VB Forum / Win API / April 2006

I need to check on a host server(http) if any update is available to
discharge.
No INET control and no external component if is possible.
Thanks

The Windows NT Service ActiveX DLL allows developers to quickly and easily
write Windows services in Visual Basic.
 You can implement a ActiveX events to receive Service Manager Start, Stop,
Pause and Continue events.

It seems like it should be a simple question, but
for the life of me, I can't figure out how to do this (elegantly).
Any ideas ?
Thanks in advance !

Does anybody know how to place a program on windows taskbar like modern
windows media player or office language bar? Note that I'm not telling
about placing icons on system tray...
Have anybody tried this? Or, M$ is the only one who is showing this

Does anybody know how to draw points in VB , when their coordinates are
in degree, e.g point A is (86.34,43.34) , i figured drawline won't do
the job, so what can i do?

           I finally achieved tiling four images together in a picture
control using some API calls from Rod Stephens book. Everything works except
the saving the tiled picture into a file. Could you please tell me what I am
doing wrong? It seems very simple but it doesn't work. ...

I use FindFirstFile() API to determine whether a certain folder exists.
sFolder="C:"
hFile = FindFirstFile(sFolder, WFD)
FolderExists = (hFile <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) And _

I create a Progressbar by using the following code:
Public Const PROGRESS_CLASS As String = "msctls_progress32"
 lnghWnd = CreateWindowEX(0, PROGRESS_CLASS , "", WS_VISIBLE _
                         Or WS_CHILD, 0, 0, 0, 0, Me.hWnd, _

I have a form with a command button and want the caption of this button to
be unicode.
I found this:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/ng/microsoft.public.vb.controls/post252068.asp

Hi, All
I have a question ;
How can i view image file with ".tif" extension,
I am using picture box or image control.

Hello - I have drawn a polygon in a picure box using line method and another
using the api. I would like to export the drawing to Coreldraw or at least
save it in a file format that could be opened with Corel.
Any ideas on a good way to go about this???

In a previous thread (BMP saving now working, BTW, Mike - thanks!) it
was mentioned that my code unsurprisingly included resource leaks.  Now
the program is working reasonably well, I'd like to eliminate these.
I've had a quick look through the code, and the major GDI calls are as

Hi, I 'm drawing lines to a windows form, using the basic drawline ,
(no picture box) ,but the problem is that whenever I minimize the
window and put it back again, the lines drawn  disappear, can anyone
tell me how to keep it there

Hello !!!
I need download he version 1.2 of WMI.
In Microsoft site only get the 1.1 version.
I need install in W98 and obtain the serial number of hard disk.

I need my application to load .bmp texture files from a game, and then load
my own custom textures (also .bmp files) displaying both in separate
windows. I think this is not a problem.
The user will then manipulate combinations of one superimposed on the other,