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hemanth.balaji · May 21st, 2005, 5:21 AM

How do you create a window such that when u run the project it should the window in maximized state.
I tried ShowWindow(hwnd,SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED) & ShowWindow(hwnd,SW_MAXIMIZE) , but it used to cover the windows taskbar also. I dont want that to happen but the window should be of that of the screen width and screen height - taskbar.

hippocrat · May 21st, 2005, 2:49 PM

I always use SW_MAXIMIZE it works for me but I also have the taskbar property "keep task bar on top .. " enabled as well so it doesnt cover the taskbar.

One way you could do it is to call SHAppBarMessage with ABM_GETTASKBARPOS
to get the taskbar position then adjust your windows size from there .

May 21st, 2005, 5:21 AM	#1
hemanth.balaji Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 54 Rep Power: 0	WIN32 Creating a full screen window How do you create a window such that when u run the project it should the window in maximized state. I tried ShowWindow(hwnd,SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED) & ShowWindow(hwnd,SW_MAXIMIZE) , but it used to cover the windows taskbar also. I dont want that to happen but the window should be of that of the screen width and screen height - taskbar.

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May 21st, 2005, 2:49 PM	#2
hippocrat Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	I always use SW_MAXIMIZE it works for me but I also have the taskbar property "keep task bar on top .. " enabled as well so it doesnt cover the taskbar. One way you could do it is to call SHAppBarMessage with ABM_GETTASKBARPOS to get the taskbar position then adjust your windows size from there .

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