Thanks for all your help guys. Looks like this is a non starter for now. Thanks for the offer of an activex Steven. I may take you up on the offer if George is...
Hi George, any results yet? As I have been unable to get the GetWindowRect Function working I'm still stuck with the problem of multi-formed applications...
I was browsing the samples (for desktop), and looked at both the FileSystemObject and the FileSystem programs (to see what was different). The FileSystem...
Thanks. I also ran across two Technotes in my CE folder, one for the File object, one for the FileSystem. The properties and methods from the CE writeup work...
A number of people have asked about how to use Structs in Declare statements. We have added new information into Tech Note 37 showing how to do this with...
Ah ha. Looks like this one is back on the cards according to Georges new Tech Note 37. Anyone feeling brave? Regards Mike ... on ... I ... pass ... know ... ...
I have just uploaded a new zip called NewTaskbarHide. It's actually a bit of a misnomer, because it doesn't actually hide the Taskbar (yet). However, it does...
It's here: <http://www.nsbasic.com/pub/ce/b/NSBWin32.zip> It's in the \Desktop folder in the archive. George Henne NS BASIC Corporation http://www.nsbasic.com...
Hi George, I can't get the RECT structure working from your updated Tech Note 37. Here is my code as taken from the Tech Note. I get the error "Error on line...
George, do you have an example of a Declare API call that uses strings? I get the feeling that strings may not be working correctly in API declarations. Take...
Thanks Styskull. However I still dont know what the demo is trying to prove? With the following code all I get is '1'. I thought that it would give me a number...
This function is a boolean - it returns 0 if they are identical, 1 otherwise. <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/ ...
GetWindowPosition or GetWindowRect? I don't see the first one as an available API, but assuming you're talking about the second one, check out the sample I...
Hi Styskull, with some of the API's that I've been mucking around with I was successfully able to use 'As long' instead of 'As String'. Will this work for you...
What functions have you done with this? I would think that you should get a "type mismatch" error. I do believe, however, that some functions have different...
I was referring to Declare "Function GetWindowRect Lib ""user32"" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpRect As RECT) As Long" Ah, I see you've found a way to get it working....
I tried it also after I made the post - Got an error also. Unfortunately I cannot remember which API I was mucking around with. I think the discussion is...
Nearly there but after a few pointers. I can't use the following line because I have already opened that file previously. I dont want to load the same file a...
I would like to use Common Dialog file open/save/etc features, as shown in the Tech Note #5 sample program, but I don't know how to load the ComDlg32.ocx...
There is a sample here: <http://www.nsbasic.com/desktop/info/technotes/TN05.htm> It is also in the \program files\nsbasic\desktop\samples folder. George Henne ...
George, Thanks, but this program (from TN05) is the one I have been unsuccessfully trying to run. When it runs I get the error message from this bit of code: ...
Hi George, Im getting the following error message when I try to run one of my EXE files created with NSBASIC on a new PC. Debug Assertion Failed! Program:...
Can you create the absolute smallest project that reproduces this problem? Take out everything that isn't needed to make it happen. It's the first thing I...