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

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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.

For example:

\\\
Call Shell("notepad", AppWinStyle.MaximizedFocus)
///

- or -

\\\
Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo
With psi
.FileName = "notepad"
.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized
End With
Process.Start(psi)
///

 

[David]

Yo must use the ProcessStartInfo

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo myProc = new
System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();
myProc.FileName = "Notepad.exe";
myProc.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized;
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(myProc);

 

[Charles A. Lackman]

Hello,

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

Thanks
Chuck

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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

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.ShowWindow>). The handle can
be taken from the 'Process' object's 'MainWindowHandle' property.