Correction: this message gets sent to appbars when an application goes
full-screen, but the mechanism of how an application tells Windows that it
is going full screen is unknown to me, it is probably in the Windows
function group in the API.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 July 1999 13:56
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Change the settings of the Taskbar
>
>
> Quoting gajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > OK OK, let me explain it to you again!
> >
> > The program that starts is NOT writen by me, so I cannot change it's
> > FormStyle directly. Therefore I want to make the TASKBAR to go to back,
> > or to make it's FormStyle fsNormal.
> >
> > OK, if you still don't get it, then here's an example:
> >
> > I start Notepad and I maximize it. But it's not fullscreen,
> because Notepad
> > is not made to act like that, and because of that the Taskbar is
> > still visible (Always On Top turned ON). Now I DON'T want this,
> I want the
> > Notepad to be the only visible thing on my screen!
> >
> > I hope it's clear now. The only thing I can do is to get the
> handle of the
> > Taskbar, but I don't know how to use that handle to send the
> > Taskbar to BACK or to make it's FormStyle fsNormal. The solution is
> > probably, as George already said, in the SHAppBarMessage procedure, but
> > I don't know how to use that procedure.
> >
> > So, any solutions?
>
> Have a program send the message ABN_FULLSCREENAPP setting the
> lparam to TRUE
> when the application goes to fullscreen and send it again with
> lparam set to
> FALSE to restore the taskbar. This will also hide/unhide any
> other appbars that
> are open on the desktop.
>
> For more info look up ABN_FULLSCREENAPP in the Win32 SDK help file
>
>
> >
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