{"id":4509,"date":"2013-10-19T06:07:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T06:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sageaccpacerp\/?p=4509"},"modified":"2025-10-09T04:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T04:51:52","slug":"provide-minimizemaximize-buttons-in-vba-forms-macro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sageaccpacerp\/2013\/10\/19\/provide-minimizemaximize-buttons-in-vba-forms-macro\/","title":{"rendered":"Provide Minimize\/Maximize Buttons in VBA Forms (Macro)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the developers came across this particular limitation i.e. minimize and maximize buttons in VBA forms.<\/p>\n

These buttons are by default available in Visual Basic forms i.e.; in design view of form we can locate appropriate properties for these buttons.\u00a0 But while designing VBA forms these properties are not available and the buttons doesn\u2019t appear on the form.\"Start_Userform\"<\/a>New Stuff: <\/em><\/strong>How to set default reserved quantity in Sage 300 ERP<\/a><\/p>\n

In order to add these missing buttons kindly follow below code snippets.<\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong> Variable declaration in the main module file.
\n<SNIP >
\nPublic Const WS_MINIMIZEBOX = &H20000
\nPublic Const WS_MAXIMIZEBOX = &H10000
\nPublic Const SWP_FRAMECHANGED = &H20
\nPublic Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
\nPublic Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
\nPublic Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)
\nPublic Declare Function GetActiveWindow Lib “user32.dll” () As Long
\nPublic Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib “user32” _
\nAlias “GetWindowLongA” _
\n(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
\nByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
\nPublic Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib “user32” _
\nAlias “SetWindowLongA” _
\n(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
\nByVal nIndex As Long, _
\nByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long<\/p>\n

Public Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib “user32” _
\n(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
\nByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, _
\nByVal x As Long, _
\nByVal y As Long, _
\nByVal cx As Long, _
\nByVal cy As Long, _
\nByVal wFlags As Long) As Long<\/p>\n

<\/SNIP >
\nNow let\u2019s add the buttons to the form.<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong> Define method \u201cAppAddMinimizeMaximizeButton\u201d in the user form.
\n<SNIP>
\nPrivate Sub AppAddMinimizeMaximizeButton(p_str_Minimize_Maximize_Box As String)
\nDim hwnd As Long
\nhwnd = GetActiveWindow
\nCall SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_STYLE, _
\nGetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_STYLE) Or _
\np_str_Minimize_Maximize_Box)
\nCall SetWindowPos(hwnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, _
\nSWP_FRAMECHANGED Or _
\nSWP_NOMOVE Or _
\nSWP_NOSIZE)
\nEnd Sub
\n<\/SNIP><\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong> On form activation; call the method to add the buttons to the user form:
\n<SNIP>
\nPrivate Sub UserForm_Activate()
\nAppAddMinimizeMaximizeButton WS_MINIMIZEBOX\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AppAddMinimizeMaximizeButton WS_MAXIMIZEBOX
\nEnd Sub
\n<\/SNIP>
\nAfter execution you can notice the buttons has been added to the form.<\/p>\n

\"maximize_mini\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Using above mentioned instructions minimize\/maximize buttons can be added VBA forms (macro).<\/p>\n

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