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Re: how turn off task bar

• Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> Jan 19, 2000
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Thanks Brian,

I was already using " getExtent(Window1)" to help center things in my
window, & I remember now that you remind me having seen SystemMetrics used
before somewhere, but it didn't occur to me to try that to make a fully big
window.  Thanks!

Dan


Brian wrote:


>This doesn't "turn off" the taskbar, but it does hide it behind your
window:
>
>---- untested code starts here ----
>include win32lib.ew
>
>-- use the WinAPI to get the screen resolution in pixels
>constant screenCX = c_func(xGetSystemMetrics,{SM_CXSCREEN})
>constant screenCY = c_func(xGetSystemMetrics,{SM_CYSCREEN})
>
>-- now create the window
>constant MainWin = create(Window,"Big Winder",0,0,0,screenCX,screenCY,0)
>
>----------------------
>--- your code here ---
>----------------------
>
>WinMain(MainWin, Normal)
>---- end code ----
>
>Also, if you want to hide the caption bar with the -0X buttons in the upper
>right hand corner, you can of course use the WS_POPUP window style.
>
>Go to bed!
>Brian