: : Hi fellow programmers and developers.
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: : I would like to disable the Start Menu from within my delphi code. Is there anyone out there who knows how I can prevent the Start Menu from displaying when either the Left/Right Windows Keys are pressed.
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: : Thank you.
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: In Win95/98/ME see the follwoing message: http://www.programmersheaven.com/c/MsgBoard/read.asp?Board=4&MsgID=165179
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: I don't know how to perform it in WinNT/2000/XP, but you'll probably need to set up a keyboard hook to catch the system key presses.
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ok hello i think it's better to hide it and disable it so use this :
procedure ShowStartButton(bvisible: Boolean);
var
h: hwnd;
TaskWindow: hwnd;
begin
if bvisible then
begin
h := FindWindowEx(GetDesktopWindow, 0, 'Button', nil);
TaskWindow := FindWindow('Shell_TrayWnd', nil);
ShowWindow(h, 1);
Windows.SetParent(h, TaskWindow);
end
else
begin
h := FindWindowEx(FindWindow('Shell_TrayWnd', nil), 0, 'Button', nil);
ShowWindow(h, 0);
Windows.SetParent(h, 0);
end;
end;
{Example to hide/show the Startbutton
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
ShowStartButton(False); // or true to show it again
end;
{Furthermore, you could create your own Startbutton and
replace the original one with your own.}
var
b: TButton; // or another Type of button
h, Window: hwnd;
begin
Window := FindWindow('Shell_TrayWnd', nil);
b := TButton.Create(nil);
b.ParentWindow := Window;
b.Caption := 'Start';
b.Width := 60;
b.Font.Style := [fsbold];
end;
