VB Forum / Win API / May 2006

Does anybody have a working example of sending an Identify (0xEC)
command to a hard disk in Win XP?
I have found information and examples on the web but they all appear to
be in VC or Delphi.

I'm experiencing an interesting error.
I've written a VB Component that uses the LogonUser, LoadUserProfile and
ImpersonateLoggedOnUser method to Impersonate a local user and it works fine
as long a the user is added to the Administrators Group on the Machine.

I'm working on Unicode Controls for VB6. & able to create Label
control, Command Control. Though, I'm also able to create text Textbox
control; but it can only gets Unicode keystrokes via Sendkeys not with
Keybd_Event.

I guess my question may be more a vb general question than winapi, but
as the activity on the vb.general list seems rather low, I'm taking my
chance and asking here:
I recently found an article on 'Creating a Windows DLL with Visual Basic'

Thanks in advance.

Is it possible to (using VB 6) list servers ONLY?
I know workstations also broadcast as servers - but I need to get a list of
servers connected to my LAN for programmatic reasons. (Time sync, actually).
So, how do Win2k servers, Win2k3 servers identify to the network that they

Hi, what i want to do it simulate a right-click on a specified
SysTreeView32 node and then choose an option from the pop-up menu in
vb6.
I can already get the handle of the SysTreeView32 so that isn't an

I'm building an Add-In for Microsoft Project 2000, and I've been trying
to get my Add-In's forms to display as modal dialogs owned by the main
Project window.  The code below mostly works - it shows the form,
disables the main Project window, and sets the form as owned by the

The printer object has a property PrintQuality, the help says "The effect of
the properties of the Printer object depends on the driver supplied by the
printer manufacturer" and "For more information, see the manufacturer's
documentation for the specific driver."

A handle created by CreateFile is suppose dto be closed with CloseHandle,
and a handle created by FindFirstFile/FindNextFile is suppose dto be closed
by FindClose. Is the following allowed?
     Code:

I am using CreateProcess to run a short script from my vb application.  I am
using CreateProcess instead of Shell() to get a handle for when the script is
complete.  Is there a way to use the startupinfo which is part of
CreateProcess to tell my script to run minimized or hidden?

Hey Everyone,
Using the following in VB, one can launch a screensaver in a window on a
form:
Shell "sspipes.scr /p " & CStr(Picture1.hWnd)

Please tell me I'm wrong but I can't figure out how to OLEDragDrop into a
DirListBox so that I can move directories around using it.  I can OLEDrag
OUT from the DirListBox into Windows Explorer - no problem, but how can I do
the reverse?  The problem is the OLEDragOver and ...

I'm having problems with dial up networking using the InternetDial API call:
1. The dial progress dialog is always displayed, despite the fact that the
DUN connection has "display progress while connecting"unchecked.
2. When the remote side does not answer, it will spend forever ...

I'm using the folllowing to draw a correct arc, but I need cordinates of the
endpoint of the arc
to use with ExtFloodFill any ideas ?
           MoveToEx .hDC, kx, ky, Pt