How to put label's caption into taskbar

[AndyK]

Thank You

[Aaron Young]

If you mean how can you make the Taskbar Caption different to the Forms Caption, try this Code Snippet I put together a while ago:
In a Module..

public Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (byval hwnd as Long, byval nIndex as Long, byval dwNewLong as Long) as Long
private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (Destination as Any, Source as Any, byval Length as Long)
private Declare Function CallWindowProc Lib "user32" Alias "CallWindowProcA" (byval lpPrevWndFunc as Long, byval hwnd as Long, byval Msg as Long, byval wParam as Long, byval lParam as Long) as Long

public Const GWL_WNDPROC = (-4)
private Const WM_GETTEXT = &HD

public lPrevWnd as Long
public sFormCaption as string

public Function SubWindow(byval hwnd as Long, byval Msg as Long, byval wParam as Long, byval lParam as Long) as Long
If Msg = WM_GETTEXT then
'Substitute the Default Form Caption for our own Caption
CopyMemory byval lParam, byval sFormCaption, len(sFormCaption)
wParam = len(sFormCaption)
SubWindow = wParam
else
SubWindow = CallWindowProc(lPrevWnd, hwnd, Msg, wParam, byval lParam)
End If
End Function



In the Form..

private Sub Form_Load()
'The Taskbar Caption is set using the Normal Caption property
Caption = "TaskBar Caption"
'set the Forms Caption
sFormCaption = "Form Caption" & Chr(0)
'Subclass the Form
lPrevWnd = SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, AddressOf SubWindow)
End Sub

private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel as Integer)
'Release the Subclassing
Call SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, lPrevWnd)
End Sub



Use the Caption Property of the Form to Set the TaskBar Caption, and the sFormCaption Variable to Set the Forms Caption.


Aaron Young
Analyst Programmer
adyoung@win.bright.net
aarony@redwingsoftware.com