help with resize ing

[hopefordope]

hello i am making a web browser and i am givving a button this function

FormBorderStyle = Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None
        WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized

which will work as full screen mode

how do i make it so if i click the button again it restore it to its normal size

FormBorderStyle = Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.Sizable
        WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal

also

does any one know how to hide the taskbar along with the taskbar????

[Shark23]

Assign a boolean variable maximized. If maximized is true and the button gets pressed, restore to normal size. If not and the button is pressed, maximize the form.

"does any one know how to hide the taskbar along with the taskbar????"
What?

[Hassan]

You need to toggle the window state by using the IF statement. Here's how you can do it:

If Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized Then
            Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
        Else
            Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
        End If

For hiding your program from the taskbar, use the following command:

Me.ShowInTaskbar = False

Where me is your current form. You can change it with whatever Form you like. To show the form in the taskbar, simply set the value to True.

Hope this helps

[hopefordope]

thanks you flame the first part worked flawlessly but for the second one i meant to say that how do i hide the taskbar not my icon in the taskbar but the taskbar itself

[Lolland]

So you mean literally remove the taskbar?

['Bruno]

thanks you flame the first part worked flawlessly but for the second one i meant to say that how do i hide the taskbar not my icon in the taskbar but the taskbar itself

change form border style to "none"

[hopefordope]

yeah but it temporarily hides and it can be restored

[Hassan]

thanks you flame the first part worked flawlessly but for the second one i meant to say that how do i hide the taskbar not my icon in the taskbar but the taskbar itself

Hmm.. I once did a side bar application in which I hide the task bar. Following is the code for the hiding, but unfortunately it works on XP and Vista only. Right now I've 7 installed so, I can't check it. Anyways, here's the MSDN standard API calls to hide and show the task bar:

■ First add these declarations:

Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32"( ByVal hwnd As Long , ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long , ByVal x As Long , ByVal y As Long , ByVal cx As Long , ByVal cy As Long , ByVal wFlags As Long ) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA"( ByVal lpClassName As String , ByVal lpWindowName As String ) As Long
Const SWPHIDEWINDOW = & H80
Const SWPSHOWWINDOW = & H40
Dim TaskBarHwnd As Long

■ Then on Form's Load event, add the following line:

TaskBarHwnd = FindWindow( "Shell_traywnd", "")

■ Then add the following sub-procedures that call show and hide the task bar:

Sub HideTaskbar()
Call SetWindowPos(TaskBarHwnd,0 & ,0 & ,0 & ,0 & ,0 & ,SWPHIDEWINDOW)
End Sub

Sub ShowTaskbar()
Call SetWindowPos(TaskBarHwnd,0 & ,0 & ,0 & ,0 & ,0 & ,SWPSHOWWINDOW)
End Sub

■ Finally, call these subs as required !!!

Hope this helps !!