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I created a little application that enumerates all possible hotkey combinations and calls the registerhotkey api on each one to see if it's available (of course cleaning up afterwards). This successfully lists all hotkeys in use, but it doesn't tell which application (for example, Winamp global...

I created a little application that enumerates all possible hotkey combinations and calls the registerhotkey api on each one to see if it's available (of course cleaning up afterwards). This successfully lists all hotkeys in use, but it doesn't tell which application (for example, Winamp global...

Hi, thanks for reading. I need to read all the icons on the desktop, whether it's a file or a shortcut to a file (or program) into a bitmap. I have searched google but come up empty handed. How do I read the icons (real files or programs And shortcuts to files and programs) into bitmaps in...

Hello again, I am programmatically creating ToolStripMenuItems and I have it all working except when I assign it text. I first pass a path to the PathEllipsis function to make it fit in a smaller space and then assign the return to the Text property. My problem is that when I step through the...

I'm using VB 2005 I've noticed if you click in a listview on something other that an item (assuming it's not full) then all the items get deselected. How do I prevent items from getting deselected? I come from vb6 and I'm not used to this happening. Thanks! Brent...

I am using a JournalRecord hook to monitor the keyboard and mouse, and a GetMessage hook to monitor if that hook gets removed with ctrl-esc or ctrl-alt-del so I can reinstall it. Everything works great except: Small problem: hit the volume key on the keyboard and the entire system freezes, and...

Hi everyone, thanks for looking. I am using VB6 (not vba) with the Excel com add-in, but since it's properties are shared, I was just curious if anyone here knew. I take a copy of the spreadsheet and move it to the Windows temp directory so the original can be opened by the user while my...

Hi everyone, thanks for looking. I am using VB6 (not vba) with the Excel com add-in. I take a copy of the spreadsheet and move it to the Windows temp directory so the original can be opened by the user while my program accesses the slightly renamed copy. My issue is that if the user opens the...

How can I disable a running service from visual basic 6. It's not a system service, just something like the iPod service, or the AOL service, for example. ____________________________________________________________________________ There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those that...

I am trying to download a binary file using the internet transfer control using the .getchunk(...) so I can show progress. But it doesn't work. I have gone to a lot of sites on google but I can't seem to make it work. What doesn't work in particular is the Inet1_StateChanged(ByVal State As...

I have a program that calls the export function of regedit, then uses the size of the files being created to update a progress bar. For one aspect of the program, I need to determine if the regedit process is still running or has closed. There is no window. How do I determine if a certain...

I need to read a unicode file line by line. I have everything set up except the code that converts the unicode to ansi. I have tried using the API call WideCharToMultiByte but it has too many parameters and I have no clue how to make it work. The unicode file is a reg file. What do I need to...

I have two text files with 10's of thousands of lines in it. If any two are the same, they need to be deleted. To compare them, I need a really, really fast search. any ideas? ____________________________________________________________________________ There are only 10 types of people in...

like the title says, I need to determine the folder a program is running in so I can run a few lines on every file in that folder and all subfolders. Any ideas how to do this? ____________________________________________________________________________ There are only 10 types of people in the...

I am trying to download a file using VB, and all the code I've found uses Inet1. what is this and why does vb say it is an undefined variable??? also, if anyone wants to add some code to download and open a .mdb file, that'd be awesome...

I have a lookup table which is used by 3 combo boxes on the same form. I want to be able to input a value that is not in any of the combo boxes and have it added to the table. How do I do this? I have created three update queries and here is the SQL for the first. The other two have the...

I need a report where the data is one record from two separate forms. The forms input into two tables, and I have constructed a query to pull them together (they have a relantionship already). I need just one record, and thought that I could make the query show the record if the its data...

I need a report where the data is one record from two separate forms. The forms input into two tables, and I have constructed a query to pull them together (they have a relantionship already). I need just one record, and thought that I could make the query show the record if the its data...

I have two forms in access. The first gets contact info for each person, the second gets multiple pieces of info all tied to the respective person. I need to generate a report for each piece of data about the person, and include info from the forst table. How can I do this? I only want the...

I have a query that is set up to return who did each event the happened. One person can do many events, so the query returns the person multiple times, as they are tied to each event. How can I modify the query to return the person if they are not already listed in the query (no duplicates)...