Add drop shadows to forms (XP only)
Posted: 2002-06-01
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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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