VB Forum / Win API / June 2009

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Does anyone see anything wrong with this small program?  I am trying
to read through each byte in a text file script with the binary Get
statement. Then I am trying to use PUT to "poke" each character into
an exe starting at a certain position. It initially worked, but now it

In VB6, if I declare a function in a standard DLL with
"Declare Function" (etc.), and then in the code make a call to that
function in the standard DLL, does the DLL stay in memory until the VB
application is closed?

I have a VB6 app which is an MDI application.  I am using CreateMutex to
ensure that only a single instance of this app is running at one time.  Upon
load, I call CreateMutex.  If I don't get an ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS error,
then the mutex is created sucessfully.

I'm using XP SP3.
I want to get hold of the above api
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb773836(VS.85).aspx indicates
that it is available with v5 of shlwapi.dll. My version is v6.x.x.x

I'm using vb.net to record a wave file with mciSendString.
I can record from the microphone or from a line in jack. However, I can only
record mono, 8 bits, 11025 sample rate.
channgin anyone of these parameters results in ""The specified parameter is

I'm trying to get WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser to work in an
Excel-VBA macro and Excel keeps crashing. I'm guessing that I haven't
mapped correctly to VB types. The code I use is below. Any pointers
would be appreciated.

i want to intercept tab change event in IE BHO to actually measure
timespent on a particular tab of the browser.
I saw the WIndowStateChanged function but its giving compilation
error. Is there any way to get this thing done in VB6 or VB5 ... ??

I wrote this code here to determine the screen resolution (ie. 16
colors, 256 colors, 16-bit, etc.
It seems to me to be returning the correct values for 256 colors and
16-bit screen resolutions. Doesn't seem like the return value is

My vb5 app has been modded so that it is a console application.
Calling wscript.readline to read from stdin causes the console window
to lose the focus. Writing to the console does not have this effect.
Given the window handle of the console, I may or may not be able to

I’m making an application which must access data in the windows of other
applications (applications made by other companies).
To find the window of the other applications I find the ‘Handle’ which
allow Microsoft Windows to identify all the elements existing in the

This is my contribution to the group...
There is a free webinar happening next Monday (June 8th) at 1PM ET
to register go to: http://www.softwaretrainingacademy.com/freewebinarms2109.aspx
Enjoy,

Is it possible when using the MCI API to play an mp3 on the hard drive to
find out the playing duration of the track ?
Thanks