Get Windows TaskBar Height & width

[QuickDeveloper]

hi I want to get the Windows TaskBar Height and Width in MFC. Any API's are welcome Thanx in advance

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[Daniel Kanev]

Hello! HWND hWnd = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd",""); if(hWnd != NULL) { RECT rect; GetWindowRect(hWnd, &rect); int height = rect.right - rect.left; int width = rect.bottom - rect.top; }

[David Crow]

I suppose you could subtract the height of the desktop's client area (i.e., SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETWORKAREA, ...)) from the height of the screen (i.e., GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN)). The difference would be the height of the taskbar. For an MFC solution, something like:

CWnd *pTaskbar = CWnd::FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", NULL);
CRect rc;
pTaskbar->GetWindowRect(rc);
int nWidth = rc.Width();
int nHeight = rc.Height();

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[Michael Dunn]

Call SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS). No sense searching through windows when there's an API that does exactly what you want.

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[FrecherxDachs]

According to the API description you have to pass the hwnd of your taskbar. :/

SHAppBarMessage(ABM_QUERYPOS, pabd);

pabd
A pointer to an APPBARDATA structure. The uEdge member specifies a screen edge, and the rc member contains the proposed bounding rectangle. When the SHAppBarMessage function returns, rc contains the approved bounding rectangle. You must specify the cbSize, hWnd, uEdge, and rc members when sending this message; all other members are ignored.

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