ShowScrollBar  1MKGV8X 

The ShowScrollBar function shows or hides the specified scroll bar.

BOOL ShowScrollBar(

    HWND hWnd,

// handle of window with scroll bar

    int wBar,

// scroll bar flag

    BOOL bShow

// scroll bar visibility flag

   );

 

 

Parameters

hWnd

Identifies a scroll bar control or a window with a standard scroll bar, depending on the value of the wBar parameter.

wBar

Specifies the scroll bar(s) to be shown or hidden. This parameter can be one of the following values:

Value

Meaning

SB_BOTH

Shows or hides a window s standard horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

SB_CTL

Shows or hides a scroll bar control. The hWnd parameter must be the handle of the scroll bar control.

SB_HORZ

Shows or hides a window s standard horizontal scroll bars.

SB_VERT

Shows or hides a window s standard vertical scroll bar.

 

bShow

Specifies whether the scroll bar is shown or hidden. If this parameter is TRUE, the scroll bar is shown; otherwise, it is hidden.

 

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError11C2VS7.

Remarks

While processing a scroll bar message, an application should not call this function to hide a scroll bar.

See Also

GetScrollPos, GetScrollRange, ScrollDC, ScrollWindow, SetScrollPos, SetScrollRange