mfc, Window properties in MFC

I am attempting to set my main window (MFC generated) with certain
attributes. Here is the list.

1. Borderless
2. No title/caption bar
3. No resize
4. No taskbar button

So far, I have the border down to almost nothing, but as soon as it is
resized, it appears (once the scrollbars appear).

TF

Try adding this to your CMainFrame::OnCreate handler...

ModifyStyle( WS_SYSMENU| WS_BORDER| WS_CAPTION, 0 );
ModifyStyleEx( WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 0 );

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I tried you reccomendation, and the title bar, taskbar button and close
button are all still there....Any other suggestions?

TF

One of the problems is that my window is not a direct creation from Visual
Studio. I am caling CreateWindow() which returns a handle. How would I
call the ModfyStyle on that?

TF

For that you can use the GetWindowLong/SetWindowLong APIs.

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None of this seems to be working. Could you send me, the entire piece of
sample code that you have working according to this. I would really
appreciate it. Thanks.

TF





Visual

// You have to do all this to get what you want...
DWORD dwStyle= ::GetWindowLong( hWnd, GWL_STYLE );
dwStyle &= ~(WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW| WS_SYSMENU| WS_BORDER| WS_CAPTION);
::SetWindowLong( hWnd, GWL_STYLE, dwStyle );

DWORD dwExStyle= ::GetWindowLong( hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE );
dwExStyle &= ~(WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW);
::SetWindowLong( hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, dwExStyle );

WINDOWPLACEMENT wp;
::GetWindowPlacement( hWnd, &wp );
int x= wp.rcNormalPosition.left;
int y= wp.rcNormalPosition.top;
int cx= wp.rcNormalPosition.right - x;
int cy= wp.rcNormalPosition.bottom - y;
::SetWindowPos( hWnd, HWND_TOP, x, y, cx, cy, SWP_FRAMECHANGED );
// End added code...

As for not showing up on the task bar, the only thing I can think of is
maybe creating your window as a child window of the desktop.

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Oh, it should be placed between the CreateWindow call and the ShowWindow
call.

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Thanks Frank,

I actually got it working last week, more less by doind what it says
below. Although it did take me awhile to find the right place for it. The
sequence of function calls is not at all clear from the documentation.
There are many places where you can set the window styles, but only a few
places (in the sequence) that really have any impact.

TF







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