Article List for VB: Windows APIs/DLLs and Windowing

Last reviewed: October 21, 1997
Article ID: Q122732

The information in this article applies to:

  • FastTips for Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, version 3.0

INSTRUCTION

Microsoft FastTips is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from a touch-tone telephone. To order items from this catalog, first select the items you want to receive, noting the five- to six-digit number of the Item ID shown below for each item, and then:

- Dial the toll-free FastTips number (800) 936-4300. - When prompted, select Microsoft Visual Basic. - Press one (1) on your phone keypad to select Express Order Service. - When prompted, select the delivery method, fax. - When prompted, enter your three-digit area code and seven-digit fax

  number on your phone keypad.
- When prompted, enter the number of the Item ID and press #, for up
  to five items.

When finished, simply hang up. If you have problems receiving a fax, please call (425) 635-3199.

ARTICLE LISTING

ITEM ID  ARTICLE TITLE                                               PAGES
Q 71280  How to Create a Flashing Title Bar on a Visual Basic Form       2
Q 73371  How to Scroll VB Text Box Programmatically and Specify Lines    4
Q 74564  BUG: Incorrectly Accessing System Menu of Hidden Form           1
Q 76981  How to Terminate Windows from a Visual Basic Application        2
Q 77316 How to Determine Display State of a VB Form, Modal or Modeless 1

Q 80670  How to Copy Entire Screen into a Picture Box in Visual Basic    2
Q 80867  How to Print Multiline Text Box Using Windows API Functions     3
Q 84251  How to Create a Topmost or Floating Window in Visual Basic      2
Q 84556  How VB Can Get Windows Status Information via API Calls         3
Q 84836 How to Determine the Number of VB Applications Running at Once 2

Q 94665  Form Cannot Be Larger Than the Screen                           1
Q 95463  How Windows Versions 3.0 and 3.1 Activate Apps Differently      1
Q 99874 How to Print Text Sideways in Picture Control with Windows API 2
Q 99898  How to Play MIDI Files Using API Calls from Visual Basic        1
Q 100513 How to Read a Large File into Memory by Calling API Functions   3

Q 101162 How to Set the Formatting Rectangle of a TextBox                2
Q 103646 Adjusting Form Size for Different Video Screen Resolutions      2
Q 110542 How to Make Mouse Pointer (Cursor) Maintain Hourglass Shape     1
Q 111495 How to Implement ToolTips Help in Visual Basic Applications     4
Q 112649 How to Get a Window's Class Name and Other Window Attributes    3

Q 112672 How To Add a Scalable Font to Windows From Visual Basic         2
Q 112731 How to use functions in VER.DLL -- a Sample Application         8
Q 113475 How to Get a Window Handle Without Specifying an Exact Title    6
Q 113702 How to Control the Placement of Desktop Windows                 4
Q 114593 How to Move a Form that Has No Titlebar or Caption              2

Q 114775 How to Create a Modeless Dialog or Form in Visual Basic         2
Q 118377 How to Control the Volume of Sound Files from Visual Basic      4
Q 123974 How to Detect If Your Computer Has a Sound Card                 1
Q 125426 How to Use ExitWindowsExec() in VB to Run MS-DOS Batch File     2

Q 126386 How to Find the Handle of the TopMost Window                    2
Q 126742 How to Size a Picture Box Dynamically to Fit an AVI Image       2
Q 127030 How to Find a Window Handle Based on an Instance Handle         2

End of listing.
Keywords          : RefsPSS kblist kbref kbtlc
Version           : 3.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbref


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Last reviewed: October 21, 1997
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