Windows status bar+vb

[ramesh_tankala]

hi..
i am new to vb , how to hide windows status bar while running my .exe file...
plz help me

[sashi]

Hi Ramesh,

you need to have a little bit knowledge on API to be able to do that.. good luck my fren.. :)

[sashi]

Hi Ramesh,

try out the code segment below.. it works for me and hope it works for you too.. good luck my fren.. :)

Declarations

You just copy this code into the declarations section of your project.

Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd _
As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, _
ByVal y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal _
wFlags As Long) As Long         
 
Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias _
"FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal _
lpWindowName As String) As Long
 
Const SWP_HIDEWINDOW = &H80
Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40         
 

Code to Hide the Taskbar

Dim Thwnd as Long
Thwnd = FindWindow("Shell_traywnd", "")
Call SetWindowPos(Thwnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_HIDEWINDOW)         
 

Code to Show the Taskbar

Dim Thwnd as Long
Thwnd = FindWindow("Shell_traywnd", "")
Call SetWindowPos(Thwnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_SHOWWINDOW)