I'm trying to write a program that will lock down the system. I want to
hide the start button and taskbar. I found code using ShowWindow &
FindWindow but they fail to work.
Butttonhwnd = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", "")
Butttonhwnd = FindWindowEx(Butttonhwnd, 0, "Button", Nothing)
ShowWindow(Butttonhwnd, BUT_HIDE)
Anyone have any idea on how to this?
Chris 2 2055
Start a new Windows application & add 3 buttons to it
Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal
lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Integer
Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal
hWndInsertAfter As Integer, ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer, ByVal cx
As Integer, ByVal cy As Integer, ByVal wFlags As Integer) As Integer
Public Const SWP_HIDEWINDOW = &H80
Public Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40
Private Sub btnShow_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles btnShow.Click
ShowTaskBar()
End Sub
Private Sub btnHide_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles btnHide.Click
HideTaskBar()
End Sub
Public Sub ShowTaskBar()
Dim intReturn As Integer = FindWindow("Shell_traywnd", "")
SetWindowPos(intReturn, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_SHOWWINDOW)
End Sub
Public Sub HideTaskBar()
Dim intReturn As Integer = FindWindow("Shell_traywnd", "")
SetWindowPos(intReturn, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_HIDEWINDOW)
End Sub
Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles btnExit.Click
ShowTaskBar()
Application.Exit()
End Sub
Private Sub frmTaskbar_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
ShowTaskBar()
End Sub
------------------------------
I have called my form 'frmTaskbar'
Button 1 = btnShow
Button 2 = btnHide
Button 3 = Exit
---------------------------------------------
On form closing I have called showtaskbar because I you don't want it
invisible when you close the application.
I hope this helps
Thanks, worked perfect....
Chris
"Crouchie1998" <Cr**********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:82**********************************@microsof t.com... Start a new Windows application & add 3 buttons to it
Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Integer Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Integer, ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer, ByVal cx As Integer, ByVal cy As Integer, ByVal wFlags As Integer) As Integer
Public Const SWP_HIDEWINDOW = &H80 Public Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40
Private Sub btnShow_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnShow.Click ShowTaskBar() End Sub
Private Sub btnHide_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnHide.Click HideTaskBar() End Sub
Public Sub ShowTaskBar() Dim intReturn As Integer = FindWindow("Shell_traywnd", "") SetWindowPos(intReturn, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_SHOWWINDOW) End Sub
Public Sub HideTaskBar() Dim intReturn As Integer = FindWindow("Shell_traywnd", "") SetWindowPos(intReturn, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_HIDEWINDOW) End Sub
Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnExit.Click ShowTaskBar() Application.Exit() End Sub
Private Sub frmTaskbar_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing ShowTaskBar() End Sub
------------------------------
I have called my form 'frmTaskbar'
Button 1 = btnShow Button 2 = btnHide Button 3 = Exit
---------------------------------------------
On form closing I have called showtaskbar because I you don't want it invisible when you close the application.
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