changing desktop size like icq

if you drag icq to the sides of your screen it will snap to the side and make like the task bar so window borders touch it when the windows are maximized.. how does it do this?

You've Chosen a Hard one Here. You need to use the SHAppBarMessage API. There's a lot of stuff to do, I'll make you a class module to get it all working, just give me a few hours.

Try this class, called TAppbar. I've used it myself (though just in one app), and it works fine. Only problem I've found is that my app sometimes crash when running Pagemaker, but that might be some other problem.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVall...6/appbar14.zip

//Anders

I'm Doing Mine anyway, and It'll be much better.

thanks, anders, i'll check it out while sam works on his

i am also very interested in this code. I've used always on top and always on bottom however the look just isn't right... I've been scowering the web for how to resize the desktop similar to icq...

Sorry Guys, It's Taking a bit Longer that Expected, I'll Get it Done Though.

ok, i've found some code which seems to work nicely for resizing the "workarea".....

'example (you could put this anywhere, i'm using it on form load)
Call ChangeWorkArea(0, Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY, 0, Screen.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX)


'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

I'd really like to see this example as well- sounds very interesting. Anyway, keep it up sam :)

big bump...
how do i find out the 'work area' when i need it?
the code up there tells me how to change it but not how to retriev it.. and the zip link is dead

To download the zip use your right mouse button and click save file as... I did it that way and it worked!

The Desktop resizing kinda got burried under a huge in pile and then forgotten about, unfortunatley the in pile is still fairly sizable so I don't have time to finish it. If you want to know roughly what I was doing, I was making a control that was basicly a nice easy interface to all the suff you can do with the SHAppBarMessage API here is what microsoft say about that API


I'll try to get it finished if I have time

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big bump...
how do i find out the 'work area' when i need it?
the code up there tells me how to change it but not how to retriev it.. and the zip link is dead

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hey sam... can i call you sam? ok, Mr. Finch, can you just shoot up a quick ap that'll show me the current coords of the work area?

please? anyone?