Microsoft KB Archive/122732

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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 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         : kblist kbref Version          : 3.0 Platform         : WINDOWS Issue type       : Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999