SetWindowPos - Win32 API reference

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The SetWindowPos function changes the size, position, and Z order of a child, pop-up, or top-level window. Child, pop-up, and top-level windows are ordered according to their appearance on the screen. The topmost window receives the highest rank and is the first window in the Z order.

Declaration

Declare Sub SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long)

Parameters

hWnd

Handle to the window.

hWndInsertAfter

Handle to the window to precede the positioned window in the Z order.

HWND_BOTTOM

HWND_NOTOPMOST

HWND_TOP

HWND_TOPMOST

X

Specifies the new position of the left side of the window, in client coordinates.

Y

Specifies the new position of the top of the window, in client coordinates.

cx

Specifies the new width of the window, in pixels.

cy

Specifies the new height of the window, in pixels.

wFlags

Specifies the window sizing and positioning flags.

SWP_ASYNCWINDOWPOS

SWP_DEFERERASE

SWP_DRAWFRAME

SWP_FRAMECHANGED

SWP_HIDEWINDOW

SWP_NOACTIVATE

SWP_NOCOPYBITS

SWP_NOMOVE

SWP_NOOWNERZORDER

SWP_NOREDRAW

SWP_NOREPOSITION

SWP_NOSENDCHANGING

SWP_NOSIZE

SWP_NOZORDER

SWP_SHOWWINDOW

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, callGetLastError.