Create a window with no title bar

[Vadersapien]

Just wondering how to create a window with no title bar, but still with a window border.

Here is a screenshot of what I'm trying to accomplish:

[skyboy]

not natively in autoit but you can call a dll function to do so

DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SetWindowLong", "hwnd", $hWnd, "int", 0xFFFFFFF0, "int", $WS_BORDER)

just make sure you exclude the value for the caption, i believe it's 0x00020000 but i'm not sure (WS_CAPTION includes WS_BORDER)

Edited December 8, 2009 by skyboy

[AdmiralAlkex]

Try like this:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

GUICreate("Test", Default, Default, Default, Default, BitOR($WS_POPUP, $WS_SIZEBOX))
GUISetState()

Do
    Sleep(10)
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

[Vadersapien]

not natively in autoit but you can call a dll function to do so

DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SetWindowLong", "hwnd", $hWnd, "int", 0xFFFFFFF0, "int", $WS_BORDER)

just make sure you exclude the value for the caption, i believe it's 0x00020000 but i'm not sure (WS_CAPTION includes WS_BORDER)

That gives a really messed up window with no shadow and a solid white window border on Windows 7.

Try like this:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

GUICreate("Test", Default, Default, Default, Default, BitOR($WS_POPUP, $WS_SIZEBOX))
GUISetState()

Do
    Sleep(10)
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

Works really nice, but there's no composition effects for the program on Windows 7 now...which I can live with if it's the only way to do it...

Although somehow, the other program in the preview(TeraTerm)managed to keep the composition effects...

[AdmiralAlkex]

Works really nice, but there's no composition effects for the program on Windows 7 now...which I can live with if it's the only way to do it...

Although somehow, the other program in the preview(TeraTerm)managed to keep the composition effects...

I don't understand what you mean. It looks pretty much like your picture to me?

[Vadersapien]

No minimize/close/restore/open effects on 7...because of the $WS_POPUP is what I meant...but otherwise perfect...

[AdmiralAlkex]

Is it this TeraTerm you mean? It seems they have the source pakcage right there on the page, why don't you look there for a solution.

[Vadersapien]

Yeah that's the one...I'll have a look at it and see what I can do.

[skyboy]

That gives a really messed up window with no shadow and a solid white window border on Windows 7.

because i used a value from windows xp, and didn't mean it for production use, but instead intended you use the values in the help file/off msdn to get the look you wanted?

edit:

;
    DllCall($vDll, "int", "SetWindowLong", "hwnd", $hWnd, "int", 0xFFFFFFF0, "int", $Your_value1);~     STYLE    0xFFFFFFF0
    DllCall($vDll, "int", "SetWindowLong", "hwnd", $hWnd, "int", 0xFFFFFFEC, "int", $Your_value2) ;~    EXSTYLE  0xFFFFFFEC

the glow border info may be in the ex style, or other things on msdn.com

Edited December 10, 2009 by skyboy

[Vadersapien]

How would I do this without making the window resizable? I tried a couple of combinations...none of them worked...

I also managed to imitate the composition effects with a simple DllCall:

DllCall('user32.dll', 'int', 'AnimateWindow', 'hwnd', $hGUI, 'int', 125, 'long', 0x80000)

Edited January 1, 2010 by Vadersapien