Add drop shadows to forms (XP only)

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Adds a drop shadow to any hWnd you specify, just like you see in OfficeXP menus.

Original Author: vcv

Inputs

hWnd: handle of the window to add drop shadow to.

Assumptions

Only works on Windows XP.

API Declarations

Public Declare Function GetClassLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SetClassLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetClassLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Public Const CS_DROPSHADOW = &H20000
Public Const GCL_STYLE = (-26)

Code

Sub DropShadow(hwnd As Long)
  SetClassLong hwnd, GCL_STYLE, GetClassLong(hwnd, GCL_STYLE) Or CS_DROPSHADOW
End Sub

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Posted: 2002-06-01
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