hiding external windows from taskbar

[hxr0x]

Hello,

i've a stupid question, but i hope that anyone could help me.

i work with RealVNC a lot and there are always three or more windows opened. i tinkered a AU-script to hide this windows by hotkey which was no problem for me.

now i want to create a script to hide these windows from taskbar, when they are on SW_SHOW, to prevent them from showing in taskbar cauz my taskbar is getting fuller and fuller of this annoying VNC-"buttons". the windows should keep visible - only the taskbar buttons should be hidden.

could this be done with autoit?

Thank you for your effort!

hxr0x

[CyberSlug]

This might help. However, if you minimize the window it "disappears"...

Run("calc")
WinWait("Calculator")

$window = WinGetHandle("Calculator")
$newParent = WinGetHandle("Program Manager")
DllCall("user32.dll", "hwnd", "SetParent", "hwnd", $window, "hwnd", $newParent)

See http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=81 for more info

[hxr0x]

Thank you! This is it

This might help.  However, if you minimize the window it "disappears"...

[Buffo]

Hi,

A question:

I need a function that hides an application in taskbar but it should be shown in ALT+TAB dialog so that I can switch back to this application.

Something like:

; $strWindowTitle = window title as string

; $blnVisible = visible as boolean

Func ShowInTaskbar($strWindowTitle, $blnVisible)

If $blnVisible = True Then

{Code to show window in taskbar}

Else

{Code to hide window in taskbar}

EndIf

EndFunc

How can I do that?

Cu,

Buffo

Edited September 28, 2005 by Buffo

[Buffo]

Does no one know how to hide the taskbar button only?

[this-is-me]

You would have to give the target window the $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW extended style.

Edited September 29, 2005 by this-is-me

[Buffo]

It should be for external apps, not for GUIs created by AutoIt.

[this-is-me]

...and? Are you asking how to apply that style to an external window?

I believe you can use this:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...wtopic=9517&hl=

and the function _TargetStyle() in it to set the external window's extended style to $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW

Edited September 29, 2005 by this-is-me

[Buffo]

That's new to me. Interesting ...

But I don't know what's the right code. I tried with my opened AutoIt-Help-Window:

#include <AnyGUI.au3>

_GUITarget("AutoIt Help")
_TargetStyle("set", -1, -1, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, 1)

But it don't work for me

What code I have to use for hide and for show?

Thx a lot.

Cu,

Buffo

[this-is-me]

Sorry to say I have never used the AnyGui.au3 myself, I usually do it the hard way. Maybe the author of the UDF can tell you what needs to be done to get it working.

[Buffo]

Sorry, I thought you know the UDF.

I've sent a PM to the author. Perhaps he can help me.

Thx for your help :-)

[quaizywabbit]

That's new to me. Interesting ...

But I don't know what's the right code. I tried with my opened AutoIt-Help-Window:

#include <AnyGUI.au3>

_GUITarget("AutoIt Help")
_TargetStyle("set", -1, -1, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, 1)

But it don't work for me

What code I have to use for hide and for show?

Thx a lot.

Cu,

Buffo

#include <ANYGUIv2.6.au3>

$mywindow = _GuiTarget("AutoIt Help")
$mywindowstyles = _TargetStyle("set", 1, -1, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, $mywindow)

try that.....

P.S. the code above assumes you placed ANYGUIv2.6.au3 in your include folder

Edited September 30, 2005 by quaizywabbit

[Buffo]

Thx for your support

I know that the include-command is for including from include folder, but for testing purposes I put your UDF renamed AnyGui.au3 in my local folder.

Your code does the following: The window style of the help file becomes to toolbar style, but the button in taskbar remains. So this is not the solution, too.

Please help me, I need another tip

Cu,

Buffo

[Buffo]

While searching the web for examples in other programming languages I found the following VB-Script. Maybe someone can interpret this and help me in AutoIt.

----------------

Preparations

----------------

Add 2 Command Buttons to your form.

----------------

Module Code

----------------

Public Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias _

"GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias _

"SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, _

ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd _

As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

Public Const SW_HIDE = 0

Public Const SW_SHOW = 5

Public Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)

Public Const WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = &H80&

Public Sub setShowInTaskbar(Visible As Boolean, hwnd As Long)

Dim L As Long

L = ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_HIDE)

DoEvents

L = SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, IIf(Visible, -WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW, WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW))

DoEvents

L = ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_SHOW)

End Sub

--------------

Form Code

--------------

Private Sub Command1_Click()

Call setShowInTaskbar(True, Me.hwnd)

End Sub

Private Sub Command2_Click()

Call setShowInTaskbar(False, Me.hwnd)

End Sub

[quaizywabbit]

Thx for your support

I know that the include-command is for including from include folder, but for testing purposes I put your UDF renamed AnyGui.au3 in my local folder.

Your code does the following: The window style of the help file becomes to toolbar style, but the button in taskbar remains. So this is not the solution, too.

Please help me, I need another tip

Cu,

Buffo

hmmmm...........

try 'unsetting' $WS_EX_APPWINDOW from the extended styles of your window....worth a shot...

[Buffo]

Nothing happens

[LxP]

Here's my feeble attempt at translating your VB code. I just tried it and got some very weird results though; can anyone see any obvious glitches? --

global const $SW_HIDE = 0

global const $SW_SHOW = 5

global const $GWL_EXSTYLE = -20

global const $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = 0x80

func setShowInTaskbar($visible, $handle)

local $setting = $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW

if $visible then $setting = 0 - $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW

dllCall("user32.dll", "long", "ShowWindow", "hwnd", $handle, "long", $SW_HIDE)

dllCall("user32.dll", "long", "SetWindowLong", "hwnd", $handle, "int", $GWL_EXSTYLE, "long", $setting)

dllCall("user32.dll", "long", "ShowWindow", "hwnd", $handle, "long", $SW_SHOW)

endFunc

setShowInTaskbar(false, winGetHandle("Some window's title"))

[quaizywabbit]

I think the problem now, after altering the style/exstyles of the window, is that the taskbar is not updating(redrawing)

[Buffo]

@LxP: Great job! Unfortunalety the window will be completely hidden. But for what I want to do it's not important, I can use it

@quaizywabbit: Maybe that's the problem, I don't know.

@all: Thx a lot for your tireless support

Cu,

Buffo

Edited October 2, 2005 by Buffo

[kaca]

I wanted to hide WinAmp's taskbar button (WinAmp3 on Win XP SP2) with your code but nothing happened. I tried to cycle through all WinAmp windows:

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",4)
$win = WinList("classname=BaseWindow_RootWnd")

MsgBox(0,"Windows:",$win[0][0])
$newParent = WinGetHandle("Program Manager")
For $i=1 to $win[0][0] 
 MsgBox(0,$i&"-th window title:",$win[$i][0])
 DllCall("user32.dll", "hwnd", "SetParent", "hwnd", $win[$i][1], "hwnd", $newParent)
Next

but the taskbar button stayed there. WinSetStyle(@SW_HIDE) doesn't hide the button, too. Any ideas?