What is the difference between the winreg and advapi32.dll APIs. I am trying to convert a VB code into Python. I have seen that the VB code has RegOpenKeyEx() from advapi32.dll. Now in Python, there is a topic on WinReg access and there this api RegOpenKeyEx() is mentioned. can I use this instead.
View 1 Repliesi am terrible when it comes to the programming area of APIs. Though APIs are well used in Visual Basic.NET so i must learn it.How do APIs work?How are they used?Can anyone either explain or supply me with a link about writing an API?
View 3 RepliesIs it possible to get information on the APIs in Vb.Net?
View 2 RepliesTo programming in Python, I was wondering if there is a way to access VB .net APIs using Python.
View 1 RepliesShow the page where i can get all the APIs used in vb.net? Also i need a program to put my Vb.net program in the startup.
View 8 RepliesAPIs for Printer Page number
View 2 RepliesI am currently working on an application to automate file download(s). My main application is running a query for downloads with embedded browser. When the results are returned they need to be downloaded and saved. This works fine. The last step of the process it to start download and the 'File Download' dialog pops up. I wanted to create another application that would monitor for the 'File Dialog' windows (knowing the main application Process ID I can ensure that I find only the dialogs generated by my application).
View 7 RepliesLong story short, code that used to work on my 32 bit computer doesn't work on my 64 bit computer. Does 64 bit require something like changing Integers -> IntPtrs?
View 11 RepliesI need an API for sendmessage and sendmessagetimeout for my VB .net application. I have searched quite a bit, and everything I find doesn't seem to work: either the message just doesnt seem to be sent, or the message appears to be sent with the msg parameter always 0, and the wparam setting as what I enter for the msg setting. Pinvoke's also always seems to throw an AccessViolationException for I have no idea what reason. I tried playing around with maybe just where I put the variable, but unsurprisingly, there is not a simple logical switch of the variables.I have tried pinvoke's:
<DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True)> _
Public Shared Function SendMessageTimeout(ByVal windowHandle As IntPtr, ByVal Msg As Integer, ByVal wParam As IntPtr, ByVal lParam As IntPtr, ByVal flags As
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I have consumed a word doc in my app with the SetParent and SetWindowLong APIs. When I close the app I want to leave the word doc open. I have used the SetParent and used IntPtr.Zero(2nd parameter) which kinda works - it just does not have a document border. Would I use the SetWindowLong function - if so what would the parameters be? I have looked at the SetWindowLong function, just not sure about the second and last parameters. What would be the proper way to do this?
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Finding the documentation on windows API's for use with visual basic? I used to use API guide until they stopped updating it in 2002. All I need is the api name as well as the list of parameters in order to use the API's functions.
View 2 RepliesAm writing a GPS application but I need APIs or Libraries I can easily use. It's supposed to work real time...
View 5 RepliesI am refactoring a large and complicated code base in .NET that makes heavy use of P/Invoke to Win32 APIs. The structure of the project is not the greatest and I am finding DllImport statements all over the place, very often duplicated for the same function, and also declared in a variety of ways:The import directives and methods are sometimes declared as public, sometimes private, sometimes as static and sometimes as instance methods. My worry is that refactoring may have unintended consequences but this might be unavoidable.
My instict is to organize a static/shared Win32 P/Invoke API class that lists all of these methods and associated constants in one file... EDIT There are over 70 imports to the user32 DLL.(The code base is made up of over 20 projects with a lot of windows message passing and cross-thread calls. It's also a VB.NET project upgraded from VB6 if that makes a difference.)
I'm having some problems with some API calls. I'm trying to return device driver information for a given device in device manager so I can access the available information and display it. I'm using a series of API calls which in turn populates a list with device driver objects associated with that device. The API calls fail. The problem is that I can't find any reference material online for these APIs so I can figure out what's wrong. [code]
View 1 Repliescan we unzip a zipped folder using microsoft APIs or namespaces perhaps System.IO.Compression. However, it seems to be cumbersome to use them. With a thrid party dll file it works perfectly fine, however i dont want to use it as we dont know what is actually happening inside. Can we have a piece of code which unzips a zipped folder.
View 3 RepliesSome win32 apis not working in vb 2008 .
In vb6 this code is working :
Private Declare Function Beep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwFreq As Long, ByVal dwDuration As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
Call Beep(4322, 200)
End Sub
but when i try this in vb 2008 not working? not just beep of course, i tried more than 20 apis and maybe half of them worked. I dont know where is the problem. Should i do something special before calling apis in vb 2008?
Basically I'm going to try and develop a software that merges PDFs automatically using the PDFSharp API.What I want in the program is to basically that: Have the program to give and Input and Output directoryMerge all the documents in the directory or sub-directoryRename the merged PDF file according the the name of the directory/sub-directoryIf the folder has PDF files and a Sub-Directory I want to merge the PDF files in the folder and rename them as per the main folder, and rename the files in the sub-folder according to its name (i.e. seperate|)
It's the first time I'm using an API.The problem I have is how to use the directories and sub-directories as I need them.
I'm sure this is straightforward but I cannot find the correct string to get a google result. In VB.NET what is the difference between = (equals sign) and := (colon followed by equals sign)?
View 3 Repliescan anyone tell me book for VB.net for beginner and complee package of books important for VB. as i don't know anything abt VB.
what is difference between VB.net and asp.net and c#??
Possible Duplicate: What are the most important functional differences between C# and VB.NET? What are the basic difference between c# and VB.net?
View 3 Repliesknow the difference between C#.Net and VB.Net. I use C#.Net for my projects, but when ever I met with some other programmers they often called VB.Net more powerful and easy, than C#.Net. I always asked them "Why it is more powerful then C#, since it uses the same framework?" but still I didn't get any answers.
View 3 Replieswhat exactly distinguishes a COM component from a DLL? Isn't a COM component just a library of functions that can be called from another application? Why is using a COM component so much more complicated than just registering it like one would do with a DLL?
View 4 RepliesI'm looking for an explanation of the difference between
Dim sw1 = New StringWriter()
Dim sw2 As New StringWriter()
Both seem to instantiate new string writer instances that I can use.
I was under the assumption that VB's For Each loop was the same as a For Next loop. But when i try running the following code I do not get the expected result.
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I have this code, first I thougt it should be the same but i cant acces the info in the same way .. why is this???
Dim tp(,) As Integer = {{1, 3, 5, 9, 7}, {34, 3, 4, 5, 6}}
Dim tpo(1)() As Integer
tpo(0) = New Integer() {1, 3, 5, 9, 7}
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The first one I use only one for each and the other one I use two .. why is this different? are noy they 2 dimensional arrays ???
What is the difference between VB and VB.NET?
explanation with examples preferred
The next code works fine in C#:
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But this code crash with a OverflowException in VB.Net.
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Both codes seems the same to me. What is the difference and how can I get the C# code converted to VB.Net?
For those who have experience, working with VB.NET, it's easier to use SlimDX or SDL? The tutorials for SlimDX are already written for .NET, but I've read that SDL it's a lot easier than DirectX itself.in my case, I just need 2D graphics.
View 4 RepliesI have two arraylists, and I would like to have a new arraylist with only the uncommon items. Is this the "best" or at least decent way to do it?
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What is the major difference between 'for each' and 'for' loops in .NET? Is there any performance gain while comparing these two? Which one gives a better performance/faster/memory management?