Window With Border Without Caption

[Foz]

I'm trying to create a little popup window that takes the system theme (in terms of the window border) but it is to be captionless.

Any ideas how? This little tool will be windows only, so if it takes API, then please be Windows API

[RASHAD]

Hi Foz

Tested with Win 7 x64

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hWnd = OpenWindow(0,0,0,640,480,"",#PB_Window_BorderLess|#WS_THICKFRAME| #PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
WindowBounds(0, 640, 480, 640, 480)
SetWindowColor(0,$000000)
TextGadget(1,200,20,240,40,"Hi Foz",#SS_CENTERIMAGE | #SS_CENTER| #WS_BORDER)
LoadFont(1, "BroadWay", 16)
SetGadgetFont(1, FontID(1))
SetGadgetColor(1, #PB_Gadget_FrontColor, $0102FE)
SetGadgetColor(1, #PB_Gadget_BackColor, $B5FFFE)


Repeat
 
  Select WaitWindowEvent()   
            

    Case #PB_Event_Gadget
      Select EventGadget()
       
     
       EndSelect       
    
    Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
      End 
      
    Case  #WM_LBUTTONDOWN                                       ;Move Borderless Windows / Resize Capture         
        SendMessage_(hWnd, #WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, #HTCAPTION, 0)
              
 
  EndSelect 
   
Until quit

[Kwai chang caine]

Cool the tips little border 3D with #WS_THICKFRAME
Thanks

[Foz]

Ahhh the hidden styles of Windows! Perfect!

Thanks!

[RASHAD]

You are welcome Foz
Thanks KCC
Code modified to fit XP & 2003

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hWnd = OpenWindow(0,0,0,640,480,"",#PB_Window_BorderLess|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
SetWindowColor(0,$000000)
If OSVersion() >= #PB_OS_Windows_Vista
  SetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(0), #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(0), #GWL_STYLE)|#WS_THICKFRAME)
  WindowBounds(0, 640, 480, 640, 480)
Else
  dc=GetDC_(WindowID(0))
  SelectObject_(dc,CreatePen_(#PS_SOLID,10,GetSysColor_(#COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION)))  
  BeginPath_(dc) 
    Rectangle_(dc,0,0,640,480)
    ;RoundRect_(dc,0,0,640,480,10,10)              ;Round Rect
  EndPath_(dc)
EndIf

TextGadget(1,200,20,240,40,"Hi Foz",#SS_CENTERIMAGE | #SS_CENTER| #WS_BORDER)
LoadFont(1, "BroadWay", 16)
SetGadgetFont(1, FontID(1))
SetGadgetColor(1, #PB_Gadget_FrontColor, $0102FE)
SetGadgetColor(1, #PB_Gadget_BackColor, $B5FFFE)


Repeat
    StrokePath_(dc)

  Select WaitWindowEvent()   

    Case #PB_Event_Gadget
      Select EventGadget()
       
     
       EndSelect       
    
    Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
      End 
      
    Case  #WM_LBUTTONDOWN
        SendMessage_(hWnd, #WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, #HTCAPTION, 0)
              

  EndSelect 
   
Until quit

[Foz]

Good God. That's P-E-R-F-E-C-T on my Windows 7 machine!

On Windows XP it's not so clever... is there some redraw update that needs to be performed?

[RASHAD]

See next

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hWnd = OpenWindow(0,0,0,640,480,"",#PB_Window_BorderLess|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
If OSVersion() >= #PB_OS_Windows_Vista
  ;SetWindowColor(0,$000000)
  SetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(0), #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(0), #GWL_STYLE)|#WS_THICKFRAME)
  WindowBounds(0, 640, 480, 640, 480)
Else
  SetWindowColor(0,GetSysColor_(#COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION))
  OpenWindow(1, 4, 4, 632,472, "", #PB_Window_BorderLess)
  ;SetWindowColor(1,$000000)
  SetParent_(WindowID(1), WindowID(0))
EndIf

TextGadget(1,200,20,240,40,"Hi Foz",#SS_CENTERIMAGE | #SS_CENTER| #WS_BORDER)
LoadFont(1, "BroadWay", 16)
SetGadgetFont(1, FontID(1))
SetGadgetColor(1, #PB_Gadget_FrontColor, $0102FE)
SetGadgetColor(1, #PB_Gadget_BackColor, $B5FFFE)


Repeat


  Select WaitWindowEvent()   

    Case #PB_Event_Gadget
      Select EventGadget()
       
     
       EndSelect       
    
    Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
      End 
      
    Case  #WM_LBUTTONDOWN
      SendMessage_(hWnd, #WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, #HTCAPTION, 0)

  EndSelect 
   
Until quit

[Kiffi]

@RASHAD: IMHO there is a missing ReleaseCapture in your code:

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[...]
ReleaseCapture_()
SendMessage_(hWnd, #WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, #HTCAPTION, 0)
[...]

Greetings ... Kiffi

[RASHAD]

Thanks Kiffi
Usually I do not care about too many things because I belief that the forum members
are much better than me
Beside what I post is always ver 0.0 then after I finish it (in that case it will be ver 10.0 ) I save it to my archive

Thanks again Kiffi
Have a good day mate

[SFSxOI]

For Windows 7 and Vista, something like this maybe using DWM? Can be made borderless or captionless or both if thats what you want. A piece of code that i originally posted a while back...

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#DWM_BB_ENABLE = 1
#DWM_BB_BLURREGION = 2
#DWM_BB_TRANSITIONONMAXIMIZED = 4

Structure DWM_BLURBEHIND
dwFlags.l
fEnable.b
hRgnBlur.l
fTransitionOnMaximized.b
EndStructure

Procedure EnableBlurBehindWindow(hWnd.l, enable.b = #True, region.l = 0, transitionOnMaximized.b = #False)

blurBehind.DWM_BLURBEHIND
blurBehind\dwFlags = #DWM_BB_ENABLE | #DWM_BB_TRANSITIONONMAXIMIZED
;blurBehind\dwFlags = #DWM_BB_ENABLE
blurBehind\fEnable = enable
blurBehind\fTransitionOnMaximized = transitionOnMaximized

Lib = LoadLibrary_("dwmapi.dll") ; load the library

  If Lib
    If (enable And 0) <> region
      blurBehind\dwFlags = #DWM_BB_BLURREGION
      blurBehind\hRgnBlur = region
    EndIf
        *pAfunc = GetProcAddress_(Lib, "DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow")
        CallFunctionFast(*pAfunc, hWnd, @blurBehind) ; call the function
        MessageRequester("Information", "Blur Behind is enabled", #PB_MessageRequester_Ok)
        FreeLibrary_(Lib)
  EndIf
 
ProcedureReturn ; returns 1 if function called sucessfully

EndProcedure

hWnd.l = OpenWindow(0,100,100,300,300, "", #PB_Window_Tool)
Color = RGB(000, 000, 000)
SetWindowColor(0, Color)
;will not see DWM blur glass effect in PB windows unless we
;change the client area color to something less 'white' (opaque).
;We need to paint our own color for windows here. don't use white
;(255,255,255) or similar as will not see blur effect very well
;some colors look a whole lot better. Vista DWM uses ARGB
;I just do a simple quick set window color here for demo purposes

EnableBlurBehindWindow(hWnd.l)

Repeat
    Event = WindowEvent()

    If Event    ; event in queue then process
    Else 
      Delay(1)  ; No queue event, CPU time for something else
    EndIf
  Until Event = #PB_Event_CloseWindow

for borderless and no title make these changes

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change:

OpenWindow(0,100,100,300,300, "", #PB_Window_Tool)

to

OpenWindow(0,100,100,300,300, "", #PB_Window_BorderLess)

And... combined with the code already posted - no caption and windows 'theme' (if dwm used);

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#DWM_BB_ENABLE = 1
#DWM_BB_BLURREGION = 2
#DWM_BB_TRANSITIONONMAXIMIZED = 4

Structure DWM_BLURBEHIND
dwFlags.l
fEnable.b
hRgnBlur.l
fTransitionOnMaximized.b
EndStructure

Procedure EnableBlurBehindWindow(hWnd.l, enable.b = #True, region.l = 0, transitionOnMaximized.b = #False)

blurBehind.DWM_BLURBEHIND
blurBehind\dwFlags = #DWM_BB_ENABLE | #DWM_BB_TRANSITIONONMAXIMIZED
;blurBehind\dwFlags = #DWM_BB_ENABLE
blurBehind\fEnable = enable
blurBehind\fTransitionOnMaximized = transitionOnMaximized

Lib = LoadLibrary_("dwmapi.dll") ; load the library

  If Lib
    If (enable And 0) <> region
      blurBehind\dwFlags = #DWM_BB_BLURREGION
      blurBehind\hRgnBlur = region
    EndIf
        *pAfunc = GetProcAddress_(Lib, "DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow")
        CallFunctionFast(*pAfunc, hWnd, @blurBehind) ; call the function
        ;MessageRequester("Information", "Blur Behind is enabled", #PB_MessageRequester_Ok)
        FreeLibrary_(Lib)
  EndIf
 
ProcedureReturn ; returns 1 if function called sucessfully

EndProcedure


hWnd = OpenWindow(0,0,0,640,480,"",#PB_Window_BorderLess|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
If OSVersion() >= #PB_OS_Windows_Vista
  ;SetWindowColor(0,$000000)
  SetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(0), #GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(0), #GWL_STYLE)|#WS_THICKFRAME)
  WindowBounds(0, 640, 480, 640, 480)
  Color = RGB(000, 000, 000)
  SetWindowColor(0, Color)
  EnableBlurBehindWindow(hWnd)
Else
  SetWindowColor(0,GetSysColor_(#COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION))
  OpenWindow(1, 4, 4, 632,472, "", #PB_Window_BorderLess)
  ;SetWindowColor(1,$000000)
  SetParent_(WindowID(1), WindowID(0))
EndIf

TextGadget(1,200,20,240,40,"Hi Foz",#SS_CENTERIMAGE | #SS_CENTER| #WS_BORDER)
LoadFont(1, "BroadWay", 16)
SetGadgetFont(1, FontID(1))
SetGadgetColor(1, #PB_Gadget_FrontColor, $0102FE)
Colorback = RGB(000, 000, 255)
SetGadgetColor(1, #PB_Gadget_BackColor, Colorback)


Repeat


  Select WaitWindowEvent()   

    Case #PB_Event_Gadget
      Select EventGadget()
       
     
       EndSelect       
    
    Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
      End 
      
    Case  #WM_LBUTTONDOWN
      ReleaseCapture_()
      SendMessage_(hWnd, #WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, #HTCAPTION, 0)
  EndSelect
  
   
Until quit

[Foz]

XP is now sorted and a *really* cool effect with DWM!

Thanks Guys!

[Michael Vogel]

Need to create a window without caption with exact size, but I need to enlarge it by 14 pixels to get the correct result. Didn't find a system metrics value which matches to the difference, the results of the WindowWidth/Height commands are do not help either.

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plusx=14;	GetSystemMetrics_(#SM_CXBORDER)*2
plusy=14;	GetSystemMetrics_(#SM_CYCAPTION), GetSystemMetrics_(#SM_CXDLGFRAME)*2; ?

x=OpenWindow(0,0,0,400+plusx,200+plusy,"",#PB_Window_BorderLess|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
SetWindowLongPtr_(x,#GWL_STYLE,GetWindowLongPtr_(x,#GWL_STYLE)|#WS_THICKFRAME)
;Debug WindowHeight(0,#PB_Window_FrameCoordinate)-WindowHeight(0)

TextGadget(1,0,0,390,190,"X",#SS_CENTERIMAGE|#SS_CENTER|#WS_BORDER)
TextGadget(2,390,0,10,190,">",#SS_CENTERIMAGE|#SS_CENTER|#WS_BORDER)
TextGadget(3,0,190,390,10,"V",#SS_CENTERIMAGE|#SS_CENTER|#WS_BORDER)
TextGadget(4,390,190,10,10,"\",#SS_CENTERIMAGE|#SS_CENTER|#WS_BORDER)

Repeat : Select WaitWindowEvent() : Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow,#WM_CHAR : End : EndSelect : ForEver

[RASHAD]

Hi

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AdjustWindowRectEx_(r.RECT,#PB_Window_BorderLess | #WS_THICKFRAME,0,0)
plusx = -2*r\left
plusy = -2*r\top

x=OpenWindow(0,0,0,400+plusx,200+plusy,"",#PB_Window_BorderLess|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
SetWindowLongPtr_(x,#GWL_STYLE,GetWindowLongPtr_(x,#GWL_STYLE)|#WS_THICKFRAME)
;Debug WindowHeight(0,#PB_Window_FrameCoordinate)-WindowHeight(0)

TextGadget(1,0,0,390,190,"X",#SS_CENTERIMAGE|#SS_CENTER|#WS_BORDER)
TextGadget(2,390,0,10,190,">",#SS_CENTERIMAGE|#SS_CENTER|#WS_BORDER)
TextGadget(3,0,190,390,10,"V",#SS_CENTERIMAGE|#SS_CENTER|#WS_BORDER)
TextGadget(4,390,190,10,10,"\",#SS_CENTERIMAGE|#SS_CENTER|#WS_BORDER)

Repeat : Select WaitWindowEvent() : Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow,#WM_CHAR : End : EndSelect : ForEver

[Michael Vogel]

Cool, but...
...for my special case there's still a delta of one single pixel

I'm sure, I am doing something wrong in the following line:
ResizeWindow(1,GadgetX(.)+WindowX(0,Inside)-[WindowX(0,Inside)-WindowX(0)]-#StringGadgetBorder + 1,GadgetY(.)+WindowY(0,Inside)-EditOffsetY-StringGadgetOffset,...)

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Global StringGadgetOffset

Procedure StringGadgetInitialize(GadgetID)

	#StringGadgetBorder=6
	#StringGadgetHeight=28

	Protected hdc
	Protected fsz.Size
	Protected Rect.Rect
	Protected font

	font=GetGadgetFont(GadgetID)
	GadgetID=GadgetID(GadgetID)

	hdc=GetDC_(GadgetID)
	SelectObject_(hdc,font)
	GetTextExtentPoint32_(hdc,"|",1,fsz)
	ReleaseDC_(GadgetID,hdc)

	GetWindowRect_(GadgetID,Rect)
	StringGadgetOffset=Rect\bottom-Rect\top
	StringGadgetOffset=StringGadgetOffset>>1-fsz\cy<<4/20;	cy*16/20 (Text eher weiter oben) bis cy*16/22 (eher weiter unten)

EndProcedure
Procedure StringGadgetAlignment(GadgetID)

	Protected hwndEdit
	Protected erect.Rect

	hwndEdit=GadgetID(GadgetID)

	GetClientRect_(hwndEdit,eRect)
	erect\left=#StringGadgetBorder
	eRect\top=StringGadgetOffset
	eRect\bottom=#StringGadgetHeight

	SendMessage_(hwndEdit,#EM_SETRECT,0,eRect)

EndProcedure
Procedure ResizeComboGadget(gadget,x,y,width,height)

	ResizeGadget(gadget,x,y,width,height)
	If GetActiveGadget()<>gadget
		SendMessage_(GadgetID(gadget),#CB_SETEDITSEL,0,-1)
	EndIf

EndProcedure

Enumeration 1000
	#keyF4
	#keyOk
	#keyCancel
	#keyEscape
EndEnumeration

WinID=OpenWindow(0,0,0,400,200,"",#WS_SYSMENU|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SizeGadget|#PB_Window_MaximizeGadget|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget)

TextGadget(1,20,30,60,20,"Datei&name:",#SS_CENTERIMAGE)
ComboBoxGadget(2,95,29,207,22,#PB_ComboBox_Editable)
TextGadget(4,20,80,75,20,"&Erweiterung:",#SS_CENTERIMAGE)
ComboBoxGadget(5,95,79,125,22,#PB_ComboBox_Editable)

SetGadgetText(2,"Press F4 to edit....")
SetGadgetText(5,"Press F4 to edit....")

r.rect
AdjustWindowRectEx_(r,#PB_Window_BorderLess|#WS_THICKFRAME,0,0)
EditOffsetX=-r\left
EditOffsetY=-r\top

OpenWindow(1,0,0,800+EditOffsetX<<1,#StringGadgetHeight+EditOffsetY<<1,"",#PB_Window_Invisible|#PB_Window_BorderLess,WinID)
SetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(1),#GWL_STYLE,GetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(1),#GWL_STYLE)|#WS_THICKFRAME)

StringGadget(9,0,0,800,#StringGadgetHeight,"",#ES_MULTILINE)
StringGadgetInitialize(9)
StringGadgetAlignment(9)

AddKeyboardShortcut(0,#PB_Shortcut_F4,#keyF4)
AddKeyboardShortcut(0,#PB_Shortcut_Escape,#keyEscape)

AddKeyboardShortcut(1,#PB_Shortcut_F4,#keyOk)
AddKeyboardShortcut(1,#PB_Shortcut_Return,#keyOk)
AddKeyboardShortcut(1,#PB_Shortcut_Escape,#keyCancel)

SetActiveGadget(2)


Repeat
	Select WaitWindowEvent()

	Case #PB_Event_Menu,#PB_Event_Gadget
		etype=EventType()
		egadget=EventGadget()

		Select egadget
		Case #keyOk
			If EditMode
				HideWindow(1,1)
				DisableWindow(0,0)
				SetGadgetText(EditMode,GetGadgetText(9))
				SetActiveGadget(EditMode)
				EditMode=0
			EndIf

		Case #keyCancel
			If EditMode
				HideWindow(1,1)
				DisableWindow(0,0)
				SetActiveGadget(EditMode)
				EditMode=0
			EndIf

		Case #keyF4
			n=GetActiveGadget()
			If n>0 And GadgetType(n)=#PB_GadgetType_ComboBox
				SetGadgetText(9,GetGadgetText(n))
				EditMode=n
				n=WindowX(0,#PB_Window_InnerCoordinate)-WindowX(0)
				ResizeWindow(1,GadgetX(EditMode)+WindowX(0,#PB_Window_InnerCoordinate)-n-#StringGadgetBorder+1,GadgetY(EditMode)+WindowY(0,#PB_Window_InnerCoordinate)-EditOffsetY-StringGadgetOffset,#PB_Ignore,#PB_Ignore)
				DisableWindow(0,1)
				HideWindow(1,0)
				SetActiveGadget(9)
			EndIf
			
		Case #keyEscape
		End

		EndSelect

	Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
		End

	EndSelect
ForEver

[RASHAD]

Hi MV
For each window you have to run AdjustWindowRectEx_() with it's flags to get the proper dimensions

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AdjustWindowRectEx_(r.RECT,#WS_SYSMENU|#PB_Window_SizeGadget|#PB_Window_MaximizeGadget|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget,0,0)
EditOffsetX=-r\left
EditOffsetY=-r\top
Debug EditOffsetX
Debug EditOffsetY

AdjustWindowRectEx_(r2.RECT,#PB_Window_BorderLess | #WS_THICKFRAME,0,0)
EditOffsetX2=-r2\left
EditOffsetY2=-r2\top
Debug EditOffsetX2
Debug EditOffsetY2


WinID=OpenWindow(0,0,0,400,200,"",#WS_SYSMENU|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_SizeGadget|#PB_Window_MaximizeGadget|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget)

TextGadget(1,20,30,60,20,"Datei&name:",#SS_CENTERIMAGE)
ComboBoxGadget(2,95,29,207,22,#PB_ComboBox_Editable)
TextGadget(4,20,80,75,20,"&Erweiterung:",#SS_CENTERIMAGE)
ComboBoxGadget(5,95,79,125,22,#PB_ComboBox_Editable)

SetGadgetText(2,"Press F4 to edit....")
SetGadgetText(5,"Press F4 to edit....")

OpenWindow(1,0,0,800+EditOffsetX<<1,#StringGadgetHeight+EditOffsetY<<1,"",#PB_Window_Invisible|#PB_Window_BorderLess,WinID)
SetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(1),#GWL_STYLE,GetWindowLongPtr_(WindowID(1),#GWL_STYLE)|#WS_THICKFRAME)