#Window api vba windows#
So why not simply release a new version of win32api.txt? Maybe you don’t believe it but the Microsoft API viewer utilitycrashes with an overflow error when trying to load the new version of the file. You should use Windows API calls instead.
However, implementing a generic Edit menu that copies and pastes the highlighted contents of whatever control is the selected control is often cumberson. Example: ' Flash the application's window that is below Form1 in the Z-order. This has the same effect as using the GetTopWindow function. GWCHILD 5 The topmost of the given window's child windows. GWOWNER 4 The window that owns the given window (not to be confused with the parent window). Copying and pasting text and images programmatically isnt difficult at all, using the methods of the Clipboard object. The window above the given window in the Z-order. In contrast to this win32api.txt contains only 1 500 declarations for functions and 5 000 constants. Cut, copy, and paste using API functions. The database contains the most up to-date declarations taken from the most current Windows XP header files: 6 500 declarations for functions and 55 000 constants. This takes a lot of time and and may even be unsuccessful.įor that purpose we have developed ApiViewer 2004, which is meant to replace the Microsoft API viewer utility. If you want to use these functions you can search the internet for their declaration. Lots of new library function have been introduced with Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, and Windows XP. Add a button named Button2 to the startup form. Select Windows Application from the list of Visual Basic project templates. Windows Set CreateWindow oShellWnd.GetProperty(sSignature) If Err.Number 0 Then Exit. To call a Windows API using the DllImport attribute Open a new Windows Application project by clicking New on the File menu, and then clicking Project. This file is based on Windows 95 header files. so I've never used API's before and I'm fairly new to VBA. If you work a lot with the Windows API you may have noticed that the win32api.txt text file distributed with VB is completely out of date.