Close & Minimize Buttons

Is there a method to eliminate or disable the Close and Minimize buttons on the small window that appears briefly when a Blitz 3D program is executed in full-screen mode?

Dunno about - eliminating/disabling the buttons, but if you hid the little window, would that help?

You can use some windows functions to achieve this.

SetWindowLong + ShowWindow

You can find an example of using them here: http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=829

I think someone completely fixed this over at blitzcoder.com. I don't know who, but maybe search the forums and you'll find the thread.

You will get a short flicker, but this does it:

DesktopW = User32_GetSystemMetrics(0)
DesktopH = User32_GetSystemMetrics(1)
WinW	 = GraphicsWidth()
WinH	 = GraphicsHeight()
; Get hWnd pointer For the Blitz Window
hWindow = User32_GetActiveWindow()
; Set the Blitz Window Style
User32_SetWindowLong(hWindow,-16,$10000000 + $80000)
; Resize and center Blitz Window	
User32_MoveWindow(hWindow,(DesktopW-WinW)/2,(DesktopH-WinH)/2,WinW,WinH,True)
WaitKey()
End

Get the decls in the code archives two posts up.

Thanks for the feedback!

I used Fredborg's code, then added code to display a splash screen image. The end result is a small splash screen displayed without a border (at least this is the case with my particular configuration).

DesktopW = GetSystemMetrics( 0 )
DesktopH = GetSystemMetrics( 1 )
WinW = GraphicsWidth()
WinH = GraphicsHeight()
hWindow = GetActiveWindow()
SetWindowLong( hWindow, -16, $10000000 + $80000 )
MoveWindow(hWindow, ( DesktopW-WinW ) / 2, ( DesktopH - WinH ) / 2, WinW, WinH, True )
SetBuffer FrontBuffer()
splash = LoadImage( MEDIA_PATH$ + "splash.png" )
DrawBlock splash, 0, 0
FreeImage splash
Delay 250