FIX: Double-Click Still Maximizes/Restores If MaxButton=False

MORE INFORMATION

The default Control-menu box in the upper left-hand corner of a Visual Basic form contains the following nine entries including separators: These are numbered 0 through 8 from the top down. You may remove any or all entries. Be sure to remove items in reverse sequence, from 8 to 0, or else the numbering will become confused.

NOTE: To remove the Control-menu box, set the ControlBox property to False. To remove the minimize button, set the MinButton property to False. To remove the maximize button, set the MaxButton property to False.

Steps to Work Around the Behavior

The following program removes the Maximize feature from a Visual Basic form. This code can be used in Visual Basic versions 2.0 and 3.0.

1. Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
2. Add the following to the Form Load event code:

      Sub Form_Load ()
   
      Dim hSysMenu%, r%, j%, dw&, rr&
      Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400
   
      ' Set the default size of the form:
      Form1.Height = Screen.Height + 45  ' Works on VGA.
      Form1.Width = Screen.Width + 60    ' Works on VGA.
      Form1.Left = -15                   ' Works on VGA.
      Form1.Top = -15                    ' Works on VGA.
   
      hSysMenu = GetSystemMenu(Form1.hWnd, 0)
      For j = 8 To 4 Step -1
         r = RemoveMenu(hSysMenu, j, MF_BYPOSITION)
      Next j
      For j = 2 To 1 Step -1
         r = RemoveMenu(hSysMenu, j, MF_BYPOSITION)
      Next j
      ' Leave Restore and Minimize in the Control-menu box.
      dw& = GetWindowLong(Form1.hWnd, -16)   'Window style
      dw& = dw& And &HFFFEFFFF            'Turn off Maximize button
      rr& = SetWindowLong(Form1.hWnd, -16, dw&)
   
      End Sub
   						

3. Add a command button to the form. Double-click the command button and add the following code to the Command1 click event:

      Sub Command1_Click ()
         End
      End Sub
   						

   This button lets you end the program because Close is removed from the Control-menu box.
4. Add the following Declare statements to the general declarations section:

      ' Enter each of the following Declare statements as one, single line:
      Declare Function RemoveMenu% Lib "User" (ByVal hMenu%, ByVal nPosition%,
         ByVal wFlags%)
      Declare Function GetSystemMenu% Lib "User" (ByVal hWnd%, ByVal revert%)
      Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "User" (ByVal hWnd As Integer,
         ByVal nIndex As Integer) As Long
      Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "User" (ByVal hWnd As Integer,
         ByVal nIndex As Integer, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
   						

5. Start the program, or press the F5 key.

The form's Control-menu box shows Restore (greyed) and Minimize. Double- clicking the title-bar has no effect, as desired.

Clicking the Minimize arrow or choosing the Minimize menu item minimizes the form to an icon. A single-click on that icon does not open a control menu, unlike normal Visual Basic application icons. A double-click is required to restore the form to its full-screen state.

NOTE: In the above program, the following Form properties should be left with their design-time default: ControlBox = True, MaxButton = True, MinButton = True. The API functions take care of any necessary property changes.