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DaveR · Last edited by DaveR on Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:52 am; edited 1 time in total

When the XP taskbar's auto hide is enabled, I can't get the 'Taskbar Hide' and 'Taskbar Show' commands to work.

But if I hover my mouse over where the taskbar would be (so it pops up) while a VDS script sends the Taskbar commands they work as I assume they should.

Hmm, I just disabled auto-hide for the taskbar and now the VDS 'Taskbar Hide' and 'Taskbar Show' commands work! But I want/need to be able to show and hide the taskbar when auto-hide is enabled.

Are there API commands that will hide and show the taskbar when auto-hide is enabled?

vdsalchemist · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject:

Dave,
Put TASKBAR HIDE in a timer loop until you want it to show again. That way everytime someone trys to activate the taskbar the loop will hide it again before it is shown.

Rubes_sw · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

Hi Dave

I think Vic made a dll that can do this: check this thread:

http://forum.vdsworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=3786

Nathan

vdsalchemist · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

Nathan,
Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't that lock out all the shortcut keys like CTRL+ESC and ALT+TAB. I am not sure if Dave is trying to completely lock the user from using their PC he just didn't want the taskbar up while his program was running? I could be wrong in this assumption? IMHO the only reason you would want to lock a PC to that point is if it is lets say a display model in a retail store or something like that.

DaveR · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:56 am Post subject:

I guess I wasn't clear, or should have mentioned what I'm trying to do. Embarassed

If the user has auto-hide enabled, I want to be able to raise the taskbar when showing a tray icon balloon.

DaveR · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:08 am Post subject:

To answer my own question...

The solution is: