VB Forum / Win API / March 2008

Here is the deal:
I have got quite old application which was written in VB 6 using some
ActiveX Controls. My task is to perform some automatic test using Quick Test
Pro, which doesn't recognize those ActiveX controls, but it doesn't matter.

I want to have an app kick off the print method of another app, is
this possible?
Is can I use SendMessage to do this? Or is there a way to send the
Ctrl-P keys to another app (this is vista so I wasn't able to test

1. What is the hex value of the FOF_NO_UI constant?
The constant is listed on:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb759795(VS.85).aspx
2. Where should I look for a list of Win32 API constant values on the

I'm lost. I code by following examples, but I can't find the right example.
All that I want to do is send Shift+left mouse button. MS Project has a
function That I want to use that can only be accessed using shift-click.
Sendkeys does not work with the mouse.

Good Evening,
I'm developing a Visual Basic program to control another program
written in Visual C++.
The Visual C++ program is composed of four SysListView32 objects.

I have been using GetWindow recursively for about 6 - 7 years now, to search
for a particular Window. We've never had a problem up until now.
Recently, a customer started reporting application hangs. We traced this
down into our code to the point just before the first (outer) call ...

I'm trying to do two things here:
1. I want to add items to the user's Favorites\Links folder, so they
show up on IE's links bar. sfGetSpecialFolder will give me teh
Favorites folder, but there is no definition to get the Links sub

I use RawInput to get the key pressed on one of several keyboards attached to
the machine.  It provides a RawInput Code that indicates which key was
pressed but this is not the ASCII code for the key (RawInput codes for the
aphameric keys do seem to be the uppercase ASCII code - ...

Any documentation on when it is necessary to fiddle with things such as
STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ, STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE, STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL, and
SPECIFIC+RIGHTS_ALL when reading, deleting, replacing registry keys.?

I've written several programs that can be installed as a service (using the
NTSCV.OCX for those who care) and have had no problems.
This time I would like to install it by using an account other than the
LocalSystem account.

I have an application that won't run in a dos box under win2k.
The HD is the only bootable device.
I'd like to have win2k reboot into dos mode and run it
from a ramdisk.

Can anyone explain this PDF & Visual Basic issue to me...?
I've got a PDF manual that I received from a vendor that's password
protected against changes, but can be viewed and printed.
If I do a Start | Run | g:\test\manual.pdf, the file opens in the Windows

Is it possible to "read" text that was printed on a Picturebox?
eg
Picture1.print "line1"
Picture1.print "line2"