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getting the url of the current desktop background

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getting the url of the current desktop background

demonzrulaz	3 May, 2007 - 03:10 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 30 Sep, 2006 Posts: 8 My Contributions	Hi. I was wondering if there is a method in retrieving the location of the user's current desktop background? I want a relative path like: "C:\Documents and Settings\...". etc.
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NickDMax	RE: Getting The Url Of The Current Desktop Background 3 May, 2007 - 06:37 PM Post #2
2B\|\|!2B Joined: 18 Feb, 2007 Posts: 2,867 Thanked: 53 times Dream Kudos: 550 My Contributions	What version of VB are you useing? In VB6 you would do this with an API call to SystemParametersInfo with the action set to SPI_GETDESKWALLPAPER. was working on a little example but there seems to be a problem with my VB install (I can't seem to do an API call even the older programs that I know work are just closing VS when run in debug mode...) but you can find an example here If you are in VB.Net There are safer ways to do this.
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demonzrulaz	RE: Getting The Url Of The Current Desktop Background 4 May, 2007 - 02:11 PM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 30 Sep, 2006 Posts: 8 My Contributions	thanks for the reply. I will try it as soon as i can. i was thinking of using VB6 but you mentioned VB.Net had safer methods of doing this. What do you mean by safer? is it dangerous to do it in VB6. which is the easiest method to implement?
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Jayman	RE: Getting The Url Of The Current Desktop Background 4 May, 2007 - 03:43 PM Post #4
Student of Life Joined: 26 Dec, 2005 Posts: 7,302 Thanked: 66 times Dream Kudos: 500 Expert In: Everything My Contributions	Yes, you still need to make a API call to the SystemParametersInfo. But it can be done quite easily in VB.NET. You can find an example of how to modify the background using VB.NET here. With a little dissemination of the code and the link provide by Nick using the parameters of the SystemParametersInfo API call, you can get the location of the Desktop Background. It really isn't that difficult.
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