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Suppress Max and Min buttons in MDI forms

Suppress Max and Min buttons in MDI forms

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Unlike regular forms, forms don’t expose the MinButton and MaxButton properties and these buttons are always displayed. You can suppress these buttons using the following code:

Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" _    (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" _    (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As LongConst WS_MINIMIZEBOX = &H20000Const WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = &H10000Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)Private Sub MDIForm_Load()    SetWindowLong Me.hwnd, GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong(Me.hwnd, _        GWL_STYLE) And Not (WS_MAXIMIZEBOX Or WS_MINIMIZEBOX)End Sub

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