API Help

[tayspen]

API Help Posted: 19 Mar 2006 07:25 PM Hi, I use this -- [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "FindWindowA")] private static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "FindWindowExA")] private static extern IntPtr FindWindowEx(IntPtr hWnd1, IntPtr hWnd2, string lpsz1, string lpsz2); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32")] private static extern IntPtr ShowWindow(IntPtr hwnd, int nCmdShow); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "SetWindowTextA")] private static extern bool SetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, string lpString); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32")] private static extern int EnableWindow(IntPtr hWnd, bool bEnable); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "GetWindowTextA")] private static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, string lpString, int nMaxCount); [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "SendMessageA")] private static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int wMsg, int wParam, int lParam); private const int WM_LBUTTONDOWN = 513; private const int WM_LBUTTONUP = 514; private const int SW_HIDE = 0; private const int SW_SHOW = 5; private const int SW_MINIMIZE = 6; private const int SW_MAXIMIZE = 3; private const int SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3; private const int SW_RESTORE = 9; public void Changetext() { IntPtr Taskbar = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", null); IntPtr StartButton = FindWindowEx(Taskbar, IntPtr.Zero, "Button", null); SetWindowText(StartButton, "Blah"); EnableWindow(StartButton, false); EnableWindow(StartButton, true); } To change the text on the start button, and it works fine. But it can only have like 5 letters. could i use SetWindowPos to change the width of the start button, to allow for more letters? I have seen code in other langs that do this, And im pretty sire thats the method they take. If so could I see an example please :).

[Ahmad Mahmoud candseeme]

Hi I'm very interested in the code in hand here could you send me the code please Thanks in advance Ahmad Shaban

[Ahmad Mahmoud candseeme]

I put it that way

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace ChangeText
{
public class MainCls
{
public MainCls() { }

	\[DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "FindWindowA")\]
	private static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);

	\[DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "FindWindowExA")\]
	private static extern IntPtr FindWindowEx(IntPtr hWnd1, IntPtr hWnd2, string lpsz1, string lpsz2);

	\[DllImport("user32")\]
	private static extern IntPtr ShowWindow(IntPtr hwnd, int nCmdShow);

	\[DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "SetWindowTextA")\]
	private static extern bool SetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, string lpString);

	\[DllImport("user32")\]
	private static extern int EnableWindow(IntPtr hWnd, bool bEnable);

	\[DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "GetWindowTextA")\]
	private static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, string lpString, int nMaxCount);

	\[DllImport("user32", EntryPoint = "SendMessageA")\]
	private static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int wMsg, int wParam, int lParam);

	private const int WM\_LBUTTONDOWN = 513;
	private const int WM\_LBUTTONUP = 514;
	private const int SW\_HIDE = 0;
	private const int SW\_SHOW = 5;
	private const int SW\_MINIMIZE = 6;
	private const int SW\_MAXIMIZE = 3;
	private const int SW\_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3;
	private const int SW\_RESTORE = 9;


	public void Changetext ( string TextToSet )
	{
		IntPtr Taskbar = FindWindow("Shell\_TrayWnd", null);

		IntPtr StartButton = FindWindowEx(Taskbar, IntPtr.Zero, "Button", null);

		SetWindowText(StartButton, TextToSet );

		EnableWindow(StartButton, false);

		EnableWindow(StartButton, true);
	}

}

}

But the moment a refresh to the taskbar occur it return to its normal text "Start" how to make it permanent Ahmad Shaban

[tayspen]

I just need to know how to change the size of it :(. To keep it there, just set the method and call it on a timer...