by �e7eN (23 Submissions)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(3 Votes)
This code will allow you to change the .ShowInTaskBar at runtime. Please Comment and Vote.
Inputs
SetShowInTaskbar False, Me.hwnd or SetShowInTaskbar True, Me.hwnd
VBcoders'Window API
Public Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
'Window Constants
Public Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Public Sub SetShowInTaskbar(Visible As Boolean, hWnd As Long)
Dim Ret As Long
Dim lNewLong As Long
Select Case Visible
Case True
lNewLong = -128
Case False
lNewLong = 128
End Select
Ret = SetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, lNewLong)
End Sub