please help me

[skyfam]

I need to hide the taskbar with API when i run any form
and unhide the taskbar when i close or unload the form

Use the FindWindow API function to find the taskbar, and the ShowWindow API function to show or hide it.


Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" _
Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, _
ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long

Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" _
Alias "ShowWindow" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal _
nCmdShow As Long) As Long

Private Const SW_HIDE = 0
Private Const SW_SHOW = 5

Dim tray&
Dim shtray&


Private Sub Form_Load()
tray& = FindWindow ("Shell_TrayWnd", vbNullString)
shtray& = ShowWindow(tray&, SW_HIDE)
End Sub

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
tray& = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", vbNullString)
shtray& = ShowWindow(tray&, SW_SHOW)
End Sub

[DarkJedi9]

How did you find out the class name (if that's the right term) was Shell_TrayWnd?

I used a API/Window's Spy.

Use Spy++, which is shipped with Visual Studio.

[DarkJedi9]

I don't have Spy++, I think it's because I didn't get the full Visual Studios. I only got the VB6 portion of it.