VB Forum / Win API / June 2007

Is there an easy way to determine if the system time is in "daylight saving"
mode or "normal" mode?
Perhaps using  GetTimeZoneInformation or GetTimeFormat API.
Code snipit or example would be appreciated.

i am working on vb6 windows desktop application, I was trying to download the
existing source code on my machine for the first time, i registered all dlls
successfully.
but when i debug my application, and open a form, it opens with blank data

I am trying to use the Graph activex control in VB for ploting the
realtime graph but not able to get help how to plot as well as the
reference in coding.
Can anybody please guide.

I wonder if anybody knows a way to turn off the ensure visible behaviour in
a listview in icon view.
I guess I must subclass the listview and looking for some listview messages,
but in that case which listview message to trap?

I have a VB6 function (within an ActiveX dll) that loads an icon from
a resource file, and returns the expected result, except on Windows
Vista. Is this a security enhancement in Vista, or somthing I'm
missing? Here is the stripped code:

I have a strange problem using DeviceIoControl api in my program.
One form is controlling the DVD player by using MSWEBDVD.dll and the other
form is just the form that I can place on a secondary monitor (e.g. a
beamer).

Can anyone convert the following code snippet from Delphi to VB6 (including
declares)?
I've been trying for hours but not getting it to work. The code snippet is
supposed to create two mutexes for a program, one in the local name space

I am writing an application in VB6 where I want to remotely change some
settings of another application already installed on the same computer. For
example one of many settings that I want to reset is an 'AutoSave' value from
3 minutes to 1 minute for that other application. I ...

How can I change the name of the SystemDSN (Ex:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE|ODBC\ODBC.INI\TESTDSN to be renamed as
SAMPLEDSN)
Thank you,

I tried posting this in comp.lang.C but need more specific help using
winAPI.  I am trying to find a way to populate a list of active Com
ports on a
computer.  There may be around 30 on one computer and all connected

Hi all! I've posted a couple of times already today. Please forgive me
but you all have been so helpful and I'd like to lean on your
intelligence once again.
I would like to change the volume serial number of a drive with VB6.

With multiple identical USB devices sending keyboard characters to the
active window, how can I determine which characters were sent by which
device?
These USB devices do not have an API to write to.

I am looking for two API functions and how to use them.
1. I need a function, that can find a process by its exe-Name (Winword.exe).
Also I need a function to activate or terminate the process.
2. I need a function for browsing folder

Is it possible to do it from within Visual Basic to open and read
(not
transfer) a file on another PC over Internet just like it would with
local

We have the following code snippet:
       Dim hToken As Long
       Dim hPrimaryToken As Long
       Dim hThread As Long