by Bird (7 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Fri 13th June 2003
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
Hides the start menu button.
API Declarations
Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40
Const GW_CHILD = 5
Const GW_HWNDNEXT = 2
Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wCmd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long
Dim tWnd As Long, bWnd As Long, sSave As String * 250
VBcoders
tWnd = FindWindow("Shell_traywnd", vbNullString)
bWnd = GetWindow(tWnd, GW_CHILD)
Do
GetClassName bWnd, sSave, 250
If LCase(Left$(sSave, 6)) = "button" Then Exit Do
bWnd = GetWindow(bWnd, GW_HWNDNEXT)
Loop
SetWindowPos bWnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_HIDEWINDOW
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
HideStart
End Sub
Sub ShowStart()
SetWindowPos bWnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_SHOWWINDOW
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
ShowStart
End Sub
