Windows Vista Sidebar

[simbo]

Hi All

I have a program with a GUI that looks something like this:-

$window_styles=BitOR($WS_CAPTION, $WS_SYSMENU, $WS_THICKFRAME, $WS_MINIMIZEBOX)

$my_GUI=guicreate("Matt's Program",1,1,-1,-1,$window_styles)

GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

GUISetState (@SW_MAXIMIZE)

I though that Vista would place my window to the left hand side of the sidebar, but instead my window fills the whole screen and the sidebar is on top of my window, thus obscuring the right hand side of my window.

Apart from declaring the window width, how do I solve this?

Many thanks in advance

Matt

[AdmiralAlkex]

I can't currently check this because my vista-computer is without any motherboard but unless I remember wrong you need to set the Sidebar to be "always on top". Without that applications can get behind and infront of it.

I think you rightclicked or went to it's settings for that.

[simbo]

I can't currently check this because my vista-computer is without any motherboard but unless I remember wrong you need to set the Sidebar to be "always on top". Without that applications can get behind and infront of it.

I think you rightclicked or went to it's settings for that.

Thanks for that Alkex. I see what you mean.

I don't have a Vista computer. The program is on a client's machine and he assures me that when he opens programs like Word etc, or even just My Documents, that they appear to the left of the Sidebar. Apparently it's only my program that goes under the sidebar.

Has anyone else found this?

Matt

[AdmiralAlkex]

I would love to help you when I get my computer working but that could take days-weeks so I hope someone else can help you.

[Achilles]

Try style as this: $window_styles=BitOR( $WS_SIZEBOX,$WS_SYSMENU,$WS_MAXIMIZEBOX)

[martin]

Hi All

I have a program with a GUI that looks something like this:-

$window_styles=BitOR($WS_CAPTION, $WS_SYSMENU, $WS_THICKFRAME, $WS_MINIMIZEBOX)

$my_GUI=guicreate("Matt's Program",1,1,-1,-1,$window_styles)

GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)

GUISetState (@SW_MAXIMIZE)

I though that Vista would place my window to the left hand side of the sidebar, but instead my window fills the whole screen and the sidebar is on top of my window, thus obscuring the right hand side of my window.

Apart from declaring the window width, how do I solve this?

Many thanks in advance

Matt

You can set the maximum and minimum size for a window like this

GUIRegisterMsg($WM_GETMINMAXINFO, "MY_WM_GETMINMAXINFO")


Func MY_WM_GETMINMAXINFO($hWnd, $msg, $WParam, $LParam)
    $structmaxinfo = DllStructCreate("int;int;int;int;int;int;int;int;int;int", $LParam)
    DllStructSetData($structmaxinfo , 7, $minwid); min X
    DllStructSetData($structmaxinfo , 8, $minht); min Y
    DllStructSetData($structmaxinfo , 9, $maxwid); max X
    DllStructSetData($structmaxinfo , 10, $maxht); max Y
EndFunc

Remember to put the line GuiRegisterMsg before the line GUISetState (@SW_MAXIMIZE)

Edited August 5, 2008 by martin