SHAppBarMessage and MoveWindow issue

[Ethereum]

Hi,

I have started using SHAppBarMessage to create an AppBar for a news ticker. It creates a new bar to reserve the screen space, queries and sets the position correctly, however when i then use the MoveWindow command, it doesn't do anything.

If i put in a MsgBox command between initialising the bar and MoveWindow, it works perfectly, as per:

SHAppBarMessage(ABM_NEW, ABD)
SHAppBarMessage(ABM_QUERYPOS, ABD)
SHAppBarMessage(ABM_SETPOS, ABD)
MsgBox("Moving window")
MoveWindow(ABD.hwnd, ABD.rc.Left, ABD.rc.Top, ABD.rc.Right, ABD.rc.Bottom, True)​

If i remove the MsgBox line, the MoveWindow fails. Can anyone suggest why? I don't know what the MsgBox is forcing that makes the next line work.

Cheers!

 

[JohnH]

Funny about that MsgBox.. set the FormBorderStyle to one of the ToolWindows and it will move into AppBar area (without MsgBox).

 

[Ethereum]

Ahh, that fixed it. Thanks! I've been looking everywhere and nothing seems to mention that the form has to have a certain border style.

Cheers!

 

[JohnH]

"AppBar" is short for Application DeskTop ToolBar, so the nature of the window probably goes with the territory.
Here's some more info "Using Application Desktop Toolbars" http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_int/shell_int_programming/appbars.asp