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Re: how turn off task bar

• Posted by Kat <gertie at ZEBRA.NET> Jan 20, 2000
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Has anyone considered telling windoze to hide the taskbar with a win_msg?
Naturally, i don't know if that setting can be changed without rebooting,
but since clicking on the desktop makes the taskbar collapse, i'd guess
there is some msg to tell it to collapse once that's enabled.

Kat,
just musing.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: how turn off task bar


> Thanks Brian & David,
>
> Some interesting things about both ideas for covering up the task bar:
>
> 1.  Brian used the "Normal" parameter in WinMain, & because I already had
> "Maximize" there in my code, I left it like that; mistake, it HAS to be
> "Normal" to work;
>
> 2.  If I run it while connected to Internet, the window won't stay big; it
> starts out big, but then the screen flickers with other window's stuff &
the
> task bar comes back (not a problem for me, since mine isn't an Internet
app,
> but could be a problem for those that are);
>
> 3.  If the window IS resized, RESTORING it DOESN'T re-coverup the task bar
> (I'll probably use Brian's suggestion & use WS_POPUP to eliminate the
> buttons that would allow that, since it also denies manual resizing; gotta
> remember to provide way to CLOSE it, with buttons gone!)
>
> Dan Moyer
>
> David wrote:
>
> >Brian wrote:
> >
> >>-- use the WinAPI to get the screen resolution in pixels
> >>constant screenCX = c_func(xGetSystemMetrics,{SM_CXSCREEN})
> >>constant screenCY = c_func(xGetSystemMetrics,{SM_CYSCREEN})
> >
> >You can also use:
> >
> >   screenSize = getExtent( Screen )
> >
> >keep in mind that the user can resize the screen while an application is
> >running.
> >
> >-- David Cuny
>