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'Em General Declarations coloque isto,
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" _
(ByVal lpexecuta As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As _
Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Const SW_HIDE = 0: Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
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'AGORA NO FORM COLOQUE ISTO,
'2 CommandButtons
Private Sub Command1_Click()
'Para Ocultar a barra de tarefas:
Dim aviso As Long
Dim janela As Long
Dim executa As String
executa = Space(256)
executa = "Shell_TrayWnd"
janela = FindWindow(executa, vbNullString)
aviso = ShowWindow(janela, SW_HIDE) 'Esconde a barra
End Sub
Private Sub Command2_Click()
'Para Mostrar a barra de tarefas:
Dim aviso As Long
Dim janela As Long
Dim executa As String
executa = Space(256)
executa = "Shell_TrayWnd"
janela = FindWindow(executa, vbNullString)
aviso = ShowWindow(janela, SW_SHOWNORMAL) 'Mostra a barra
End Sub
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