VBnet Code Lib: New Additions

	New Code Additions for April 2001 Updated Sunday April 08, 2001
Category	Topic
Callback vb6 vb5	Creating a VB-Timed Message Box with SetWindowsHookEx Corrected - original February post contained code from the above method. Create a custom messagebox that counts down and self-closes. Mar 24.2001 Creating an API-Timed Message Box with SetWindowsHookEx Create a custom messagebox that counts down and self-closes without using a VB Timer control. Mar 24.2001

ComboAPI vb6 vb5	Substituting a Tabbed List for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard List control supporting tabstops. Mar 16.2001 Substituting a ListView for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard ListView control. Mar 16.2001

File API vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Changing File and/or Folder Attributes Recursively Recursive file searching providing the ability to reset file or folder attributes. March 25.2001 Shell Path Routines: File/Folder/Drive Exists Tests the validity of the file and path on the local file system or on a remote drive that has been mounted to a drive letter. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsDirectoryEmpty Determines whether or not a specified path is an empty directory. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsPathAFile Determines whether or not a specified path contains path delimiting characters. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsPathAFolder Verifies that a path is a valid directory. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsPathARoot Parses a path to determine if it is a directory root. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsPathLFN Determines whether or not a file name is in long format. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsPathLocalPath Determines whether a path string represents a local resource. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsPathNetPath Determines whether a path string represents a network resource. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsPathRelative Searches a path and determines if it is relative. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsUNCPathAShare Determines if a string is a valid universal naming convention (UNC) share path, \\server\share. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsUNCPathAServer Determines if a string is a valid UNC (universal naming convention) for a server path only. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsUNCPathValid Determines if the string is a valid UNC (universal naming convention) for a server and share path. Apr 08.2001 Shell Path Routines: IsPathAURL Determines if a string string conforms to a valid URL format. Apr 08.2001

Intrinsic Controls vb6 vb5	Substituting a Tabbed List for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard List control supporting tabstops. Mar 16.2001 Substituting a ListView for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard ListView control. Mar 16.2001

Network vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Determining if a Network Destination is Reachable One call to determine if a network can reach a destination, and the connection type. Mar 13.2001

Registry vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Retrieving the List of Registered File Associations Use RegEnumKeyEx and SHGetFileInfo to list all the registered file extensions on the system. March 18, 2001

Subclassing vb6 vb5	Substituting a Tabbed List for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard List control supporting tabstops. Mar 16.2001 Substituting a ListView for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard ListView control. Mar 16.2001

System vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Determining Daylight Saving Time with GetTimeZoneInformation Two wrapper functions returning the current time zone info. April 08, 2001 Determining Current, Standard and Daylight Bias Five functions dealing with the bias (offset from GMT) for the system. April 08, 2001 Determining a Locale's Standard and Daylight Time Zone Names Two functions to return the names for the local daylight and standard zones. April 08, 2001 Obtaining the Dates for Daylight and Standard Time Changes Four functions returning various date and time information concerning the transition from Standard to Daylight Savings Time. April 08, 2001