Re: How to display the system menu on the taskbar without a titlebar or system menu button

From: Will Pittenger (will.pittenger_at_verizon.net)
Date: 04/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:57:19 -0700

The problem is that I am using C# .NET -- and .NET does not allow direct
access to the styles. I did find ways to override it, but those caused
major problems.

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"Christian ASTOR" <castorix@club-internet.fr> wrote in message
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> "Will Pittenger" <will.pittenger@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> > I have a C# .NET program which does without a normal titlebar for its
main
> > window. Trouble is, I still want the user to be able to access select
> > commands while the program is minimized. (I provided replacements for
the
> > Minimize and Close buttons.) I understand how to modify the system
menu.
> > In fact, I used to have a version of this program which did use a
titlebar
> > and modified the menu with Win32 calls.
> >
> > The current problem is that I no longer have a system menu at all
>
> If you create a popup window (without WS_CAPTION) but with WS_SYSMENU,
> you'll have the System Menu...