VB Forum / Win API / May 2007

The usual error on LoadPicture (....jpg) of not being trappable by VB error
processing causing a crash has been remedied by a piece of code called
SafeLoadimage which allows me to trap the error and stop the crash but does
anyone knows of a control that will open the jpg when the ...

This may not require API , but don't have a clue yet. ;)
I want to add (OLE?) Drag & Drop to user control for files.
Any help appreciated,
Ed

Hello, I'm trying to find a way to change the document name that is
displayed in the printer spooler when printing a crystal report from
my VB.Net application.  Right now, it only shows the word "document."
I'm using VB.Net 2003 and Crystal Reports XI developers edition.  I

I am doing a Data acquisation project, where i am monitoring a data
coming from a Engery meter which measures voltages & current from
different registers.
The data which i takes is in a hex format & then convert it into

I have almost 0 knowledge of VB (used it once a few years ago) so
maybe one of you can help me.  I want to create an entry in a log file
every time a window becomes active (gets focus).  Could someone write
me a script to do this?   (The goal is that if I get an instant

Ok, here is the deal, ive search all around and no one has this.
In visual basic 6 ( activex dll )
1. create a image in a picturebox control
2. save the picture in memory (not to disk)

I have a need to return and save a "Starting Directory" path for my app.  I
am using the GetOpenFileName function of a CDLG class
Private Declare Function GetOpenFileName Lib "COMDLG32" _
   Alias "GetOpenFileNameA" (file As OPENFILENAME) As Long

I'd be really grateful if somebody could show me how to use
RtlTimeToSecondsSince1970 in VB 6.0.  I'm reading time/date values from a
text file (here's an example: "04-27-2007 13:14:31.0") and I need to convert
that to a number (number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC 01/01/1970 ...

How do I detect whether the current logon user has write permissions on a
specific directory using API function call without using FSO?
Thank you,
Regards,

Trying to use the standard FindFirst/Next loop in a cFolders.cls class
       '----- referencing Bruce McKinney's WinAPI typelib
winU.tlb------------
       'in typelib, filename is byte array instead of string