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Attribute VB_Name = "Module1"
Option Explicit
' demo project showing how to use the API to manipulate a messagebox
' by Bryan Stafford of New Vision Software« - newvision@imt.net
' this demo is released into the public domain "as is" without
' warranty or guaranty of any kind. In other words, use at
' your own risk.
Public Const MSG_TITLE = "Question"
' the max length of a path for the system (usually 260 or there abouts)
' this is used to size the buffer string for retrieving the class name of the active window below
Public Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260&
Public Const API_TRUE As Long = 1&
Public Const API_FALSE As Long = 0&
' font *borrowed* from the form used to replace MessageBox font
Public g_hBoldFont As Long
Public Const MSGBOXTEXT As String = "Have you ever seen a standard message box with a different font than all the others on the system?"
Public Const WM_SETFONT As Long = &H30
' made up constants for setting our timer
Public Const NV_CLOSEMSGBOX As Long = &H5000&
Public Const NV_MOVEMSGBOX As Long = &H5001&
Public Const NV_MSGBOXCHNGFONT As Long = &H5002&
' MessageBox() Flags
Public Const MB_ICONQUESTION As Long = &H20&
Public Const MB_TASKMODAL As Long = &H2000&
' SetWindowPos Flags
Public Const SWP_NOSIZE As Long = &H1&
Public Const SWP_NOZORDER As Long = &H4&
Public Const HWND_TOP As Long = 0&
Type RECT
Left As Long
Top As Long
Right As Long
Bottom As Long
End Type
' API declares
Public Declare Function LockWindowUpdate& Lib "user32" (ByVal hwndLock&)
Public Declare Function GetActiveWindow& Lib "user32" ()
Public Declare Function GetDesktopWindow& Lib "user32" ()
Public Declare Function FindWindow& Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName$, _
ByVal lpWindowName$)
Public Declare Function FindWindowEx& Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWndParent&, _
ByVal hWndChildAfter&, ByVal lpClassName$, ByVal lpWindowName$)
Public Declare Function SendMessage& Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd&, ByVal _
wMsg&, ByVal wParam&, lParam As Any)
Public Declare Function MoveWindow& Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd&, ByVal x&, ByVal y&, _
ByVal nWidth&, ByVal nHeight&, ByVal bRepaint&)
Public Declare Function ScreenToClientLong& Lib "user32" Alias "ScreenToClient" (ByVal hWnd&, _
lpPoint&)
Public Declare Function GetDC& Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd&)
Public Declare Function ReleaseDC& Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd&, ByVal hDC&)
' drawtext flags
Public Const DT_WORDBREAK As Long = &H10&
Public Const DT_CALCRECT As Long = &H400&
Public Const DT_EDITCONTROL As Long = &H2000&
Public Const DT_END_ELLIPSIS As Long = &H8000&
Public Const DT_MODIFYSTRING As Long = &H10000
Public Const DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS As Long = &H4000&
Public Const DT_RTLREADING As Long = &H20000
Public Const DT_WORD_ELLIPSIS As Long = &H40000
Public Declare Function DrawText& Lib "user32" Alias "DrawTextA" (ByVal hDC&, ByVal lpsz$, _
ByVal cchText&, lpRect As RECT, ByVal dwDTFormat&)
Public Declare Function SetForegroundWindow& Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd&)
Public Declare Function GetClassName& Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassNameA" (ByVal hWnd&, _
ByVal lpClassName$, ByVal nMaxCount&)
Public Declare Function GetWindowRect& Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd&, lpRect As RECT)
Public Declare Function SetWindowPos& Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd&, ByVal hWndInsertAfter&, _
ByVal x&, ByVal y&, ByVal cx&, ByVal cy&, ByVal wFlags&)
Public Declare Function MessageBox& Lib "user32" Alias "MessageBoxA" (ByVal hWnd&, _
ByVal lpText$, ByVal lpCaption$, ByVal wType&)
Public Declare Function SetTimer& Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd&, ByVal nIDEvent&, ByVal uElapse&, _
ByVal lpTimerFunc&)
Public Declare Function KillTimer& Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd&, ByVal nIDEvent&)
Public Sub TimerProc(ByVal hWnd&, ByVal uMsg&, ByVal idEvent&, ByVal dwTime&)
' this is a callback function. This means that windows "calls back" to this function
' when it's time for the timer event to fire
' first thing we do is kill the timer so that no other timer events will fire
KillTimer hWnd, idEvent
' select the type of manipulation that we want to perform
Select Case idEvent
Case NV_CLOSEMSGBOX '<-- we want to close this messagebox after 4 seconds
Dim hMessageBox&
' find the messagebox window
hMessageBox = FindWindow("#32770", MSG_TITLE)
' if we found it make sure it has the keyboard focus and then send it an enter to dismiss it
If hMessageBox Then
Call SetForegroundWindow(hMessageBox)
SendKeys "{enter}"
End If
Case NV_MOVEMSGBOX '<-- we want to move this messagebox
Dim hMsgBox&, xPoint&, yPoint&
Dim stMsgBoxRect As RECT, stParentRect As RECT
' find the messagebox window
hMsgBox = FindWindow("#32770", "Position A Message Box")
' if we found it then move it
If hMsgBox Then
' get the rect for the parent window and the messagebox
Call GetWindowRect(hMsgBox, stMsgBoxRect)
Call GetWindowRect(hWnd, stParentRect)
' calculate the position for putting the messagebox in the middle of the form
xPoint = stParentRect.Left + (((stParentRect.Right - stParentRect.Left) \ 2) - _
((stMsgBoxRect.Right - stMsgBoxRect.Left) \ 2))
yPoint = stParentRect.Top + (((stParentRect.Bottom - stParentRect.Top) \ 2) - _
((stMsgBoxRect.Bottom - stMsgBoxRect.Top) \ 2))
' make sure the messagebox will not be off the screen.
If xPoint < 0 Then xPoint = 0
If yPoint < 0 Then yPoint = 0
If (xPoint + (stMsgBoxRect.Right - stMsgBoxRect.Left)) > _
(Screen.Width \ Screen.TwipsPerPixelX) Then
xPoint = (Screen.Width \ Screen.TwipsPerPixelX) - (stMsgBoxRect.Right - stMsgBoxRect.Left)
End If
If (yPoint + (stMsgBoxRect.Bottom - stMsgBoxRect.Top)) > _
(Screen.Height \ Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) Then
yPoint = (Screen.Height \ Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) - (stMsgBoxRect.Bottom - stMsgBoxRect.Top)
End If
' move the messagebox
Call SetWindowPos(hMsgBox, HWND_TOP, xPoint, yPoint, _
API_FALSE, API_FALSE, SWP_NOZORDER Or SWP_NOSIZE)
End If
' unlock the desktop
Call LockWindowUpdate(API_FALSE)
Case NV_MSGBOXCHNGFONT '<-- we want to change the font for this messagebox
'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
' NOTE: Changing the font of a message box is not recomemded!!
' This portion of the demo is just provided to show some of the possibilities
' for manipulating other windows using the Windows API.
'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
' find the messagebox window
hMsgBox = FindWindow("#32770", "Change The Message Box Font")
' if we found it then find the static control that holds the text...
If hMsgBox Then
Dim hStatic&, hButton&, stMsgBoxRect2 As RECT
Dim stStaticRect As RECT, stButtonRect As RECT
' find the static control that holds the message text
hStatic = FindWindowEx(hMsgBox, API_FALSE, "Static", MSGBOXTEXT)
hButton = FindWindowEx(hMsgBox, API_FALSE, "Button", "OK")
' if we found it, change the text and resize the static control so it will be displayed
If hStatic Then
' get the rects of the message box and the static control before we change the font
Call GetWindowRect(hMsgBox, stMsgBoxRect2)
Call GetWindowRect(hStatic, stStaticRect)
Call GetWindowRect(hButton, stButtonRect)
' set the font we borrowed from the form into the static control
Call SendMessage(hStatic, WM_SETFONT, g_hBoldFont, ByVal API_TRUE)
With stStaticRect
' convert the rect from screen coordinates to client coordinates
Call ScreenToClientLong(hMsgBox, .Left)
Call ScreenToClientLong(hMsgBox, .Right)
Dim nRectHeight&, nHeightDifference&, hStaticDC&
' get the current height of the static control
nHeightDifference = .Bottom - .Top
' get the device context of the static control to pass to DrawText
hStaticDC = GetDC(hStatic)
' use DrawText to calculate the new height of the static control
nRectHeight = DrawText(hStaticDC, MSGBOXTEXT, (-1&), stStaticRect, _
DT_CALCRECT Or DT_EDITCONTROL Or DT_WORDBREAK)
' release the DC
Call ReleaseDC(hStatic, hStaticDC)
' calculate the difference in height
nHeightDifference = nRectHeight - nHeightDifference
' resize the static control so that the new larger bold text will fit in the messagebox
Call MoveWindow(hStatic, .Left, .Top, .Right - .Left, nRectHeight, API_TRUE)
End With
' move the button to the new position
With stButtonRect
' convert the rect from screen coordinates to client coordinates
Call ScreenToClientLong(hMsgBox, .Left)
Call ScreenToClientLong(hMsgBox, .Right)
' move the button
Call MoveWindow(hButton, .Left, .Top + nHeightDifference, .Right - .Left, .Bottom - .Top, API_TRUE)
End With
With stMsgBoxRect2
' resize and reposition the messagebox
Call MoveWindow(hMsgBox, .Left, .Top - (nHeightDifference \ 2), .Right - .Left, (.Bottom - .Top) + nHeightDifference, API_TRUE)
' NOTE: if your message is very long, you may need to add code to make sure the messagebox
' will not run off the screen....
End With
End If
End If
' unlock the desktop
Call LockWindowUpdate(API_FALSE)
End Select
End Sub