Article List for VB 3.0: General Windows APIs/DLLs

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ITEM ID  ARTICLE TITLE                                               PAGES
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Q 71102  How to Emulate QuickBasic's SOUND Statement in Visual Basic     2
Q 71106  How to Pass One-Byte Parameters from VB to DLL Routines         1
Q 71280  How to Create a Flashing Title Bar on a Visual Basic Form       2
Q 72274  Declare Currency Type to Be Double When Returning from DLL      1
Q 72674  How to Create a System-Modal Program/Window in Visual Basic     2

Q 72677  How to Limit User Input in VB Combo Box with SendMessage API    2
Q 72918  How VB Can Determine if a Specific Windows Program Is Running   2
Q 73694  WINAPI.TXT: Windows API Declarations and Constants for VB       2
Q 75411  Determining Whether TAB or Mouse Gave a VB Control the Focus    1
Q 75762  FIX: Text Not Highlighted When Copy Immediate Win to Clipboard  1

Q 76514  BUG: Duplicate Procedure Name Alters Original Capitalization    1
Q 76515  FIX: Bad Text in Long Right-Aligned Labels in Windows ver 3.0   1
Q 76518  Using Windows API Functions to Better Manipulate Text Boxes     4
Q 76557  PRB: No Events Generated When Msgbox Active                     2
Q 76666  How to Create and Use a Custom Cursor in Visual Basic; Win SDK  5

Q 76981  How to Terminate Windows from a Visual Basic Application        2
Q 77061  How to Invoke GetSystemMetrics Windows API Function from VB     2
Q 77317  Example of How to Read and Write Visual Basic Arrays to Disk    3
Q 78001  How to Get Windows Master List (Task List) Using Visual Basic   3
Q 78304  How to Call lstrcpy to Receive LPSTR Returned from Other APIs   2

Q 79094  PRB: Format$ Using # for Digit Affects Right Alignment          2
Q 79764  Use SetHandleCount to Open More than 15 Files at Once in VB     1
Q 80186  How to Kill an Application with System Menu Using Visual Basic  2
Q 80189  How to Reset the Parent of a Visual Basic Control               2
Q 80190  How to Add a Horizontal Scroll Bar to Visual Basic List Box     2

Q 82158  How to Set Windows System Colors Using API and Visual Basic     4
Q 82876  How to Disable Close Command in VB Control Menu (System Menu)   3
Q 83350  How to Call LoadModule() API Function from Visual Basic         2
Q 84059  UCase$/LCase$ in Text Box Change Event Inverts Text Property    2
Q 84115  BUG: Omitting Year for DateValue May Give Unexpected Results    2

Q 84383  PRB:Property or Control Not Found Error Passing Control to Sub  2
Q 84547  PRB: DateValue Argument Gives "Illegal Function Call" Error     1
Q 85108  VB "Bad DLL Calling Convention" Means Stack Frame Mismatch      2
Q 86281  How to Play a Waveform (.WAV) Sound File in Visual Basic        2
Q 86771  How to Invoke Search in Windows Help from Visual Basic Program  1

Q 88257  How to Use LZCOPYFILE Function to Decompress or Copy Files      2
Q 88476  How to Hide a Non-Visual Basic Window or Icon                   2
Q 88551  How to Compare User-Defined Type Variables in Visual Basic      2
Q 88944  How to Extract a Windows Program Icon -- Running or Not         5
Q 90753  Diagnosing "Error in loading DLL" with LoadLibrary              2

Q 92936  How to Get Windows 3.1 Version Number in VB with GetVersion     2
Q 94700  Using Lstrcpy() API Function to Get Far Address of a Variable   1
Q 94960  How to Pass Numeric Variables to a C DLL                        4
Q 96090  How to Use Windows 3.1 APIs to Play Videos in Visual Basic      2
Q 96844  How to Determine When a Shelled Process Has Terminated          2

Q 97142  How to Use SystemParametersInfo API for Control Panel Settings  4
Q 98577  Example of calling EnumFontFamilies from a DLL                  5
Q 104123 How to Play an .AVI Video File in Full Screen in Visual Basic   1
Q 104156 Windows Debugging Tools for Use with Visual Basic               2
Q 104393 How to Get Control Dimensions from VBGetControlProperty         1

Q 106239 How to Create a Screen Saver in Visual Basic                    3
Q 106553 How to Write C DLLs and Call Them from Visual Basic             8
Q 107750 How to Pass User-Defined Structure Containing Strings to DLL    2
Q 109218 Using Table Objects Versus Dynaset/Snapshot Objects in VB       3
Q 109290 Popular Windows API Functions Used from Visual Basic 3.0        3

Q 110103 How to Invoke MessageBeep API to Play System Alert .WAV Sounds  3
Q 110104 Using MSGBLAST.VBX Control to Process Windows Messages from VB  2
Q 110219 LONG: How to Call Windows API from VB - General Guidelines      14
Q 110403 How to Create a Read-Only Text Box Using SendMessage API        2
Q 110498 How to Add Items into Control Menu Box of Visual Basic Form     2

Q 110541 How to Turn on Mouse Trails with Visual Basic                   1
Q 110958 How to Right Justify Items in List Box w/ Tabs & SendMessage    2
Q 112673 How to Pass & Return Unsigned Integers to DLLs from VB          2
Q 113439 PRB: Converting MBF to IEEE in Visual Basic for Windows         3
Q 113590 How to Get Current Drive's Free Disk Space in VB 3.0            2

Q 113680 How to Find Out If Executable Is Running in VB Develop Shell    2
Q 113896 BUG: No Update When Delete All MESSAGE_SHOWADBOOK Recipients    2
Q 113898 How to Use CTL3D.DLL in Your Visual Basic Program               2
Q 113945 How to Read Windows Registered User & Organization              2
Q 113998 PRB: GetVersion API Returns 3.10 When in Windows 3.11           2

Q 114776 How to Hide a VB App from the Task List and ALT+TAB Order       2
Q 114777 How to Retrieve Mouse Cursor Coordinates in Visual Basic        2
Q 118376 How to Lock a Form so it Cannot Be Moved                        2
Q 118643 How to Pass a String or String Arrays Between VB and a C DLL    5
Q 122353 How to Determine If a VB App is Running Under Windows NT 3.x    1

Q 122893 How to Use ShellAbout() to Display Standard Windows About Box   1
Q 123841 How to Create a FORTRAN DLL and Call It from Visual Basic       5
Q 129449 PRB:Object Created w/ NEW Instantiated When Passed as Argument  2
Q 138534 How to Send Attachment & Show Image in VB 3.0 Using Msmapi.vbx  3

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Last Reviewed: May 15, 1999