VB Forum / Win API / December 2006

Hello everyone !!!
Exists an api in WinXP and 2000 similar to RegisterServiceProcess.
This work fine en W98 hidden the aplication for the task list but in XP not
find in kernel32.

I'm writing a procedure that accepts as input, among other things, the
address of a function which will in turn be passed to SetTimer. I want to do
as much up front error checking as I can. Is there any function that will
examine an value and indicate whether it is a valid ...

Can you give me advice? I want to switch between applications with only
mouse over taskbar without click, but don't know how to make it. I
didn't find any utilities for it. What can I do?

I'm attempting to use the Win32 API to extract all the menu test
strings. However, I'm having difficulty getting this information from
within a nested menu. So, for example, I have: Main Menu->Menu
Item->Sub Menu Item

How can I flush file buffers of files opend with standard VB6 OPEN (for
binary access) command without taking the long way over CLOSE and a
subsequent reopening? FlushFileBuffers needs a file handle, and this is
AFAIK not available for "OPEN" files.

I am maintaining HTML-based application. In order to avoid multiple
instances of the same application, I am using the following code to
verify if one instance is already running or not.
my $oShApp = Win32::OLE->new("Shell.Application");

I got a funny problem for using API function which is
"GetClassInfoLong". It works fine when I test my application in VB6, but
it doesn't work from the standalone application.
Can I get some suggestions?

I don't know if i'm posting in the right forum but I couldn't find any
more appropriate... I'm developping in C++ to call WinAPI, I assume
problems are quite the same.
So I have problems executing the code included in this page (msdn

Can some please tell me where I can find or post the most current list
of system sound constants ?
Example:  "SystemStart", "SystemExclamation", ...
Thanks

Problem I had a virus or hacker break through, disable Zone alarm firewall &
set a 38 G hard drive off limits to Windows.
Sandra Sysop reports drive not available to Windows API.
Check disk does not recover.

I've written an app that copies some files to an iPAQ. I just need to
create a shortcut on the iPAQ that points to the executable I've
installed. The rapi.dll that's part of ActiveSync includes a function
called CeSHCreateShortcut. Microsoft's description: "This function

I have the following 2 functions:
1. ConvertToPicture: converts a byte array to a picture
2. ConvertToByteArray: converts a picture to a byte array
In ConvertToByteArray, there are a few lines of test code (commented):

I have a program (Replay A/V 7) that uses a non standard GUI. There is a
"button" (don't think it is a real button) in  the program that lets you
minimize the program to the system tray. I want to be able to
programmatically "press" that button.

I am looking for a way (API) to tell how long it has been since the system
has resumed from hibernation.
Basically I have a scheduled task set to wake the computer from hibernation.
I don't want the task to run if the computer is currently on (not

I subclassed ProgMan->SHELLDLL_DefView->SysListView32. I want to check
the list view item details when LVM_INSETITEM message is sent. But as i
noticed in my subclassed WinProc inside case LVM_INSETITEM only the
lParam value is changed and all the things remain same. I know that