FormBdr

Description

Short story: Provides runtime access to "read-only" properties such as ControlBox, MaxButton, MinButton, Moveable, and ShowInTaskbar. Adds new properties such as AutoDrag, Sizeable, Titlebar, and Topmost.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

Toggle the Titlebar (and Other Form Tricks), Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, November 2000

Add a Window to the Taskbar, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, January 2001

Extract Color Values Painlessly, Q&A, VSM, September 2001

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

CFormBorder.cls user32

GetCursorPos
GetMenuItemCount
GetMenuItemID
GetMenuItemInfo
GetSystemMenu
GetWindowLong
LockWindowUpdate
ReleaseCapture
RemoveMenu
SendMessage
SetMenuItemInfo
SetWindowLong
SetWindowPos
ShowWindow

COpSysInfo.cls kernel32 GetVersionEx

FNoEdge.frm user32

DrawEdge
ReleaseCapture
SendMessage

MCalcNoIcon.bas kernel32
shell32
user32 Sleep
ShellExecute
FindWindow

MFlipStyleBits.bas user32

GetWindowLong
SetWindowLong
SetWindowPos
ShowWindow

MSvcsNt4.bas kernel32
shell32
user32 Sleep
ShellExecute
FindWindow

Don't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.

Module	Library	Function
CFormBorder.cls	user32	GetCursorPos GetMenuItemCount GetMenuItemID GetMenuItemInfo GetSystemMenu GetWindowLong LockWindowUpdate ReleaseCapture RemoveMenu SendMessage SetMenuItemInfo SetWindowLong SetWindowPos ShowWindow
COpSysInfo.cls	kernel32	GetVersionEx
FNoEdge.frm	user32	DrawEdge ReleaseCapture SendMessage
MCalcNoIcon.bas	kernel32 shell32 user32	Sleep ShellExecute FindWindow
MFlipStyleBits.bas	user32	GetWindowLong SetWindowLong SetWindowPos ShowWindow
MSvcsNt4.bas	kernel32 shell32 user32	Sleep ShellExecute FindWindow

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Download FormBdr.zip, 32Kb, Last Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2001