VB Forum / Win API / August 2006

I am using VB6 and want to click a button in another running app.
I think I know that it can be done with sendmessage as in:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vb.winapi/browse_frm/thread/37aa
63292b064032/8a0ee378aebd7cec?lnk=st&q=&rnum=10&hl=en#8a0ee378aebd7cec
But I ...

1. I want to change the alpha value of fore color of a button at run
time to fade it.
2. I have a button and some text is assigned to it`s Text property.
3. I want to fade the color of this text OnMouseMove event.

I'm trying to read the Audit Policy settings on the local machine using VB6.  
Not all client machines will have .Net framework and the application can not
be installed.  It must simply run and gather data.  
I am tring to use the lsaQueryInformationPolicy api but I keep getting an ...

I'm about 3 seconds from going postal.  Here's the situation.  I'm using VB
6.0 (sp6)......I know I shouldn't be but let's just see past that....and I'm
trying to use CopyMemory and it's killing me.
I'm about 99.9% done with a client / server fantasty football draft program,

How can i create bitmap of a window form with all its child controls
without showing this form?
1. I am trying to create bitmap image of a window form.
2. I am creating a new instance of Form at runtime.

I'm using a VB6 webbrowser control to download a web page, then making
changes to the page while it's loaded in the webbrowser.
I can change or remove content in divs based on className or ID, and remove
unwanted images, but I'd like to insert an <h4>...</h4> at the top of the

I 'm a bit confused about the size of an array of byte use by getjob or
setjob.
For GetJob no problem, API return size needed BUT for SetJob I must pass an
array with good size. It's seems that API need extra space for storing string.

I'm trying to use The SetJob API so for testing purpose I call Getjob to
retreive a valid structure JOB_INFO_2 And then I call SetJob with the same
structure.
But result of SetJob is an Error 5 : ACCESS_DENIED. I don't understand

I am writing a little application that should allow the user to draw a lasso
anywhere on the screen, and then receive the screen coordinates of the
lasso.
To do this, I have a small form with a button. Once the user clicks the

I was of the impression that  SetFileTime coul be told to not change
particular times.
I tried doing this by changing the Declare to use As Any for each of the
parameters, and then passed NULL for those times I did not want to reset,

I've written a graphics utility that needs testing on a variety of platforms, and since there are so many heavyweights who visit this NG I'd thought I'd try here first.
This is a program for analysis of still images (JPG, BMP etc). It uses two "scopes" that mimic the actions of ...