Hi Bearacade,
It worked a treat. Sorry it took so long getting back to you, I have been away
Many thanks
Regards
John

"Bearacade" wrote:


I am having a brain fart, I could for the LIFE of me figure out what
task bar was.. haha.. ok.. here goes.. put all of this in ThisWorkbook


Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" _
Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, _
ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long

Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" _
Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, _
ByVal hWnd2 As Long, _
ByVal lpsz1 As String, _
ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long

Sub TaskBar(blnValue As Boolean)
Dim lngHandle As Long
Dim lngStartButton As Long

lngHandle = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", "")

If blnValue Then
ShowWindow lngHandle, 5
Else
ShowWindow lngHandle, 0
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Cmdhide()
Dim A As Boolean
A = False
TaskBar (A)
End Sub

Private Sub Cmdunhide()
Dim A As Boolean
A = True
TaskBar (A)
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_Open()

Call Cmdhide

End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)

Call Cmdunhide

End Sub


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Bearacade


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