VB Forum / Win API / November 2006

I've been working on an interprocess messaging system which is used by
VB to send messages to other VB apps. I designed a C++ DLL interface,
which takes care of the storing and transmission of messages to the
other processes. Everything  works great, except, i want to be able to

I am very new to Visual Basic, I experts help for a task,
I have following code in c++
typedef struct Sm_AgentApi_Attribute_s
{

I've scoured code sites and examples on how to implement a menu context
handler with an icon. off the bat i thought it would be an easy task but it
has been really hard to undersatnd alot of the examples as most lack
documenation. all i want to do is place a menu item when a user ...

Looking for a command line, batch file,  API or other way I  can
disable/enable internal pointing device on a Sony laptop. It can be done
through the Sony setup program a GUI for the BIOS settings, but requires
several clicks.

I'm desperately looking for a way to stop the standard vb listbox from
smooth scrolling.
My app allows the user to directly enter a number which will then be
searched for in the listbox, but after filling the listbox, when the

I want to print unicode text directly from fm20 textbox. which way it
will be appropriate? I am using TextOutW function but it is not
recognizing new line . can anyone help??
send directly on

I have a peer-to-peer chat application.
It listens to a specific port and displays all messages received on
that port.
The application works fine, but it fails if one host (listing to that

I would like to let the user select a file without including the common
dialog component. Is it possible to do it through the API and have it
will work on any version of Windows?

Can some one point me in the right direction.
I need a script that can go through each folder and sub-folder(s) on a given
drive.
Check the create date of every file on the drive.

I want my VB6 program to display some graphics at startup.
(Fade in of a large bmp, some moving objects etc.)
No problem with creating the graphics as such, but what is a good way to
initiate them?

Is there an API call to refresh an Explorer folder contents window?
Thanks,
Ed

Does anyone have any experience with EnumServicesStatusEx ?
I seem to be getting services returned, but I don't get as many as when I
call EnumServicesStatus (71 vs. 104).
I want to use the Ex version to get PIDs.

I'm trying to write a VB 6 program which will read from a text file.
The text file has 2 column, attribute's name and attribute's value as
below:
UCPT0001 0.80

I'm desperately trying to send escape codes to a Zebra LP2844.
I've been through the forums and found loads of info, but I can't get
the printer to output what is sent to it!
I've tried every example I can find using API calls to winspool.drv

Code Example:
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA"
(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()