VB Forum / Win API / August 2007

I'm trying to pass a SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure inside a software I'm
eriting, but during compiling I get the error C2011 'struct'
type redefinition.
What I have to change in my code?

i get random memory location access errors.
trying to code for a hardware lock device  using a native code API and even
used WMI in my code .
and have used win32 api calls in VB6 program.

I have a dll which exposes an interface which can be implemented by other
classes or controls in other dlls/exes/ocxs and then gets passed into a
class in the dll with the interface.
I'm trying to get a unique piece of information from that objects which are

i'm trying to implement the GetOpenFileName API in some VB6
applications, and have been playing around with the demos at:
  http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/comdlg/index.html
the problem i'm running in to is that all i can get to show up in the

I'm having problems with starting and stopping a service without the
machine crashing (rebooting) when I try and stop the service after
having successfully started it.
This code is a translation exercise from a C++ project I have which

All,
Can someone tell me where/HOW TO to find messages that can be sent
from VB to
an Adobe PDF such AS "save as"?

I'm having a bit of a problem here.
I've got a form that's loaded in AutoCAD, which is set as its parent
at Form_Load.
On the click of Button1, I set the form's height to the value of

I must ask the most obscure questions......
I've got another one.....
The desktop wallpaper.....is there anyway to get a handle to the desktop
image ? Not the desktop DC, but the actual bitmap in memory somewhere that

Is it possible to write a front end program that would talk to a
Cisco
switch to get information about the switch such as up downs if the
switch and ports?

Pls I'm working on my project and I need somebody to assist me with the API
for disabling Ctrl+Alt+Del in Windows XP.
I have search the Ms KB but I was only able to get the one for Win95, though
it also worked for Win98 but it does not work for WinXP.

1.    It is possible with visual Basic to add a windows user to an
existing file and give rights ? exist an WINAPI give a link or an
example !
David Di Donato

Hi every body,
Is there any body who knows the detailed algorithm for flood filling
for grayscale images?
please email me if you know the answer : pegahtv@yahoo.com

does anyone know an API that will return filenames of selected files in
windows explorer.
i want to select a few files and run my program and getting the results
if you need more info ,let me know

Cross-posting in vb.winapi and access.modulescoding, I believe both
are potentially appropriate.
Using VBA and Access XP SP3.
Having trouble with a Win API call to SHBrowseForFolder.  Works fine

In an app I have a slider for the system volume, I need to find out when
anything else changes the volume so my slider can reflect that change.
I could do it with a timer but for something that won't happen very often it
seems a bit wasteful.