VB Forum / Win API / March 2006

I wrote an application which captures image data from a USB camera. The
problem is when I try to shutdown the computer from my application: it just
doesn't work, it reboots te machine instead. I note that when I disable the
camera, shutdown works. My question is: is there any way ...

Is there an API available for the Task Scheduler?
What can I do to check the status of a schedule task with a known name? I
want to write VB codes to act differently, depending on whether a certain
schedule task is running or not. Although I know how often that task is run,

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I am using GetFontUnicodeRanges() funtion to dump out the supported unicode
points for a certain fonts. The WCRANGE and GLYPHSET are decared as:
Public Type typWCRANGE
 iLow As Integer

how to create a button or control of different
shapes

I'd like to run an ftp session in a dos console window from a vb module.
Is this possible? I found several examples of how to open a console
window on planet source code, but I couldn't figure out how to get the
ftp program to run from there.

does windows has any API can do that
convert byte array into string in VB6?
dim b(5) as byte
dim b2() as byte

My OpenGL application uses double buffering with a command like:
SwapBuffers (frm.hDC)               ' Swap Buffers (Double Buffering)
The application has worked fine with most graphic cards until I introduced
animation.

Can someone tell me how I would set the foreground and background color of a
specific panel in a statusbar? I know (or am pretty sure) I would have to use
SendMessage, but not sure how to do it and how to identify the specific
panel.

I would like to add a pop-up menu to a custom toolbar button for IE
(like the Mail button). I know this can be done, but I'm not sure where
to start. Can you give me a hand?
Thanks and regards,

is there a Command Line for closing all windows

I am using GetFontUnicodeRanges() function in VB. This function needs to get
the size of a structure first, then allocate memory for this structure, and
call that function again to get needed information. Following is the
equivalent in C++

Hi, there,
Any one has the example code for using GetFontUnicodeRanges in VB or vba? Or
where I can find such information on website?
I don't know how to declare GLYPHSET. Although I put null in the function,

Hi VB Gurus,
I have an app need to call c dll function that requires pointer to a c
struct.
The struct contains 2 members: one long and the other is *byte (pointer to a

Ive been browsing the WINAPI descriptions, but can't seem to find where the
S.M.A.R.T attributes can be read.
I'm trying to read the current Temperature from a S.M.A.R.T. enabled HDD,
and i would like to do this in VB.NET.