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Hello AutoIt Forums,

I'm trying to make a GUI similar to those of Windows 7 gadgets, RocketDock and whatnots in which the GUI doesn't disappear when Win + D is pressed.

I had previously started (ages ago) a thread dealing with the same problem < http://autoitscript.com/forum/topic/134945-how-do-i-make-a-gui-un-minimizable/ > though I think it was inappropriately titled because the GUI window isn't exactly minimized when Win + D is pressed, i.e., it just hides behind the desktop (i.e., BitAnd(16, Wingetstate($GUI) yields 0). The only way I know of which can prevent the GUI from hiding is to toggle on the "Always on Top" atttribute of the GUI but I don't want to do just that.

Here's what I did: (I didn't accomplish anything close to what I'd like to do)

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>
$hide = GUICreate('')
$show = GUICreate("Test GUI", 400, 400, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_MINIMIZEBOX, $WS_BORDER, $WS_POPUP, $WS_SYSMENU), -1, $hide)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $show)
Opt("GUIOnEventMode",1)
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "_Exit")
While 1
Sleep(1000)
Local $state = WinGetState($show, "")
If BitAND($state, 16) Then WinSetState($show, '', @SW_RESTORE) ; <<< doesn't restore the GUI when Win + D is pressed.
ToolTip(@SEC & @CRLF & _
   'Exists =' & BitAND($state, 1) & @CRLF & _
   'Visible =' & BitAND($state, 2) & @CRLF & _
   'Enabled =' & BitAND($state, 4) & @CRLF & _
   'Active =' & BitAND($state, 8) & @CRLF & _
   'minimized =' & BitAND($state, 16) & @CRLF & _
   'Maximized =' & BitAND($state, 32), 0, 0)
WEnd
Func _exit()
Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

Help please? Thanks.

Edit: Fixed thread link.

Edit 2: Thread title - added [sOLVED]. Thanks funkey!

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funkey Universalist

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It took me quite long to find this solution!

I hope this is what you want!

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>

Global $hDesktop = ControlGetHandle("[CLASS:Progman]", "", "SysListView321")
Global $hGui = GUICreate("Non Minimizable", 500, 500, -1, -1, $WS_MAXIMIZEBOX)
_WinAPI_SetWindowLong($hGui, $GWL_HWNDPARENT, $hDesktop)

GUISetState()

Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3
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Nice find funkey.

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Updated: 22/04/2018

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Why not just do something simple, like this?:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
GUICreate("Example", @DesktopWidth, @DesktopHeight, 0, 0, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xFF0000)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
While 1
 If Not WinActive("Example") Then
 WinActivate("Example")
 EndIf
Wend
Func Terminate()
 Exit
EndFunc

Press ESC to exit.

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Why not just do something simple, like this?

If you change the width and height then funkey's approach is better.

UDF List:

 
_AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples...

Updated: 22/04/2018

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Why not just do something simple, like this?:

#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
GUICreate("Example", @DesktopWidth, @DesktopHeight, 0, 0, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xFF0000)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
While 1
If Not WinActive("Example") Then
WinActivate("Example")
EndIf
Wend
Func Terminate()
Exit
EndFunc

Press ESC to exit.

But I don't like my GUI to be always above the other windows.

It took me quite long to find this solution!

I hope this is what you want!

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>

Global $hDesktop = ControlGetHandle("[CLASS:Progman]", "", "SysListView321")
Global $hGui = GUICreate("Non Minimizable", 500, 500, -1, -1, $WS_MAXIMIZEBOX)
_WinAPI_SetWindowLong($hGui, $GWL_HWNDPARENT, $hDesktop)

GUISetState()

Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

Brilliant. Thanks funkey!
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On 09.05.2012 at 1:42 PM, funkey said:

It took me quite long to find this solution!

I hope this is what you want!

  

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>

Global $hDesktop = ControlGetHandle("[CLASS:Progman]", "", "SysListView321")
Global $hGui = GUICreate("Non Minimizable", 500, 500, -1, -1, $WS_MAXIMIZEBOX)
_WinAPI_SetWindowLong($hGui, $GWL_HWNDPARENT, $hDesktop)

GUISetState()

Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

 

Win 10, this does not work.

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Seeing as the post is almost 5 years old, that is not surprising. In the future, please do not resurrect old posts; I am sure there are plenty of scripts out there for XP that no longer work too, but we don't need to know about every one. If you are encountering an issue, please start a new thread and (as the OP in this thread intelligently did) post a link to the previous thread for background if necessary.

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