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Marek
Marek

Reputation: 41

Disable Maximize Button c++ console application

I am maintaining old C++ application running console. I has disabled "close" buttun . I need to disable maximize button as well. The following code disabes the close button

DeleteMenu(GetSystemMenu(GetConsoleWindow(), FALSE), SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND);
DrawMenuBar(GetConsoleWindow());

I have added line to disable maximize button:

DeleteMenu(GetSystemMenu(GetConsoleWindow(), FALSE), SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND);
DeleteMenu(GetSystemMenu(GetConsoleWindow(), FALSE), SC_MAXIMIZE, MF_BYCOMMAND);
DrawMenuBar(GetConsoleWindow());

It works, the button is disabled but it is not greyed out. (The Close button is greyed out) What am I missing? Thank you.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3137

Answers (1)

Barmak Shemirani
Barmak Shemirani

Reputation: 31599

Use SetWindowLong to change the window style, then call SetWindowPos. Example:

HWND hwnd = GetConsoleWindow();
DWORD style = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_STYLE);
style &= ~WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_STYLE, style);
SetWindowPos(hwnd, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE|SWP_NOMOVE|SWP_FRAMECHANGED);

Upvotes: 6

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