Program docking

[arachnid]

Can someone direct me to a site or code that explains how to dock my program on *any* side of the screen? Something similar to ICQ where it pushes the desktop to the side. I think is has something to do with the registry, but I could be wrong.

[ysa1441]

hi,
fist of all, you will need to set the form to stick to one of the screen sides.
to do that you will need to do this:

to stick to the right:
in a timer control:
private sub timer1_timer()
form1.left=screen.width-form1.left
end sub

to stick to the left:
in a timer control:
private sub timer1_timer()
form1.left=0
end sub

to stick to the top:
in a timer control:
private sub timer1_timer()
form1.top=0
end sub

to stick to the bottom:
in a timer control:
private sub timer1_timer()
form1.top = screen.height - form1.height
end sub

the timer must be at interval=1
now to set the workspace so that the programs and all desktop and all worspace will de as you wish:

in a module:


'the rest here in a module
Public Const SPI_SetWorkArea = 47
Public Const SPI_GetWorkArea = 48

Public Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32" Alias "SystemParametersInfoA" (ByVal uAction As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, ByRef lpvParam As Any, ByVal fuWinIni As Long) As Long

Public Type tCoord2D
left As Long
top As Long
right As Long
bottom As Long
End Type


Public Function ChangeWorkArea(top As Integer, bottom As Integer, left As Integer, right As Integer)
Dim Rect As tCoord2D

Rect.top = top
Rect.left = left
Rect.right = right
Rect.bottom = bottom
SystemParametersInfo SPI_SetWorkArea, 0, Rect, 0
End Function

some where:
Call ChangeWorkArea(0, Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY, 0, Screen.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX)
do some tests with these functions to understand them,
ok hoped i helped, bye.

[Zaf Khan]

What your after is an Application Toolbar
(AppBar for short) check out the microsoft site for further info, sorry but i cannot remember the url

DocZaf
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Declare Function GetClassName Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long


Declare Function GetWindowRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, lpRect As RECT) As Long


Type RECT
    Left As Long
    Top As Long
    Right As Long
    Bottom As Long
    End Type
    
    Dim StartMenu As Long
    Dim What As RECT
    


Public Sub BorderToRight(FormName As Form)


    For TempNum = 1 To 999
        TempString$ = Space$(128)
        TempNum2 = GetClassName(TempNum, TempString$, 128)
        TempNum3 = Left$(TempString, TempNum2)
        If LCase(TempNum3) = "shell_traywnd" Then Goto StartMenuFound
    Next TempNum
    StartMenuFound:
    GetWindowRect TempNum, What
    StartMenu = What.Top * 15


    FormName.Move Screen.Width - FormName.Width, 0, FormName.Width, StartMenu
    End Sub


Usage:

BorderToRight Me

[arachnid]

That just moves the form to the right. I need it to resize the desktop. Ever seen the Microsoft Office Toolbar? It sits at the top and the desktop is resised to fit under it.

[ysa1441]

hey!!!
i wrote u how to do that( resize the desktop)
here is the code again:

in a module:


'the rest here in a module
Public Const SPI_SetWorkArea = 47
Public Const SPI_GetWorkArea = 48

Public Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32" Alias "SystemParametersInfoA" (ByVal uAction As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, ByRef lpvParam As Any, ByVal fuWinIni As Long) As Long

Public Type tCoord2D
left As Long
top As Long
right As Long
bottom As Long
End Type


Public Function ChangeWorkArea(top As Integer, bottom As Integer, left As Integer, right As Integer)
Dim Rect As tCoord2D

Rect.top = top
Rect.left = left
Rect.right = right
Rect.bottom = bottom
SystemParametersInfo SPI_SetWorkArea, 0, Rect, 0
End Function

some where:
Call ChangeWorkArea(0, Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY, 0, Screen.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX)
do some tests with these functions to understand them,
ok hoped i helped, bye.

[arachnid]

For some reason the code doesn't resize the desktop. <shrug>

[arachnid]

Ok this is weird. It *does* resize the screen, but doesn't show it until I resise all of the open windows.

[ysa1441]

ohh,
sorry i really dont know why that is, i will try to fix it, give me some time though...
bye,
yair