VB Forum / Win API / July 2006

Is there a WINAPI function to retrive a handle to serial port (say COM4)
which was open but not closed by another application?  (so that I can close
it)

Can anyone explain how to SET the ShortDatePattern within Regional Settings
please?
I'm using the following code (purely to test), but getting a ReadOnly error,
yet several examples I've seen seem to indicate it's the correct way of

I have the following problem with the paging file on Win 2000 workstations
(256 MB / SP3 / Single physical disk) running our custom user interface app
(VB6) and SQL Server.  During periods of user inactivity Windows pages out
memory and, when the user starts using the app again, ...

I'm looking for the fastest way to find the absolute path to an
executable. I know that this program will be installed, but not where it
will be installed - someone might install it in a non-default folder.
I know there's a pretty fast API approach to search that can find the

I wrote a wrapper script to call xcalcs.vbs to change permissions, and it
works...most of the time.  This script is called many, many times, making
permission changes.  Ocassionally, it will mess up and not finish setting
permissions on a certain directory, thus locking us out of ...

Hi,  i created a C# Web Service that uses a class(this class references a
SpeechLib ) to commit recognition but apparently those events never get
fired.  
i was reading about this problem and  i found that> "It is unfortunate that

Specifically, my problem is that none of my open programs appear on the
taskbar.  In order to navigate between programs, I'm forced to use
alt-tab.  I don't mind the clean look, honestly, but it's a bit
aggravating and I was wondering if anyone knew how to fix this.  I've

I'm trying to call DSM_Entry() in TWAIN_32.DLL
Does anyone have any VB examples of doing this (with structures) I cant seem
to find one on the web
The language I'm using isn't actually VB but I feel a VB example would be

        As per my knowledge dialogic card is a h/w and IVRS
(Interactive Voice Response system) that run on that h/w.am I right?I
want that dll code so i can try to make same thing using VB 6.0.Plz
Soon reply me And give me direction about this.

Where can I get Usbhid_lib.lib or Usbhid_lib.dll file ?

Hello,how i know the font directory and the desktop directory with an api ??
Thanks i advance.

I'd like to use shellexecute to open a specific file in its default
program in VB6, then wait until the shelled application is terminated.
Is this possible? So far I haven't been to get a successful approach.
TIA,

I'm developing an application that acts as a workspace for dynamically
loaded ActiveX dll's. Each dll is specifically desgined so it exposes
it's menu items, its related functions and config functions. Although I
can get a handle to a control exposed by the dll, I need to pass it to

I have a form containing a PictureBox on which I draw a lot of lines
and shapes which form a schematic. I am redrawing the schematic during
the MouseMove event. However, this takes a little while, and I think
additional MouseMove events are being generated during my event

I'm trying to create a file in VB 6.0 using the CreateFile API call, but,  
where EVERYTHING advises me to use 0 or Null for the SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES  
structure, VB always flags this as a ByRef argument type mismatch because  
it's not a SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES object.