how do i hide a start bar

[tahu191]

i want to be able to hide the start bar at the bottom of the screen to make my application full screen. How do i do this?

 

[kulrom]

Start Bar? hmm i suppose you mean Status bar (probably).
If it's so just change the formBorderStyle to 'None' and set WindowState to 'Maximized' and voila you have borderless form in maximized state

 

[Craig]

I think he means the taskbar

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

kulrom's post shows ya how to have a maximized form that covers the taskbar (startbar for winxp users)

 

[kulrom]

Friends don't you mean that statusbar is nothing but the statusbar except if i didnt understand well the question
Is this what he wants to hide?

 

[jmcilhinney]

Since Win95 Windows has a Start button on the Taskbar.

 

[kulrom]

well, right. And i know very well that but, as we are in the forum for dotnet i am tending to use an appropriate terminology ... and in this case it is StatusBar control ...ain't that right?

Regards

 

[Craig]

taskbar = attached image

But the code originally posted by kulrom already does this apparently

 

[kulrom]

ok show me where and how you can add something named taskbar from the .NET and i'll ply you a beer ... lol say hi to your friend Mikey

 

[jmcilhinney]

I think you misunderstand Kulrom. I don't think that the question was ever about adding, removing or hiding anything on a form in the app itself. I think the question is how to make a VB.NET form display full-screen, including covering the Windows Taskbar, which you answered with the first reply. The rest has just been clarification as to exactly what the thing is called, and its proper name is the "Taskbar".

 

[kulrom]

The thing is that if you follow my suggestion (the one i provided above) you will hide nothing there you just cover it ... hidding taskbar is something else ... ani't that right? That's why i insist that it has no relation with the taskbar which as i already said i know very well what is ... btw, thanks for your clarification too ... you are giving support to people who are very profunded so showing me what the really taksbar is taking some screenshots ... well thanks for the confidence John lol do you really beleive that i don't know what the taskbar is ?

 

[ImDaFrEaK]

I got a headache reading this... lol

 

[kulrom]

I got a headache reading this... lol

Then please do not read that anymore
JK ... but i was really wondering which part is causing a headache to you?

 

[ImDaFrEaK]

O, I was just reading where we went round and round bout what a startbar is and which one he was talking about. lol. I think everyone was miss-understanding each other in this thread. Not sure, but it was interesting enough and gave me a laugh. (I didn't really get a headache)

 

[kulrom]

I feel much better now ... knowing that you didnt have a real headache
Well, you were alright ... it seems we realy missunderstod each other in this thread. But again my statements are correct ...just kidding. Good that we can have some funny from time to time Cheers