Re: SIP button invisible

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From: Worldnet News (kjbarnes_at_att.net)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:19:04 GMT

Is there a VB example of this?

"Flynn Arrowstarr" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0DDD8D4D-C047-4DC0-9BE9-0D4FEB62569E@microsoft.com...
> Hi, massimo
>
> I found this code posted to the newsgroups in August. It looks to be
exactly what you need.
>
> -- Begin Code --
> // SHFullScreenHelper.cs
> // Posted by Jim Wilson on
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework
> // on August 12, 2003.
>
> using System;
> using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
> using System.Windows.Forms;
> using System.Text;
>
> namespace TestApp
> {
> /// <summary>
> /// Provides an interface to hide and show the SIP, SIP button, and the
Start button.
> /// </summary>
> public class SHFullScreenHelper
> {
> private const Int32 SHFS_SHOWSIPBUTTON = 0x0004;
> private const Int32 SHFS_HIDESIPBUTTON = 0x0008;
> private const Int32 SHFS_SHOWSTARTICON = 0x0010;
> private const Int32 SHFS_HIDESTARTICON = 0x0020;
>
> private const string formWindowClassName = "#NETCF_AGL_BASE_" ;
>
> [DllImport("aygshell.dll")]
> private static extern Int32 SHFullScreen(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 dwState) ;
>
> [DllImport("coredll.dll")]
> private static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string className, string
windowName) ;
>
> [DllImport("coredll.dll")]
> private static extern Int32 GetClassName(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder
className, int maxCount) ;
>
> public static bool ShowStartIcon(Form f, bool bShow)
> {
> Int32 dwFlag = bShow ? SHFS_SHOWSTARTICON : SHFS_HIDESTARTICON ;
> return SHFullScreen(GetWindowHandle(f), dwFlag) != 0;
> }
>
> public static bool ShowSIPButton(Form f, bool bShow)
> {
> Int32 dwFlag = bShow ? SHFS_SHOWSIPBUTTON : SHFS_HIDESIPBUTTON ;
> return SHFullScreen(GetWindowHandle(f), dwFlag) != 0;
> }
>
> private static IntPtr GetWindowHandle(Form f)
> {
> return FindWindow(formWindowClassName, f.Text);
> }
> }
> }
> -- End Code --
>
> To use it, just create a class file and drop in the code. Then, call the
function as follows:
>
> SHFullScreenHelper.ShowSIPButton(this, false); //This hides the SIP
button (C#)
> SHFullScreenHelper.ShowSIPButton(this, true); //This displays the SIP
button (C#)
>
> SHFullScreenHelper.ShowSIPButton(Me, False) 'This hides the SIP button
(VB)
> SHFullScreenHelper.ShowSIPButton(Me, True) 'This shows the SIP button
(VB)
>
> You can also show and hide the Start menu button as follows:
>
> SHFullScreenHelper.ShowStartButton(this, false); //This hides the
Start button
> SHFullScreenHelper.ShowStartButton(this, true); //This shows the Start
button
>
> SHFullScreenHelper.ShowStartButton(Me, False) 'This hides the Start
button (VB)
> SHFullScreenHelper.ShowStartButton(Me, True) 'This shows the Start
button (VB)
>
> Hope this helps =)
>
> Flynn
>
> ----- massimo capetola wrote: -----
>
> I would like to make invisible the SIP button in my VB.net project,
here is
> what I do on load event of the form "frmToto"
>
> Dim hWnd As IntPtr = FindWindow(Nothing, "frmToto")
>
> RC = SHFullScreen(hWnd, SHFS_HIDESIPBUTTON)
>
> The "SHFullScreen" return True, but my SIP button is still visible.
>
> What is wrong in my code?
>
> my API declaration:
>
> Public Declare Function SHFullScreen Lib "aygshell" (ByVal
hwndRequester As
> IntPtr, ByVal dwState As Integer) As Boolean
>
> Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "Coredll" Alias "FindWindowW"
(ByVal
> lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As IntPtr
>

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