Desktop Size Minus Bars

I seem to remember somewhere a call to find out the size of the desktop excluding the task bar and any bars such as Microsoft Office - but I can't remember or find it. Anyone know? Or how to get the size of a window if it was maximised (same effect)?

RECT rectWorkArea;
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, &rectWorkArea, 0);


will the the size of the screen minus any registered appbars (e.g. OfficeBar) and taskbars.

Capture the WM_GETMINMAXINFO message, or if you use MFC, add ON_WM_GETMINMAXINFO to the message map with the call to OnGetMinMaxInfo()

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

Thanks for your reply. But this only allows me to dictate the maximum or minimum size of my window, doesn't it? How can I trap this for the desktop? I want to know how big to create a window (which is NOT maximised, but takes up all available space) but without overlapping the taskbar.

Thanks for your reply. Not only does it work in 32-bit, but if I use the defined value (48) instead of the symbol (SPI_GETWORKAREA), I can use it from 16-bit code on 32-bit systems! Brilliant!