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TitleOpen the Windows Start menu by using SendMessage
DescriptionThis example shows how to open the Windows Start menu by using SendMessage in Visual Basic 6. It uses SendMessage to send the WM_SYSCOMMAND message with the SC_TASKLIST parameter.
KeywordsStart menu, open Start menu, SendMessage
CategoriesSoftware Engineering, Windows
 
Thanks to Alexander Klimoff.

The program sense the WM_SYSCOMMAND message with the SC_TASKLIST parameter.

 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    SendMessage hwnd, WM_SYSCOMMAND, ByVal SC_TASKLIST, _
        ByVal 0&
End Sub
 
 
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