ShowScrollBar

  BOOL ShowScrollBar(hwnd, fnBar, fShow)    
  HWND hwnd; /* handle of window with scroll bar */
  int fnBar; /* scroll-bar flag */
  BOOL fShow; /* scroll-bar visibility flag */

The ShowScrollBar function shows or hides the given scroll bar.

Parameters

hwnd

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

fnBar

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. In this case, the hwnd parameter must be the handle of a 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.

fShow

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

Return Value

The return value is TRUE if the function was successful or FALSE if an error occurs. To obtain extended error information, use the GetLastError function.

Comments

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