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[ Hide form from Taskbar ]
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3/9/2005 4:24:56 PM |
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Eric Wolcott
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VB 3.0, VB 4.0 (16-bit), VB 4.0 (32-bit), VB 5.0, VB 6.0, VB Script |
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This code hides your form from the taskbar at runtime. Works perfectly. Credit goes to manavo11 from vbforums.com
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'Windows API/Global Declarations for :[ Hide form from Taskbar ]
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Public Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Public Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Public Const WS_EX_APPWINDOW = &H40000 | |
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' Name: [ Hide form from Taskbar ]
' Description:This code hides your form from the taskbar at runtime. Works perfectly. Credit goes to manavo11 from vbforums.com
' By: Eric Wolcott
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' Assumes:Includes checkbox titled "chkTaskbar"
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'This code is copyrighted and has' limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=59397&lngWId=1'for details.'**************************************
Private Sub chkTaskbar_Click()
Dim style As Long
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style = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE)
If chkTaskbar.Value = 0 Then
If style And WS_EX_APPWINDOW Then
style = style - WS_EX_APPWINDOW
End If
Else
style = style Or WS_EX_APPWINDOW
End If
SetWindowLong hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, style
App.TaskVisible = CBool(chkTaskbar.Value)
Show
End Sub
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 3/9/2005 5:20:54 PM: Grayda
Simpler way: app.taskvisible = False
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3/9/2005 5:28:33 PM: Eric Szafran
*Grayda* Actually you cannot do that in runtime, its readonly then. So if you have an option in your program to hide itself from the taskbar this API is basicly the only wat to go.
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3/10/2005 4:45:17 PM: LaVolpe
To prevent flicker (hide/show), might want to consider using LockWindowUpdate
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5/22/2005 8:46:06 PM:
You don't even need to do any of that. Just go to the right bar (were caption, etc. is) and And in the "ShowinTaskbar" slot, click "false"
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7/7/2005 5:02:05 AM:
lol @ last comment
Thanx for sharing this great piece of code!
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9/14/2006 11:29:18 PM: Matthew
lol yea that was a goofy comment
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11/13/2006 3:21:51 PM: ELIAS EL INMORTAL
ESPECTACULAR Y MUY UTIL EL CODIGO DE Eric Wolcott . MIERDA TIENE 16 AÑOS ,ES UN GENIO Y YO UN GUSANO , PERO BUENO .FELICITACIONES A LOS CREADORES DE ESTE SITIO
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1/22/2007 9:32:44 AM: Icaro
Form1.Showintaskbar = False.
Thx
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3/19/2007 5:47:50 PM: everything for VB 6
hi everbody,is there anyone to give me
codes for a simple MP3 player in visual basic?I will be pleased if it will be written in clear.THANKS:. :)
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3/19/2007 5:50:52 PM: everything for VB 6
by the way,is anybody here to give your msn address to talk much about visual basic,,especially to improve programming.. HAVE A NICE DAY
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3/23/2007 2:43:51 PM: vijith
thanks a lot
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9/7/2007 11:52:57 PM: Mark Larren Mendoza
there are simpler ways but at least he thought of another way. he's creative enough...im saying this coz i always depend on the properties window...
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10/29/2008 11:31:34 PM: Jason Newland
Actually, Me.Visible = False will also hide the app from the task bar
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4/1/2009 4:05:30 AM: abhi
wonderful code!!!
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