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- // ================================================================================================
- // Sizes the specified form perfectly in the Win95/NT4 client area, outside the taskbar, regardless
- // of the taskbar's size or location. Freeware by Peter M. Jagielski. Works best if called from
- // your main form's FormCreate - just pass this proc the name of your main form. Be sure to
- // include the Windows unit in your USES clause.
- // ================================================================================================
- procedure SizeForWin95(MyForm: TForm);
- var
- TaskBarHandle: HWnd; // Handle to the Win95 Taskbar
- TaskBarCoord: TRect; // Coordinates of the Win95 Taskbar
- CxScreen, // Width of screen in pixels
- CyScreen, // Height of screen in pixels
- CxFullScreen, // Width of client area in pixels
- CyFullScreen, // Heigth of client area in pixels
- CyCaption: Integer; // Height of a window's title bar in pixels
- begin
- TaskBarHandle := FindWindow('Shell_TrayWnd',Nil); // Get Win95 Taskbar handle
- if TaskBarHandle = 0 then // We're running Win 3.x or WinNT w/o Win95 shell, so just maximize
- MyForm.WindowState := wsMaximized
- else // We're running Win95 or WinNT w/Win95 shell
- begin
- MyForm.WindowState := wsNormal;
- GetWindowRect(TaskBarHandle,TaskBarCoord); // Get coordinates of Win95 Taskbar
- CxScreen := GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN); // Get various screen dimensions and set form's width/height
- CyScreen := GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
- CxFullScreen := GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXFULLSCREEN);
- CyFullScreen := GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYFULLSCREEN);
- CyCaption := GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYCAPTION);
- MyForm.Width := CxScreen - (CxScreen - CxFullScreen) + 1;
- MyForm.Height := CyScreen - (CyScreen - CyFullScreen) + CyCaption + 1;
- MyForm.Top := 0;
- MyForm.Left := 0;
- MyForm.Position := poDefault;
- if (TaskBarCoord.Top = -2) and (TaskBarCoord.Left = -2) then // Taskbar on either top or left
- if TaskBarCoord.Right > TaskBarCoord.Bottom then // Taskbar on top
- MyForm.Top := TaskBarCoord.Bottom
- else // Taskbar on left
- MyForm.Left := TaskBarCoord.Right;
- end;
- end;