Maximize

[Charles A. Lackman]

Hello,

I have an application that starts notepad.exe from a button click in VB.NET.
I am looking for a way to make the window maximize or minimize from the vb
app.

Any suggestions (if at all possible, detailed) will be greatly appeciated,

Thanks,

Chuck

[David]

Re: Maximize

Yo must use the ProcessStartInf o

System.Diagnost ics.ProcessStar tInfo myProc = new
System.Diagnost ics.ProcessStar tInfo();
myProc.FileName = "Notepad.ex e";
myProc.WindowSt yle = System.Diagnost ics.ProcessWind owStyle.Maximiz ed;
System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt(myProc);




"Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@Create ItSoftware.net> escribió en el mensaje
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> Hello,
>
> I have an application that starts notepad.exe from a button click in[/color]
VB.NET.[color=blue]
> I am looking for a way to make the window maximize or minimize from the vb
> app.
>
> Any suggestions (if at all possible, detailed) will be greatly appeciated,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck
>
>
>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Maximize

"Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@Create ItSoftware.net> schrieb:[color=blue]
> I have an application that starts notepad.exe from a button click in
> VB.NET. I am looking for a way to make the window maximize or minimize
> from the vb app.[/color]

For example:

\\\
Call Shell("notepad" , AppWinStyle.Max imizedFocus)
///

- or -

\\\
Dim psi As New ProcessStartInf o
With psi
.FileName = "notepad"
.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowSt yle.Maximized
End With
Process.Start(p si)
///

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[Charles A. Lackman]

Re: Maximize

Hello,

Thanks for the info, what about maximizing an app like notepad.exe if it is
already running?

Thanks
Chuck


"Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@Create ItSoftware.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have an application that starts notepad.exe from a button click in
> VB.NET. I am looking for a way to make the window maximize or minimize
> from the vb app.
>
> Any suggestions (if at all possible, detailed) will be greatly appeciated,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck
>
>
>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Maximize

"Charles A. Lackman" <Charles@Create ItSoftware.net> schrieb:[color=blue]
> Thanks for the info, what about maximizing an app like notepad.exe if it
> is already running?[/color]

If you have the according 'Process' object, you can use p/invoke on
'ShowWindow' + the desired window state
(<URL:http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32.ShowWind ow>). The handle can
be taken from the 'Process' object's 'MainWindowHand le' property.

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