How to make VI front panel full screen?

[nickle]

I have a VI whose front panel I want to make full screen.  I have tried showing the front panel when the VI is loaded and having it maximized.  The result is closed to what I want...the front panel occupies the entire screen except for the Windows taskbar.  How do I get the front panel to also cover the task bar?  I want to do this to prevent people using my program from being tempted to play with other things on the machine while my program is running.

Does anyone know how to make the VI front panel truly full screen?

I am using LabVIEW 8.5 on Windows XP.

Thanks in advance.

[TCPlomp]

Have a look here


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[MikeS81]

Hi nickle

In addition to overlay the taskbar with your Window you can hide the taskbar with the function from user32.dll.

Mike

[Nitin.sg]

Hi Mike,

            I went through your post but was not able to find USER32 function in labview.Can you please tell me where can i get the USER32 function in labview as i wanted to hide my windows taskbar.

Thanks,

Nitin

[Yamaeda]

VI properties

Set window run-time position: maximize

Set Window appearence: custom to Dont has title bar, dont have menu bar.

Or the taskbar is a problem?

/Y

[Yamaeda]

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@Nitin.sg wrote:

Hi Mike,

            I went through your post but was not able to find USER32 function in labview.Can you please tell me where can i get the USER32 function in labview as i wanted to hide my windows taskbar.

Thanks,

Nitin

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That's a Call library-node. You invoke windows DLL's directly.

What are you trying to achieve?

/Y

[Nitin.sg]

Hi Yamaeda,

                   I my project when i minimize my Front Panel i get a access icon in the taskbar.How can i remove the access icon in the taskbar??

Thanks,

Nitin

[Matthew-B]

Hi Nitin,

If you want to prevent the user from minimizing your Front Panel, you can modify the Window Appearance properties in the VI Properties dialog to prevent the user from minimizing the window. If you want to hide the Windows taskbar, you will need to do that programmatically by using the Call Library Function Node. An example on how to programmatically hide and show the Windows taskbar is available at http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/1450.

Regards,