API -> CreateWindowEx [ Library : user32.dll, Category : Window Handles ] [C#, VB, VB.net]

CreateWindowEx

Library : user32.dll Category : Window Handles

Api Example(s)
Create Controls at RunTime
This is a link to different site vbAccelerator Icon Selector Control
How to create XP-Style Balloon Tooltip in VB.net (Updated)
Creating an API Window (Using C Style Message Loop and Window Proc)
CBalloonToolTipNotify: Class for System tray icon, Balloon tooltip, simple tooltip and Popup menu

API Description :

The CreateWindowEx function creates an overlapped, pop-up, or child window with an extended style; otherwise, this function is identical to the CreateWindow function.

VB Declaration :

Show Multiline Public Private

Declare Function CreateWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "CreateWindowExA" (ByVal dwExStyle As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String, ByVal dwStyle As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal hInstance As Long, lpParam As Any) As Long

Parameters :

· dwExStyle
Specifies the extended style of the window. This parameter can be one of the following values:
WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
 Specifies that a window created with this style accepts drag-drop files.
WS_EX_APPWINDOW
 Forces a top-level window onto the

Return :

If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle to the new window. 

If the function fails, the return value is NULL.

OS Requirement :

Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later
Requires Windows 95 or later

Dotnet Replacement :

System.Windows.Forms.Form constructor