username of all processes currently running under
WindowsXP. But my programm runs under a normal User-Account (no Admin).
I tried:
- OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION,...

What should I have to do? Or is there any technique to draw line faster.
I have test with 100000 Line with GDI function (MoveToEX , LineTo  and
Polyline)
It is slow than AutoCAD.

I hope someone can help me out here as I am completely out of my league
(mathmaticaly) on this one.  Here is the situation;  I have two polylines.
One is simply a circle the other is a somewhat curvy line.  The latter (the
curvy line) moves through the viewport from right to left ...

When I call the API function GetComputerName (see code)
Public Function GetComputerName() As String
 On Error Resume Next
 Const MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH As Long = 31

I am working on an industrial application written in VB 6.0 running on
Windows 2000, that will use a USB "mini-drive" to store backup data directly
from the application.
The PC does not have a connected keyboard or mouse (only the touchscreen).

   Is there a way to do it???
  Some kind of trick or something to show it?
  Hope you could help me!!!!

I posted some time ago about a problem I was having with an executeable
which was calling API routines declared in a type library.  On my two
development machines, the executeable was fine; but when installed on
another machine, the EXE wouldn't even start running my Sub Main ...

  I have to develop a small application using .Net and SQL Server.  It has
to maintain customer reocrds and then be used to send Fax to customer.
  The application will maintain customers' records.  Then user will select
customer records stored (to obtain the Fax no) and then ...

   I want to control an application (3rd party program that runs a machine)
by using a program I am developing in VB. The purpose of my program is to
automate some processes that the application doesn't do. What I want to do
is the following: