11 API Functions for VB6

Here is another handy module from extreme-vb.net. This one covers eleven (11) API-based functions.

This content originally appeared on on extreme-vb.net. Permission from Bob Schwarz has been granted to included it here for archival purposes.

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The below table contains a list of the functions, along with a brief explanation of what each one does.

Function Name	Description	Input	Output
Pause	Puts the app to sleep for the given number of milliseconds	Long Integer
ExitWindows	Logoff, shutdown, or reboot the computer.	Long Integer
GetUserName	Return the username of the logged on user		String
GetComputerName	Return the name of the local computer		String
GetActiveWindowTitle	Returns the title of the active window	Boolean	String
HideTaskBar	Hides the taskbar
ShowTaskBar	Un-hides the taskbar
GetActiveWindow	Returns the handle of the active window	Boolean	Long
GetWindowTitle	Return the title of a window given its hwnd	Long	String
TopMostForm	Makes a form the top window if top = True. When top = False it removes this property	object (form), boolean
AboutBox	Generates a standard windows About box	object (form), Variant

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Posted: 2019-04-07
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