Close start Button

Hi gurus,
I want to cloase the start button from My application.

How can I do this.

THankx in Advance.

Dinesh Asanka

I tried this on WinnT and it worked...

http://www.planet-source-code.com/xq...s/ShowCode.htm

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'**************************************
'This code rises from the johining of two
'examples, one from planet-source-code (By: DoWnLoHo)
'the other from vbnet by Randy Birch,
'**************************************
'You can disable the start button for mouse.
'to disable it for keyboard without destroing the button, you
'have to make window perform another action which will override the menu
'(ie: menu would appear, but it is immediatly hidden by something else)
'to test this, add a command button to a form,
'and set the keypreview of form to true. as long as your form
'holds the focus, it will disable the start button keydown.
'to give constantly focus to this form, you may
'add a timer (interval = 200ms) and add the
'me.setfocus
'instruction in timer event. But this is not a clean solution, so
'let's wait for a truly Guru note....


private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib "User32" (byval bVk as Byte, byval bScan as Byte, byval dwFlags as Long, byval dwExtraInfo as Long)

private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "User32" Alias "FindWindowA" (byval lpClassName as string, byval lpWindowName as string) as Long

private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "User32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (byval hWnd1 as Long, byval hWnd2 as Long, byval lpsz1 as string, byval lpsz2 as string) as Long

private Declare Function EnableWindow Lib "User32" (byval hWnd as Long, byval fEnable as Long) as Long

private Const VK_LWIN = &H5B
private Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = &H2
private Const VK_APPS = &H5D

private Declare Sub SetWindowPos Lib "User32" (byval hWnd as Long, byval hWndInsertAfter as Long, byval X as Long, byval Y as Long, byval cx as Long, byval cy as Long, byval wFlags as Long)
private Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1
private Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
private Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
private Const SWP_NOACTIVATE = &H10
private Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40


Dim blnEnabled as Boolean





private Sub EnableStartButton(optional Enabled as Boolean = true)
'this will enable/disable any window wit
' h a little modifaction
Dim lHwnd as Long 'declare variables
'find start button hWnd
lHwnd& = FindWindowEx(FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", ""), 0&, "Button", vbNullString)
'call the enablewindow api and do the wh
' at needs to be done
Call EnableWindow(lHwnd&, CLng(Enabled))
End Sub


private Sub Command1_Click()
If blnEnabled then
Command1.Caption = "disable start button"
else
Command1.Caption = "enable start button"
End If
Call EnableStartButton(blnEnabled)
blnEnabled = Not blnEnabled
End Sub
'------------------------------------------------------------
'private Sub Command2_Click()
'' "Show Start menu" = &H5B
' Dim VK_ACTION as Long
' VK_ACTION = &H5B
' Call keybd_event(VK_LWIN, 0, 0, 0)
' Call keybd_event(VK_ACTION, 0, 0, 0)
' Call keybd_event(VK_LWIN, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0)
'End Sub
'-------------------------------------------------------------
private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode as Integer, Shift as Integer)
Dim VK_ACTION as Long
'intercept the keyboard
If blnEnabled then
If KeyCode = &H5B then 'startbutton key pressed
'send message to do another acttion
'ie:
' "Show Window Explorer" = &H45
' "Show find window" = &H46
' "Minimize all window" = &H4D
' "Show run window" = &H52
' "caret key 94" = &H5E
' "Show Help" = &H70
' to show start menu by code: "Show Start menu" = &H5B
'but if you add this, you 'll need to associate the following key
'with some action that perform a stronger action than &H5E
'(ie: the minimize all window key)
VK_ACTION = &H5E
Call keybd_event(VK_LWIN, 0, 0, 0)
Call keybd_event(VK_ACTION, 0, 0, 0)
Call keybd_event(VK_LWIN, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0)
End If
End If
End Sub

private Sub Form_Load()
SetWindowPos me.hWnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOACTIVATE Or SWP_SHOWWINDOW Or SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE

Command1.Caption = "disable start button"
blnEnabled = false
End Sub
private Sub Form_Resize()
If me.WindowState = vbMinimized then
me.WindowState = vbNormal
End If
End Sub






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Hi,
If u want to close a button in the application u can do it by setting the property Visible to false.ie.,
start.visible=false
Bye
sunil

Hi
Sorry I couldnt understand the question properly and has given a stupid solution.

Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Public Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long
Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long


Sub HideStartButton()
Dim Handle As Long, FindClass As Long
FindClass& = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", "")
Handle& = FindWindowEx(FindClass&, 0, "Button", vbNullString)
ShowWindow Handle&, 0
End Sub


Sub ShowStartButton()
Dim Handle As Long, FindClass As Long
FindClass& = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", "")
Handle& = FindWindowEx(FindClass&, 0, "Button", vbNullString)
ShowWindow Handle&, 1
End Sub
'Put this code in the form


Private Sub Command1_Click()
HideStartButton
End Sub


Private Sub Command2_Click()
ShowStartButton
End Sub



Iouri Boutchkine
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I do believe there are not "stupid ansewrs", at least misunderstanding main point one. Which means: your answer may not have reached this question point, but may be valuable for someone else...
Have a nice day,
Cesare

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...I can still access the menu via keyboard...
Nice trick, in any case!
HAve happy coding, Iouri

Cesare Imperiali

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