VB Forum / Win API / April 2006

i want to implement feature of online update in my application. the
source file may\may not  be on FTP server.
my idea is to compare "time" of database updation from two files, one
is a file on local machine the other will reside on server. if the

In VB.Net (VS2005), I'm trying to find information about another
application's window. I gather I need to use API calls to do this. Somehow I
cannot get these to work so perhaps I am missing some obvious point either
in WinAPI or VB.Net. Below there's a simple example where I try ...

How can I determine if the system is showing file extensions?
TIA,
Andy.

I'm trying to get a path to the current users Recycle bin.
I've been going round and round on this and heres where I'm at
I tried getting the recycle bin path using the SHGetPathFromIDList
API function only to find that the recyclebin is a virtual folder

How do you get the computer name from the IP address?
I'm trying to get the name of remote computers based on IP addresses.

Hi,
I would like to play 2 or more video files at the same time in a form.
I use the mciSendString of the MCI api with 2 different alias, but i've got
some troubles.

does anyone have any suggestion, link, idea on how to draw round text (text
in the shape of a circle)?
TIA,
A.

I have created a deskband, which appears on the taskbar(like Quick Launch
bar, language bar eyc). I would like to be able to
enable and disable it through an application(not from the context menu
appearing on the taskbar).

I found out how to get a list of all users of a domain, but additionally I
need to get a list of all users who are logged in to this domain. Does
somebody know a possibility? Thank You very much.
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Hi to all,
I'm a situation where I drew points in a windows form, just using the
basic drawline in VB, and it actually drew them inside the window. What
I got as an output is just a point while it was supposed to be a map,

If I have a bunch of points to draw inside a window, does the
drawline() function do the job if I put it inside of a while loop
(reading coordinates from a file?
thanks

I am using the following API:
Public Declare Function GetCurrencyFormat Lib "kernel32" Alias
"GetCurrencyFormatA" _
                   (ByVal Locale As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, _

Hi *.*
I want to add a custom calendar to the Win XP Date, by now XP supports
Gregorian Calendar and Hijri,  Is there any way to override some functions
in Kernel32 or where the system Date comes from there so that Windows uses

I have to draw a very small number (5...20) of graphical 2D objects
(rectangles, circles, polygons) moving 'realtime' quick and soft across the
drawing area, using VB5 or VB6. I tried it using line and circle methods in
a picturebox, but this was a little bit slow and not smooth ...

I am able to use a system hook to trap keyboard events.  I would like
to intercept certain keypress events and prevent them from getting to
the Operating System.  I was hoping to change the lparam to a null
value or something similar before I used the copymem back in the hook