VB Forum / Win API / August 2006

hi  can i have a code like this
Dim mytimer  As Timer
Public Sub Main()
         mytimer .Interval = 10

I'm using the MessageBox& (MessageBoxA) API function to display a
prompt with the wType& set to vbYesNo + vbExclamation.
When this pops up, it defaults to the "Yes" button - is there an easy
way to have it default to "No" ?

A week ago I asked for a way to put a sign beside
an item menu that has submenu items
in fact,
if an item has submenu items, that item looses its   .Checked  property

A week or so back I asked about system power.  Many thanx to J French for
the code.
Is there a function that allows you to set current screen saver, screen
saver delay, etc?  What I need to do is turn it off during certain periods

How can i run an exe in silent mode; that is without the confirmation
boxes popping up. For example i want to run
vbrun60sp5.Exe
from a code within my application.Hoe can i do that without bringing up

I have a user control in which I create a control from comctl32.ocx. The control
functions as expected in the IDE and compiled. However, when I include a
manifest file with the host app to apply xp themes, the app crashes on exit "The
instruction at "0x773f26fb" referenced memory at ...

I create a Runtime Modal popup Menù, and i need to associate an Icon
to each Items...!
Private Sub mButton_Click()
   Dim Pt        As POINTAPI

I'm using a webbrowser in VB6 to download pdf files from a website. I
build the URLs dynamically and when I navigate to a url the server
allows me to download a pdf file. I want to automate the process so I
watch for the "File Download" window then get the hWnd of the "Save"

hi  can i have a code like this
Dim mytimer  As Timer
Public Sub Main()
         mytimer .Interval = 10

Hi Friends,
Me again, is there any simple way to create an Icon on desktop WITHOUT
USING WSH,(Windows Scripting Host) from a VB6 Application? Please Help.
Thank you.

Hie ,
I need an API that would be able to append an textfile on a server(my
own server)... .??
Gideon

Hie,
ok i've look around here.. i found QUITE A FEW posts.. on this
subject.. also i've been looking  elsewhere for examples too....
This is the BEST i could find.. its from www.allapi.net .. THE PROBLEM

I have looked into a lot of documentation and tutorials on how to use
VB Resource Editor. But all of them explain loading of
icons, gif files, jpg files in detail and conveniently just say
text/string files

How to create irregular shapes of forms in visual studio 2005/vb? I can
do it in c++ but i don't know how can create this in visual
basic.Please help me, i'm a beginner

I'm trying to pull the text from a frame on a web page.  At first I
thought it would be possible to do something like
...frame(x).body.innerhtml but i got an "access denied" error on the
frame I want - the other frames are fine of course :-(   If I do a copy