Title	Keywords
HowTo: Use WMI to get lots of information about the operating system in Visual Basic 2005	WMI, Visual Basic 2005, BootDevice, BuildNumber, BuildType, Caption, CodeSet, CountryCode, CreationClassName, CSCreationClassName, CSDVersion, CSName, CurrentTimeZone, DataExecutionPrevention_Available, DataExecutionPrevention_32BitApplications, DataExecutionPrevention_Drivers, DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy, Debug, Description, Distributed, EncryptionLevel, ForegroundApplicationBoost, FreePhysicalMemory, FreeSpaceInPagingFiles, FreeVirtualMemory, InstallDate, LargeSystemCache, LastBootUpTime, LocalDateTime, Locale, Manufacturer, MaxNumberOfProcesses, MaxProcessMemorySize, MUILanguages[], Name, NumberOfLicensedUsers, NumberOfProcesses, NumberOfUsers, OperatingSystemSKU, Organization, OSArchitecture, OSLanguage, OSProductSuite, OSType, OtherTypeDescription, PAEEnabled, PlusProductID, PlusVersionNumber, Primary, ProductType, QuantumLength, QuantumType, RegisteredUser, SerialNumber, ServicePackMajorVersion, ServicePackMinorVersion, SizeStoredInPagingFiles, Status, SuiteMask, SystemDevice, SystemDirectory, SystemDrive, TotalSwapSpaceSize, TotalVirtualMemorySize, TotalVisibleMemorySize, Version, WindowsDirectory
HowTo: Start another process and disable a button while that process is running in VBA	VBA, shell, shell and disable, SetTimer, GetExitCodeProcess
HowTo: Use WMI to get lots of information about the computer system in Visual Basic 2005	WMI, Visual Basic 2005, AdminPasswordStatus, AutomaticManagedPagefile, AutomaticResetBootOption, AutomaticResetCapability, BootOptionOnLimit, BootOptionOnWatchDog, BootROMSupported, BootupState, Caption, ChassisBootupState, CreationClassName, CurrentTimeZone, DaylightInEffect, Description, DNSHostName, Domain, DomainRole, EnableDaylightSavingsTime, FrontPanelResetStatus, InfraredSupported, InitialLoadInfo, InstallDate, KeyboardPasswordStatus, LastLoadInfo, Manufacturer, Model, Name, NameFormat, NetworkServerModeEnabled, NumberOfLogicalProcessors, NumberOfProcessors, OEMLogoBitmap, OEMStringArray, PartOfDomain, PauseAfterReset, PCSystemType, PowerManagementCapabilities, PowerManagementSupported, PowerOnPasswordStatus, PowerState, PowerSupplyState, PrimaryOwnerContact, PrimaryOwnerName, ResetCapability, ResetCount, ResetLimit, Roles, Status, SupportContactDescription, SystemStartupDelay, SystemStartupOptions, SystemStartupSetting, SystemType, ThermalState, TotalPhysicalMemory, UserName, WakeUpType, Workgroup
HowTo: Start another process and wait for it to complete in VBA	VBA, shell, shell and wait, OpenProcess, WaitForSingleProcess
HowTo: Determine whether the computer is running from battery or line power in Visual Basic 2005	power, battery, charging, GetSystemPowerStatus, power status, VB 2005
HowTo: Determine whether the computer is running from battery or line power in Visual Basic 6	power, battery, charging, GetSystemPowerStatus, power status, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Keep track of the foreground application in VB .NET	foreground application, foreground window, GetForegroundWindow
HowTo: Keep track of the foreground application	foreground application, foreground window, GetForegroundWindow
HowTo: Get information about a window and its children	window information, children, GetWindow, SendMessage, GetClassName
HowTo: Find the text displayed by a Window's descendant given its hierarchical window path	window, hWnd, FindWindow, class, window class, path, window path
HowTo: Get information about a Window's child hierarchy from its hWnd	window, hWnd, FindWindow, class, window class
HowTo: Add files to the Recent Documents list and clear the list	Recent Documents, Recent Documents list
HowTo: Add files to the Recent Documents list and clear the list in Visual Basic .NET	Office, Word, spell, spellcheck, VB.NET
HowTo: Display the Windows About dialog	About dialog, Windows
HowTo: Get drive information (type of drive, whether a floppy is present, etc.) in a structured format	disk, drive, drive information, serial number, volume name, file system type, FAT32, FAT, removable, loaded
HowTo: Get drive information (type of drive, whether a floppy is present, etc.)	disk, drive, drive information, serial number, volume name, file system type, FAT32, FAT, removable, loaded
HowTo: Position a popup form below a TextBox	popup, position, ClientToScreen, ShowWindow, SetWindowPos
HowTo: Get low-level drive information (model, firmware, serial number, etc.) by using SMART	disk, drive, drive information, serial number, disk model, firm ware, cylinders, heads, sectors, tracks
HowTo: Build a calculate with an interesting skin-like appearance	calculator, skin, SetWindowRgn
HowTo: List top-level windows on the system	window, top-level window, system
HowTo: See if a window is running in three ways	find window, AppActivate, FindWindow, EnumWindows
HowTo: Find the Windows directory and system drive	windows directory, system drive
HowTo: Get the path to special folders such as the Favorites, Cookies, and StartUp	special folder, special path, favorites, cookies, startup
HowTo: List information on the system's drives	drives, disks, information
HowTo: Get the Windows operating system version	Windows version, version, operating system
HowTo: See how long Windows has been running	Windows, time, run time
HowTo: Install a hotkey that minimizes the window with the focus	hotkey, minimize, focus window, accelerator, install hotkey, RegisterHotKey
HowTo: See how much disk space is used and free using GetDiskFreeSpaceEx	GetDiskFreeSpaceEx, GetDiskFreeSpace, disk space, free, used, precent
HowTo: Install and deinstall hotkeys	hotkey, accelerator, install hotkey, RegisterHotKey
HowTo: Find a window using its title and minimize, maximize, or restore it	find window, findwindow, API, minimize, maximize, restore, SetWindowPlacement
HowTo: Find a window using GetWindow and minimize, maximize, or restore it	find window, GetWindow, API, minimize, maximize, restore, SetWindowPlacement, GetWindowTextLength, GetWindowText, window text
HowTo: Find a window given part of its title and move it to the foreground	find window, foreground, partial title

Subclassing

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Subclass a control to read Windows messages	subclass, WindowProc, messages
HowTo: List distinct messages received by a form in Visual Basic 6	WndProc, messages, list messages, WindowProc, subclass, VB6
HowTo: List distinct messages received by a form in Visual Basic 2005	WndProc, messages, list messages, VB2005
HowTo: List distinct messages received by a form in Visual Basic .NET	WndProc, messages, list messages, VB.NET
HowTo: Detect when the user scrolls a ListView control	ListView, scroll, detect
HowTo: Display a context menu when the user right-clicks on a ListView control's column headers	ListView, context menu, popup menu, right-click, right button, API,
HowTo: Prevent the user from dragging icons in a ListView	ListView, drag, drag items, subclass
HowTo: Determine when the user closes the main menu	menu, main menu, close, subclass, WindowProc
HowTo: Use menus with custom fonts	menu, font, WndProc, subclassing
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.) in VB .NET	PictureBox, border style, raised, sunken, VB.NET
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.)	PictureBox, border style, raised, sunken
HowTo: Use a new WindowProc and SetWindowLong to make a TextBox accept only digits	TextBox, only digits, numeric field, SetWindowLong, WindowProc, subclassing
HowTo: Restrict a form's minimum and maximum width and height	file times, last access time, file creation time, lastmodified time
HowTo: Remove the context menu that appears when the user right clicks on a TextBox	context menu, popup menu, TextBox
HowTo: Remove several TextBox context menus	context menu, popup menu, TextBox
HowTo: Display a form in the system tray with no other icon	system tray, icon, taskbar
HowTo: Make a "formless" program with a system tray icon	system tray, icon, taskbar, formless
HowTo: Move forms together	move forms, subclass, API, WindowProc
HowTo: Display a shaded title bar	title bar, titlebar, caption
HowTo: Display a message when the user opens a menu item	menu, status
HowTo: Restrict a form so the user can only move it vertically	form, move, vertical
HowTo: Hide the caret in a TextBox	TextBox, caret, hide caret, cursor
HowTo: Right justify a single line TextBox	text, alignment, right justify
HowTo: Add an About dialog to the system menu and create menus at run time	About dialog, menu, custom menu, system menu
HowTo: Determine when a ComboBox is about to drop down	ComboBox, down event, dropdown event
HowTo: Know when the user clicks on any control on a form	form, click, control
HowTo: Make a TextBox allow only letters and numbers	TextBox, letters, numbers, field, validate, context menu, popup
HowTo: Subclass to see when a control is about to become visible or invisible	control, visible, invisible, hide, event, subclass
HowTo: Use the Subclasser class to subclass many windows at once	subclass, class, Subclasser
HowTo: Let the user minimize, maximize, and restore a form, but not resize it in VB .NET	subclass, WindowProc, messages, VB.NET, NET, resize, minimize, maximize
HowTo: Subclass to read Windows messages in VB .NET	subclass, WindowProc, messages, VB.NET, NET
Tutorial: Subclassing	subclassing, WindowProc, event processing
HowTo: Shrink a form to a title bar and restore it when the user clicks on the caption	form, shrink, restore, minimize
HowTo: Know when a form is moving and when it finishes moving	moving, move, finished moving
HowTo: Redraw a form once when it has finished resizing	resize, finished, done
HowTo: Let the user minimize, maximize, and restore a form, but not resize it	resize, minimize, maximize
HowTo: Make a form keep the same aspect ratio when it resizes	form, aspect ratio, size, resize
HowTo: Tell when an application is activated or deactivated	activate, deactivate, subclass
HowTo: Keep track of the last control to have the focus before a button is pressed	focus, button
HowTo: Move a form using the arrow keys when the user right clicks its border	move form, drag, border, right click
HowTo: Move a form when the user clicks and drags its border	move form, drag, border
HowTo: Tell when the user clicks on a form's border, or on the minimize, maximize, or close button	click, border, minimize, maximize, close, non-client area
HowTo: Disable a TextBox's context menu	TextBox, right click, popup, context menu
HowTo: Disable a ComboBox's context menu	ComboBox, right click, popup, context menu

Typelib

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Use the TypeLib Information library to get a control's properties	TypeLib, control name, TLI, InvokeHook
HowTo: Serialize and deserialize objects in VB6	serialize, deserialize, XML, typelib, type information
HowTo: Make changes to the Registry using a .REG file	serialize, deserialize, XML, typelib, type information

Forms

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Make a window stay below all others in Visual Basic .NET	bottommost, topmost, subclass, windowproc, setwindowlong, on bottom, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a window stay below all others in Visual Basic 6	bottommost, topmost, subclass, windowproc, setwindowlong, on bottom, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Send a window to the top or bottom in Visual Basic .NET	send window to bottom, send window to top, to top, to bottom, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Send a window to the top or bottom in Visual Basic 6	send window to bottom, send window to top, to top, to bottom, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Position a popup form over a PictureBox in Visual Basic 6	popup, position popup, PictureBox, Visual Basic, ClientToScreen, ShowWindow, SetWindowPos
HowTo: Subclass a control to read Windows messages	subclass, WindowProc, messages
HowTo: Use the SetProp, GetProp, and RemoveProp API functions to associate a value with a window handle (hWnd)	SetProp, GetProp, RemoveProp, hWnd
HowTo: Let the user resize a form that has no title bar or borders in Visual Basic .NET	resize form, title bar, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HTCAPTION, SendMessage, DefWndProc, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user move a form that has no title bar or borders in Visual Basic .NET	move form, title bar, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HTCAPTION, SendMessage, DefWndProc, VB.NET
HowTo: Determine when the user closes the main menu	menu, main menu, close, subclass, WindowProc
HowTo: Display a child form over a topmost parent form	stretch, image, resize
HowTo: Set another application's caption	caption, title, SendMessage, application title
HowTo: Display tips in a rounded popup form	form, help, tip, rounded rectangle, region, SetWindowRgn
HowTo: Position a popup form below a TextBox	popup, position, ClientToScreen, ShowWindow, SetWindowPos
HowTo: Display a form in the system tray with no other icon	system tray, icon, taskbar
HowTo: Make a "formless" program with a system tray icon	system tray, icon, taskbar, formless
HowTo: Prevent a form from moving by using subclassing	no move, prevent move
HowTo: Make a shaped form scroll across the desktop	scroll, banner, shaped form, desktop, CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form
HowTo: Make a scrolling banner run across the desktop	scrolling, banner, desktop
HowTo: Remove the Minimize and Maximize buttons from a form's system menu	minimize, maximize, system menu
HowTo: Give a window a toolbar style title bar	form, toolbar, titlebar, SetWindowLong
HowTo: Keep an MDI form on top of other programs	form, top, on top, topmost, ontop
HowTo: Keep a form on top of another form, but not on top of all forms	on top, topmost
HowTo: Disable the close X in a form's upper right corner	form, close, unload
HowTo: Show a form without activating it	form, activate, show
HowTo: Confine the cursor within a form's client area	confine, cursor, clip, client area
HowTo: Know when the user clicks on any control on a form	form, click, control
HowTo: Let the user minimize, maximize, and restore a form, but not resize it in VB .NET	subclass, WindowProc, messages, VB.NET, NET, resize, minimize, maximize
HowTo: Subclass to read Windows messages in VB .NET	subclass, WindowProc, messages, VB.NET, NET
HowTo: Shrink a form to a title bar and restore it when the user clicks on the caption	form, shrink, restore, minimize
HowTo: Know when a form is moving and when it finishes moving	moving, move, finished moving
HowTo: Redraw a form once when it has finished resizing	resize, finished, done
HowTo: Let the user minimize, maximize, and restore a form, but not resize it	resize, minimize, maximize
HowTo: Restore a form to the position it had when it was last run	form, position, GetWindowPlacement, SetWindowPlacement
HowTo: Keep a form on top of others	form, top, on top, topmost, ontop
HowTo: Let the user move a 1-pixel wide form without a title bar	move form, no title bar, drag form
HowTo: Let the user move a form without a title bar	move form, no title bar, drag form
HowTo: Make a text-shaped form	CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form, shaped form

Regions

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Make a transparent analog clock	click, SetWindowRgn, transparent, analog
HowTo: Fit a PictureBox to its non-transparent pixels	shaped picture, PictureBox, region, SetWindowRgn
HowTo: Display tips in a rounded popup form	form, help, tip, rounded rectangle, region, SetWindowRgn
HowTo: Make a picture box with a hole in it	PictureBox, shape, region, SetWindowRgn, shaped PictureBox
HowTo: Make a monitor that displays a value using bars floating over the desktop	gauge, bar, monitor, SetWindowRgn, region
HowTo: Make a text-shaped PictureBox	text-shaped picture box, SetWindowRgn, region, shape, PictureBox
HowTo: Make a shaped button in VB .NET	shape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button, VB .NET
HowTo: Tile a polygon with a picture	picture, tile, polygon, region
HowTo: Draw a polygon filled with a picture	region, path, polygon, picture
HowTo: Draw a polygon filled with text	text, region, path, polygon
HowTo: Draw text filled with a picture	text, region, path, picture
HowTo: Make a "heavyweight" label that can sit on top of a shockwave animation or other controls	label, windowless control, SetWindowRgn, region, lightweight, heavyweight
HowTo: Make a transparent clock face	transparent, clock, face, SetWindowRgn, CreateRectRgn, CombineRgn, region

Applications

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Set another application's size and position in Visual Basic 2008	SetWindowPos, FindWindow, set application size, set application position, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the VoiceText library to read numbers to the user in Visual Basic 6	voice, audio, VoiceText, read numbers
HowTo: Simulate Alt-Tab in Visual Basic 6	Alt-Tab, simulate, Visual Basic 6, keyboard, keybd_event
HowTo: Start and stop another program	start application, stop application, API, WM_CLOSE, SendMessage
HowTo: Keep track of the foreground application in VB .NET	foreground application, foreground window, GetForegroundWindow
HowTo: Keep track of the foreground application	foreground application, foreground window, GetForegroundWindow
HowTo: Kill another application given its name	kill, stop, halt, end, SendMessage
HowTo: Terminate a process immediately in VB.NET	terminate, end, halt, stop, kill, VB.NET
HowTo: Terminate a process immediately	terminate, end, halt, stop, kill
HowTo: Associate a file extension with an executable	associate, extension, executable, application
HowTo: Set another application's caption	caption, title, SendMessage, application title
HowTo: Find an application using its title and maximize it	maximize, application, SendMessage, BringWindowToTop
HowTo: Start a process using Shell and get its hWnd	Shell, PID, hWnd, start program
HowTo: Cascade Internet Explorer windows on the desktop	cascade, internet explorer, arrange windows, desktop
HowTo: Get and set another application's placement	application, position, placement, move, size
HowTo: Copy the selected text in another application	copy text, clipboard
HowTo: Use the ShellExecute API function to execute a file, launch the Find utility, and perform default actions	ShellExecute, start, execute, find, open, default action
HowTo: Make a program run at startup	startup, boot, login, logon, start, run, execute

Mouse

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Simulate a mouse movement and click the mouse in Visual Basic 2005	VB2005, Visual Basic 2005, mouse move, click, mouse_event, API
HowTo: Simulate drawing with the mouse in Visual Basic 2005	VB2005, Visual Basic 2005, mouse move, click, OnMouseDown, OnMouseMove, OnMouseUp
HowTo: Record and play back mouse movements	mouse, move, mouse_event, API
HowTo: Move the mouse to a particular position and click it	mouse, click, move, mouse_event, API
HowTo: Track the mouse's movement and display its position in a tooltip-like window	mouse, cursor, movement, track mouse
HowTo: See what word is under the mouse in a RichTextBox and look it up in a list of known words	RichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursor
HowTo: Display the word under the mouse in a RichTextBox inside a Tooltip	RichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursor
HowTo: Move the mouse programmatically	mouse, move mouse
HowTo: See if the mouse is moving even when it is not over the program	mouse, cursor, CursorPos
HowTo: Track the ListBox item under the mouse	ListBox, mouse, over
HowTo: Use API capture functions to make a button that changes its caption when the mouse moves over it	button, caption, mouse over
HowTo: Display a message when the mouse is over a button	button, message, mouse over
HowTo: Hide and show the mouse pointer	hide mouse pointer, show mouse pointer, ShowCursor
HowTo: Make an annoying game that moves the cursor	game, annoy, annoying, SetCursorPos
HowTo: Confine the cursor within a form's client area	confine, cursor, clip, client area
HowTo: See if the left mouse button is up or down even outside this program	mouse, up, down
HowTo: Position a form under the mouse	position, form, mouse
HowTo: See what word is under the mouse in a RichTextBox	RichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursor
HowTo: Programmatically move the mouse and simulate a click	mouse, click, move, simulate
HowTo: Make a label display a shadow safely when the mouse is over it	label, shadow, mouse, GetCursorPos, ScreenToClient
HowTo: Center the mouse over a control	center mouse, mouse, center cursor, cursor

General

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Format a BIG number of bytes in KB, MB, GB, TB, etc. in VB .NET	format, bytes, KB, MB, GB, VB.NET
HowTo: Format a number of bytes in KB, MB, and GB by using StrFormatByteSize in VB .NET	format, bytes, KB, MB, GB, StrFormatByteSize, VB.NET
HowTo: Format a BIG number of bytes in KB, MB, GB, TB, etc. by using an array of postfixes in VB .NET	format, bytes, KB, MB, GB, VB.NET
HowTo: Format a number of bytes in KB, MB, and GB by using StrFormatByteSize	format, bytes, KB, MB, GB, StrFormatByteSize
HowTo: Format a BIG number of bytes in KB, MB, GB, TB, etc.	format, bytes, KB, MB, GB
HowTo: Format a BIG number of bytes in KB, MB, GB, TB, etc. by using an array of postfixes	format, bytes, KB, MB, GB
HowTo: Verify the user's Windows password	password, cryptography, Windows password
HowTo: Turn CapsLock on and off	CapsLock, Caps Lock
HowTo: Send an Outlook Express attachment	Outlook Express, email, e-mail, attachment, ShellExecute, FindWindow

Controls

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Make a ListView control display icons in its subitems in Visual Basic 2005	ListView, subitem icons, icons, LVM_SETITEM, VB.NET, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make a ListBox display a different tooltip for each item under the mouse in Visual Basic 6	ListBox, select, autoselect, ClientToScreen, LBItemFromPt
HowTo: Make a ListBox automatically select the item under the mouse in Visual Basic 6	ListBox, select, autoselect, ClientToScreen, LBItemFromPt
HowTo: Detect when the user scrolls a ListView control	ListView, scroll, detect
HowTo: Display a context menu when the user right-clicks on a ListView control's column headers	ListView, context menu, popup menu, right-click, right button, API,
HowTo: Determine when the user closes the main menu	menu, main menu, close, subclass, WindowProc
HowTo: Expand ComboBox choices while typing, version 2	ComboBox, combo, expand, autoexpand
HowTo: Reparent controls from one form to another	reparent, reparent control
HowTo: Make a multi-line tooltip	tooltip, multiline tooltip, multi-line tooltip
HowTo: Make a resizable PictureBox	resizable PictureBox, PictureBox
HowTo: Use API functions to change a ProgressBar's foreground and background colors	ProgressBar, foreground, background, ForeColor, BackColor
HowTo: Use Windows messages to read the choices in a ListBox control	API, ListBox, get choices
HowTo: Make a TextBox automatically capitalize input using the API	uppercase, upper case, capitalize, TextBox, input

MAPI

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Use MAPI to send email to a list of students with VBA in Excel	MAPI, mail, email, sendmail, students, Excel, VBA
HowTo: Send mail using MAPI (Mail API)	MAPI, mail, email, sendmail

Graphics

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Convert colors that are mostly red, green, or blue into a new color	mostly color, color, SetDIBits, GetDIBits
HowTo: Print a rounded rectangle	rounded rectangle, print, RoundRect
HowTo: Draw a rounded rectangle	rounded rectangle, RoundRect
HowTo: Load a 32-bit icon into a picture	icon, 32-bit, load icon, LoadPicture
HowTo: Use the GetDIBits and SetDIBits API functions to convert a picture to gray scale	GetDIBits, SetDIBits, gray scale, picture
HowTo: Use the GetDIBits and SetDIBits API functions to convert a picture to blue scale in three ways	GetDIBits, SetDIBits, blue scale, picture
HowTo: Draw stretched, squeezed, and rotated text	font, text, CreateFont, stretch, squeeze, rotate, stretched, squeezed, rotated
HowTo: Interactively change a font's height, width, weight, and font name	font, text, CreateFont
HowTo: Make a mask image for a picture with a "transparent" color	mask, transparent image, transparent color
HowTo: Make an 8-bit device independent bitmap (DIB) from scratch	DIB, CreateDIBitmap, bitmap, image
HowTo: Use the LoadImage API function to antialias an image and save the result into a file	antialias, anti-alias, anti alias, alias, LoadImage, resize, LoadPicture, SavePicture
HowTo: Resize an image with antialiasing using GetDIBits and SetDIBits	antialias, anti-alias, anti alias, alias, GetDIBits, SetDIBits, resize
HowTo: Draw an arc using the AngleArc API function in Windows NT	arc, angle, API
HowTo: Use the API Pie function to draw pie slices	pie, pie slice
HowTo: Use the Ellipse API function	ellipse, API, circle
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory and draw on it	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory, draw on it, and save the result in a bitmap file	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, pixels, save bitmap
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory and draw on its individual pixels	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, pixels
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory and draw on it using a type structure	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, CreateFont, TextOut
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory and draw text on it	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, CreateFont, TextOut

Misc

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Get an object's reference count in Visual Basic 6	reference count, get reference count, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Use Registry API functions to save and restore values in Visual Basic 6	Registry, API, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyEx, RegOpenKeyEx, RegQueryValueExString, RegQueryValueExLong, RegQueryValueExNULL, RegSetValueExString, RegSetValueExLong, SHDeleteKey, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Make a link label that opens a Web page in Visual Basic 6	link label, LinkLabel, Visual Basic, Web
HowTo: Make a link label that opens a Web page and that changes appearance when the mouse is over it in Visual Basic 6	link label, LinkLabel, Visual Basic, Web, changing font, hover
HowTo: Use the SetProp, GetProp, and RemoveProp API functions to associate a value with a window handle (hWnd)	SetProp, GetProp, RemoveProp, hWnd
HowTo: Simulate Alt-Tab in Visual Basic 6	Alt-Tab, simulate, Visual Basic 6, keyboard, keybd_event
HowTo: Let the user browse for a folder in Visual Basic .NET	browse, browse for folder, SHBrowseForFolder, API, VB.NET
HowTo: Open a text file in the system's default text editor	editor, default editor, system editor, text file
HowTo: Open a text file in the system's default text editor	editor, default editor, system editor, text file
HowTo: Put text with a color background in menus	menu, font, colored menu, ModifyMenu
HowTo: Set another application's caption	caption, title, SendMessage, application title
HowTo: Find the Windows directory without using the API	Windows directory, Windows, WinDir
HowTo: Get the Windows directory from the environment	Windows directory, Windows, WinDir, Environ, environment
HowTo: Make a program that has no forms but that uses API timers	Timer, Timer control, time, speed, performance
HowTo: Use API functions to create a timer that can wait as long as 23 days between events	Timer, Timer control, time, speed, performance
HowTo: Make a program with no forms that uses API timers and Sleep	Timer, Timer control, time, speed, performance
HowTo: Get the computer's name	computer name, GetComputerName
HowTo: Start a process using Shell and get its hWnd	Shell, PID, hWnd, start program
HowTo: Make a beep with a non-standard frequency and duration	beep, tone, sound, frequency

SendMessage

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Give a ListBox a horizontal scroll bar	ListBox, scroll
HowTo: Make a link label that opens a Web page in Visual Basic 6	link label, LinkLabel, Visual Basic, Web
HowTo: Make a link label that opens a Web page and that changes appearance when the mouse is over it in Visual Basic 6	link label, LinkLabel, Visual Basic, Web, changing font, hover
HowTo: Start and stop another program	start application, stop application, API, WM_CLOSE, SendMessage
HowTo: Kill another application given its name	kill, stop, halt, end, SendMessage
HowTo: Terminate a process immediately in VB.NET	terminate, end, halt, stop, kill, VB.NET
HowTo: Terminate a process immediately	terminate, end, halt, stop, kill
HowTo: Set another application's caption	caption, title, SendMessage, application title
HowTo: Use SendMessage to make an editor where a single instance handles all requests	one instance, instance, SendMessage
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's background color	TreeView, background, background color, backcolor
HowTo: Set the margins for a TextBox	TextBox, margin
HowTo: Find an application using its title and maximize it	maximize, application, SendMessage, BringWindowToTop
HowTo: Quickly locate an item in a ListBox that begins with a certain substring	ListBox, find, SendMessage
HowTo: Grab text and other window information from another application	grab text, application, window information

VB .NET

Title	Keywords
Bug Alert:	API, declare, declaration, VB .NET, bug, bug alert

Files

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Search for files matching a pattern and show their sizes and total size	file, size, search, pattern