Private type POINTAPI
    x as long
    y as long
end type

dim ptr as POINTAPI
dim itmIndex&

itmindex = 0    'to get the first icon

Sendmessage(lstviewhwnd, LVM_GETITEMPOSITION, itmIndex, ptr)

either VB returns an error or explorer cause an illegal operation!
can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong please??

also I would like to now how to retrieve names corresponding to each index
using LVM_GETITEMTEXT

any help would be appriciacted, thank you very much!

gLoBaL-pUnK

I prefer (..., lParam as Any) for SendMessage, as it's the most
universal. This allows passing pointers (UDT's), pointers to strings
(Byval somestring$) and values (Byval somevalue&)

        Bart.