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EnumRASEntries – Enumerate all available RAS phone-book entries

Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&Const ERROR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL = 603&Const RAS_MaxEntryName = 256Private Type RASENTRYNAME dwSize As Long szEntryName(RAS_MaxEntryName) As ByteEnd TypePrivate Declare Function RasEnumEntries Lib “RasApi32.DLL” Alias _ “RasEnumEntriesA” (ByVal reserved As

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An enhanced VB DatePart function

Here is an enhanced version of VB DatePart function: the first parameter is now an enumerated type, so easier to use. DatePartEx is 4-5 times faster than DatePart and supports

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Check whether RAS is installed

When you work with RAS APIs, you should have to make sure if RAS library is installed on the system. A simple way is to verify the existence of the

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SetCapsLockKey – Set the state of the Caps Lock key

Private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib “user32” (ByVal bVk As Byte, _ ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)Private Declare Function GetKeyState Lib “user32” (ByVal nVirtKey

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GetCapsLockKey – Get the state of the CapsLock key

Private Declare Function GetKeyState Lib “user32” (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As _ Long’ Get the current state of the CapsLock keyFunction GetCapsLockKey() As Boolean GetCapsLockKey = GetKeyState(vbKeyCapital)End Function

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SetNumLockKey – Set the state of the Num Lock key

Private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib “user32” (ByVal bVk As Byte, _ ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)Private Declare Function GetKeyState Lib “user32” (ByVal nVirtKey

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GetScrollLockKey – Get the state of the Scroll Lock key

Private Declare Function GetKeyState Lib “user32” (ByVal nVirtKey As Long) As _ Long’ Get the current state of the ScrollLock keyFunction GetScrollLockKey() As Boolean GetScrollLockKey = GetKeyState(vbKeyScrollLock)End Function

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PressVirtKey – Press and/or release any key

Private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib “user32” (ByVal bVk As Byte, _ ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)Private Declare Function GetKeyState Lib “user32” (ByVal nVirtKey