Microsoft KB Archive/122730

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The information in this article applies to:


 * FastTips for Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows, version 3.0

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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 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

End of listing. Additional query words: DSKBGuide 3.00 kblist kbtlc vb3only

Keywords         : kbref Version          : Platform         : WINDOWS Issue type       : Last Reviewed: May 15, 1999