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Animate your start button text using the sendmessage api.

by Chris Marchetti (1 Submission)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3^rd February 2021
Rating: (5 Votes)

This code will allow you to animate your start button text to whatever you want using the sendmessage api.

Assumes
The start bar button text will only stay this way untill your next restart of your computer.
Side Effects
The program was only texted on windows xp, i cant say if it will work on any other os's.
API Declarations
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessageSTRING Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As String) As Long
Private Const WM_SETTEXT = &HC
Private Const WM_GETTEXT = &HD

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