Microsoft KB Archive/186119

= OFF97: How to Programmatically Hide and Unhide the Windows Taskbar =

Article ID: 186119

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q186119



Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

For a Microsoft Office XP version of this article, see 290150.

For a Microsoft Office 2000 version of this article, see 202099.



SUMMARY
By using API calls in Visual Basic for Applications, you can programmatically hide the Microsoft Windows 95 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 taskbar. This article shows you how to create the two functions that you need to hide and unhide the taskbar.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To create the functions and to see how they work, follow these steps:  Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor (or in Microsoft Access, open a database.)  Type the following code in a new module: Option Compare Database ' In Microsoft Access only. Option Explicit

Dim handleW1 As Long

Private Declare Function FindWindowA Lib "user32" _ (ByVal lpClassName As String, _     ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long

Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" _ (ByVal handleW1 As Long, _     ByVal handleW1InsertWhere As Long, ByVal w As Long, _      ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal z As Long, _      ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long

Const TOGGLE_HIDEWINDOW = &H80 Const TOGGLE_UNHIDEWINDOW = &H40

Function HideTaskbar handleW1 = FindWindowA("Shell_traywnd", "") Call SetWindowPos(handleW1, 0, 0, 0, _        0, 0, TOGGLE_HIDEWINDOW) End Function

Function UnhideTaskbar Call SetWindowPos(handleW1, 0, 0, 0, _        0, 0, TOGGLE_UNHIDEWINDOW) End Function  In Excel or Word, click Immediate Window on the View menu, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

?HideTaskBar

In Microsoft Access, type the command above in the Debug Window, and then press ENTER.

Note that the taskbar is no longer visible. To restore the taskbar in Excel or Word, type the following command in the Immediate Window, and then press ENTER:

?UnHideTaskBar

In Microsoft Access, type the command above in the Debug Window, and then press ENTER.

Note that the taskbar is now visible.

