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How do I embed tabtip.exe inside windows

I'm trying to embed the osk in a wpf window or a user control and I've found the code below and it's working for notepad but for tabtip.exe, it's saying that it doesn't have a graphical interface??
WaitForInputIdle failed. This could be because the process does not have a graphical interface.
I tried letting it sleep for awhile instead of calling waitForInputIdle method but it throws another exception:
Process has exited, so the requested information is not available.
But in my task manager, I can still see TabTip.exe running.
namespace WpfApplication1
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
private System.Windows.Forms.Panel _panel;
private Process _process;
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
_panel = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
windowsFormsHost1.Child = _panel;
}
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern int SetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int dwNewLong);
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern int GetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
[DllImport("user32")]
private static extern IntPtr SetParent(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndParent);
[DllImport("user32")]
private static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int X, int Y, int cx, int cy, int uFlags);
private const int SWP_NOZORDER = 0x0004;
private const int SWP_NOACTIVATE = 0x0010;
private const int GWL_STYLE = -16;
private const int WS_CAPTION = 0x00C00000;
private const int WS_THICKFRAME = 0x00040000;
protected override void OnClosing(System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e)
{
base.OnClosing(e);
if (_process != null)
{
_process.Refresh();
_process.Close();
}
}
private void ResizeEmbeddedApp()
{
if (_process == null)
return;
SetWindowPos(_process.MainWindowHandle, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, (int)_panel.ClientSize.Width, (int)_panel.ClientSize.Height, SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
}
protected override Size MeasureOverride(Size availableSize)
{
Size size = base.MeasureOverride(availableSize);
ResizeEmbeddedApp();
return size;
}
private void button1_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
button1.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\microsoft shared\\ink\\TabTip.exe");
_process = Process.Start(psi);
Thread.Sleep(500);
//_process.WaitForInputIdle();
SetParent(_process.MainWindowHandle, _panel.Handle);
// remove control box
int style = GetWindowLong(_process.MainWindowHandle, GWL_STYLE);
style = style & ~WS_CAPTION & ~WS_THICKFRAME;
SetWindowLong(_process.MainWindowHandle, GWL_STYLE, style);
// resize embedded application & refresh
ResizeEmbeddedApp();
}
}
}
Edit: Inspired by rene's comment, I've tried to obtain the window ptr as below and used spy++ to verify that the address that FindWindow gives is pointing to the correct window, but it's still not moving:
IntPtr KeyboardWnd = FindWindow("IPTip_Main_Window", null);
int style = GetWindowLong(KeyboardWnd, GWL_STYLE);
style = style & ~WS_CAPTION & ~WS_THICKFRAME;
SetWindowLong(KeyboardWnd, GWL_STYLE, style);
SetWindowPos(KeyboardWnd, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, (int)_panel.ClientSize.Width, (int)_panel.ClientSize.Height, SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
Edit 2: My first thought was that tab tip couldn't be resized, but then I noticed a behavior when I try to move the window across two different screen, it'll resize to fit the screen size, so I'm sure there must be a way to resize, so I started spy++(x64) to check :
Edit 3: after tinkering abit with user32 api and no progress, I've tried to use a memory scanner to scan for the x and y position of tabtip and change it, however, it's not refreshing until a repaint is triggered, I'm wondering the feasibility going down that path.

Can you try to run your handle code in STA thread? I had a similar issue with native window, which I had resolved using STA thread.
var thread = new Thread(() => {
// Your code here
});
thread.TrySetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
thread.Start();

I had a similar problem, and the reason I had it was that I started a program that needed to be run by an administrator with a non-administrative program, and it would pop up with WaitForInputIdle failed. This could be because the process does not have a graphical interface, so I assume you try starting your program with an administrator

How to set the client area (ClientRectangle) in a borderless form?

I want to know if it's possible to set the client area of a borderless form. Say for example I define a form like so:
Code
public class MyForm : Form
{
public MyForm()
{
this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
}
}
Result
What I want to do is specify the client area, so that the form has a frame (like the standard windows frame, but custom drawn).
Result
Essentially, the blue area would become the non client area, and the gray area would remain as the client area.
I have tried to set the client area, but this just seems to resize the entire form, thus, is does not leave behind a "non-client" area
Is this possible?

This is possible, however I don't know how well this works with a Windows Form with the WindowStyle set to Borderless. Using PInvoke (Platform Invoke) Functions, you can remove window themes which will give you a very basic looking Windows Form. You can then use various PInvoke functions to manipulate the Non-client area of the windows form.
I recommend that you read through these topics. They're designed for Win32 Applications using C++, but PInvoke is the process of calling these native APIs using Managed Code (C#)
WM_NCCALCSIZE: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms632634(v=vs.85).aspx
WM_NCPAINT: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd145212(v=vs.85).aspx
GetDCEx: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd144873(v=vs.85).aspx
GetWindowDC: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd144947(v=vs.85).aspx
SetWindowTheme: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb759827(v=vs.85).aspx
This example is very very crude, but it provides basic functionality. I don't know how SetWindowTheme works on Windows 8 or 8.1, but in Windows 7, it gives windows the "classic" theme.
public partial class MyForm : Form
{
//Window Messages
public const uint WM_NCPAINT = 0x85;
public const uint WM_NCCALCSIZE = 0x83;
public const uint WM_NCHITTEST = 0x84;
//GetDCEx Flags
public const int DCX_WINDOW = 0x00000001;
public const int DCX_CACHE = 0x00000002;
public const int DCX_PARENTCLIP = 0x00000020;
public const int DCX_CLIPSIBLINGS = 0x00000010;
public const int DCX_CLIPCHILDREN = 0x00000008;
public const int DCX_NORESETATTRS = 0x00000004;
public const int DCX_LOCKWINDOWUPDATE = 0x00000400;
public const int DCX_EXCLUDERGN = 0x00000040;
public const int DCX_INTERSECTRGN = 0x00000080;
public const int DCX_INTERSECTUPDATE = 0x00000200;
public const int DCX_VALIDATE = 0x00200000;
//RECT Structure
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayout(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct RECT
{
public int left, top, right, bottom;
}
//WINDOWPOS Structure
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayout(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct WINDOWPOS
{
public IntPtr hwnd;
public IntPtr hwndinsertafter;
public int x, y, cx, cy;
public int flags;
}
//NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS Structure
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayout(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS
{
public RECT rgrc0, rgrc1, rgrc2;
public WINDOWPOS lppos;
}
//SetWindowTheme UXtheme Function
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("uxtheme.dll", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int SetWindowTheme(
IntPtr hWnd,
String pszSubAppName,
String pszSubIdList);
//GetWindowRect User32 Function
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
[return: System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool GetWindowRect(
IntPtr hwnd,
out RECT lpRect
);
//GetWindowDC User32 Function
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetWindowDC(
IntPtr hWnd
);
//GetDCEx User32 Function
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetDCEx(
IntPtr hWnd,
IntPtr hrgnClip,
int flags
);
//Window Procedure Hook
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
//Don't style window in designer...
if (DesignMode)
base.WndProc(ref m);
//Handle Message
switch ((uint)m.Msg)
{
case WM_NCCALCSIZE: WmNCCalcSize(ref m); break;
case WM_NCPAINT: WmNCPaint(ref m); break;
default: base.WndProc(ref m); break;
}
}
//Handle Creation
protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e)
{
//Base Procedure...
base.OnHandleCreated(e);
//Remove Theme
SetWindowTheme(this.Handle, string.Empty, string.Empty);
}
//WM_NCCALCSIZE
private void WmNCCalcSize(ref Message m)
{
//Get Window Rect
RECT formRect = new RECT();
GetWindowRect(m.HWnd, out formRect);
//Check WPARAM
if (m.WParam != IntPtr.Zero) //TRUE
{
//When TRUE, LPARAM Points to a NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS structure
var nccsp = (NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.PtrToStructure(m.LParam, typeof(NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS));
//We're adjusting the size of the client area here. Right now, the client area is the whole form.
//Adding to the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right will size the client area.
nccsp.rgrc0.top += 30; //30-pixel top border
nccsp.rgrc0.bottom -= 4; //4-pixel bottom (resize) border
nccsp.rgrc0.left += 4; //4-pixel left (resize) border
nccsp.rgrc0.right -= 4; //4-pixel right (resize) border
//Set the structure back into memory
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.StructureToPtr(nccsp, m.LParam, true);
}
else //FALSE
{
//When FALSE, LPARAM Points to a RECT structure
var clnRect = (RECT)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.PtrToStructure(m.LParam, typeof(RECT));
//Like before, we're adjusting the rectangle...
//Adding to the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right will size the client area.
clnRect.top += 30; //30-pixel top border
clnRect.bottom -= 4; //4-pixel bottom (resize) border
clnRect.left += 4; //4-pixel left (resize) border
clnRect.right -= 4; //4-pixel right (resize) border
//Set the structure back into memory
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.StructureToPtr(clnRect, m.LParam, true);
}
//Return Zero
m.Result = IntPtr.Zero;
}
//WM_NCPAINT
private void WmNCPaint(ref Message m)
{
//Store HDC
IntPtr HDC = IntPtr.Zero;
Graphics gfx = null;
//Check the WPARAM
if(m.WParam == (IntPtr)1)
{
//For reasons unknown to me, the update region doesn't contain valid data and calling GetDCEx will do nothing.
//So I call GetWindowDC and exclude the area using System.Drawing.Graphics instead.
//Graphics Object from HDC
HDC = GetWindowDC(m.HWnd);
gfx = Graphics.FromHdc(HDC);
//Exclude Client Area
gfx.ExcludeClip(new Rectangle(4, 30, Width - 8, 34)); //Exclude Client Area (GetWindowDC grabs the WHOLE window's graphics handle)
}
else
{
//Graphics Object from HDC
HDC = GetDCEx(m.HWnd, m.WParam, DCX_WINDOW | DCX_INTERSECTRGN);
gfx = Graphics.FromHdc(HDC);
}
//Call Paint
using (PaintEventArgs ncPaintArgs = new PaintEventArgs(gfx, new Rectangle(0, 0, Width, Height)))
MyForm_NCPaint(this, ncPaintArgs);
//Return Zero
m.Result = IntPtr.Zero;
}
public MyForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void MyForm_NCPaint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
//Clear
e.Graphics.Clear(Color.Green);
}
}

How to prevent TextBox auto scrolls when append text?

I have a multi-line TextBox with a vertical scrollbar that logs data from real-time processing. Currently, whenever a new line is added by textBox.AppendText(), the TextBox scrolls to the bottom so you can see the last entry, this great. But I have a checkbox to indicate whether TextBox is allowed to auto-scroll. Is there any way to do this?
Note:
I want to use the TextBox because the added text has multi-lines and alignment by whitespace, so it's not simple to use with a ListBox or a ListView.
I tried to add a new line by textBox.Text += text, but the TextBox constantly scrolls to the top.
If we have a solution to do that, then one more question is how to prevent the TextBox auto scrolls when the user uses the scrollbar to view somewhere else in the TextBox while the TextBox appends text?
private void OnTextLog(string text)
{
if (chkAutoScroll.Checked)
{
// This always auto scrolls to the bottom.
txtLog.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
txtLog.AppendText(text);
// This always auto scrolls to the top.
//txtLog.Text += Environment.NewLine + text;
}
else
{
// I want to append the text without scrolls right here.
}
}
Update 1: As saggio suggests, I also think the solution to this problem is to determine the position of the first character in the current text that is displayed in the TextBox before appending text and restoring it after that. But how to do this? I tried to record the current cursor position like this, but it did not help:
int selpoint = txtLog.SelectionStart;
txtLog.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
txtLog.AppendText(text);
txtLog.SelectionStart = selpoint;
Update 2 (the issue was resolved): I found a solution that can solve my issue here on Stack Overflow. I have optimized their code to suit my case as follows:
// Constants for extern calls to various scrollbar functions
private const int SB_VERT = 0x1;
private const int WM_VSCROLL = 0x115;
private const int SB_THUMBPOSITION = 0x4;
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern int GetScrollPos(IntPtr hWnd, int nBar);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern int SetScrollPos(IntPtr hWnd, int nBar, int nPos, bool bRedraw);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool PostMessageA(IntPtr hWnd, int nBar, int wParam, int lParam);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool GetScrollRange(IntPtr hWnd, int nBar, out int lpMinPos, out int lpMaxPos);
private void AppendTextToTextBox(TextBox textbox, string text, bool autoscroll)
{
int savedVpos = GetScrollPos(textbox.Handle, SB_VERT);
textbox.AppendText(text + Environment.NewLine);
if (autoscroll)
{
int VSmin, VSmax;
GetScrollRange(textbox.Handle, SB_VERT, out VSmin, out VSmax);
int sbOffset = (int)((textbox.ClientSize.Height - SystemInformation.HorizontalScrollBarHeight) / (textbox.Font.Height));
savedVpos = VSmax - sbOffset;
}
SetScrollPos(textbox.Handle, SB_VERT, savedVpos, true);
PostMessageA(textbox.Handle, WM_VSCROLL, SB_THUMBPOSITION + 0x10000 * savedVpos, 0);
}
private void OnTextLog(string text)
{
AppendTextToTextBox(txtLog.Text, Environment.NewLine + text, chkAutoScroll.Checked);
}
Another way:
private const int SB_VERT = 0x1;
private const int WM_VSCROLL = 0x115;
private const int SB_THUMBPOSITION = 0x4;
private const int SB_BOTTOM = 0x7;
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern int GetScrollPos(IntPtr hWnd, int nBar);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern int SetScrollPos(IntPtr hWnd, int nBar, int nPos, bool bRedraw);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool PostMessageA(IntPtr hWnd, int nBar, int wParam, int lParam);
private void AppendTextToTextBox(TextBox textbox, string text, bool autoscroll)
{
int savedVpos = GetScrollPos(textbox.Handle, SB_VERT);
textbox.AppendText(text + Environment.NewLine);
if (autoscroll)
{
PostMessageA(textbox.Handle, WM_VSCROLL, SB_BOTTOM, 0);
}
else
{
SetScrollPos(textbox.Handle, SB_VERT, savedVpos, true);
PostMessageA(textbox.Handle, WM_VSCROLL, SB_THUMBPOSITION + 0x10000 * savedVpos, 0);
}
}
I post these solutions for those who have a similar issue. Thanks for cgyDeveloper's source code.
Does anyone have a more straightforward way?

This seems pretty straight forward but I may be missing something. Use append text to scroll to the position if Autochecked is true and just add the text if you do not wish to scroll.
Update...I was missing something. You want to set the selection point and then scroll to the caret. See below.
if (chkAutoScroll.Checked)
{
// This always auto scrolls to the bottom.
txtLog.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
txtLog.AppendText(text);
// This always auto scrolls to the top.
//txtLog.Text += Environment.NewLine + text;
}
else
{
int caretPos = txtLog.Text.Length;
txtLog.Text += Environment.NewLine + text;
txtLog.Select(caretPos, 0);
txtLog.ScrollToLine(txtLog.GetLineIndexFromCharacterIndex(caretPos));
}

You have to do it something like this,
textBox1.AppendText("Your text here");
// this selects the index zero as the location of your caret
textBox1.Select(0, 0);
// Scrolls to the caret :)
textBox1.ScrollToCaret();
Tested and working on VS2010 c# Winforms, i dont know about WPF but google probably has the answer for you.

The desired actions are:
To turn on autoscrolling when the scrollbar is dragged to the bottom.
To turn off autoscrolling when the scollbar is dragged anywhere else.
create the following class
public class AutoScrollTextBox : TextBox
{
protected override void OnInitialized(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnInitialized(e);
VerticalScrollBarVisibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Auto;
HorizontalScrollBarVisibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Disabled;
}
protected override void OnTextChanged(TextChangedEventArgs e)
{
bool isScrolledToEnd = VerticalOffset + ViewportHeight == ExtentHeight;
base.OnTextChanged(e);
CaretIndex = Text.Length;
if (isScrolledToEnd)
{
ScrollToEnd();
}
}
}
And replace the TextBox with AutoScrollTextBox in your XML and append to the TextToDisplay binding as stuff arrives for display
<local:AutoScrollTextBox Text="{Binding TextToDisplay }" />

How to Disable Autoscrolling in richtextbox in c#

i want to disable the scrolling feature of richtextbox in c#. i just want to make richtextbox to allow user to enter only in its size area, means no vertical scrolling for user. just like MS-word or open Office Pages.thanx in advance.

You should override WndProc and block WM_SETFOCUS.
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
if(m.Msg != WM_SETFOCUS)
base.WndProc(ref m);
}
Here is a tutorial about this : How to: C# - Prevent RichTextBox from auto scrolling

This worked for me.
First thing as you may have seen in other posts you need access to user32.dll from C#.
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam);
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hwndLock,Int32 wMsg,Int32 wParam, ref Point pt);
We need to make some constant declaration to make the SendMessage calls properly.
private const int WM_USER = 0x400;
private const int EM_HIDESELECTION = WM_USER + 63;
private const int WM_SETREDRAW = 0x000B;
private const int EM_GETSCROLLPOS = WM_USER + 221;
private const int EM_SETSCROLLPOS = WM_USER + 222;
Then, some public static methods to be used whenever we need to stop scrolling.
public static void Suspend(Control control)
{
Message msgSuspendUpdate = Message.Create(control.Handle, WM_SETREDRAW, IntPtr.Zero,
IntPtr.Zero);
NativeWindow window = NativeWindow.FromHandle(control.Handle);
window.DefWndProc(ref msgSuspendUpdate);
}
public static void Resume(Control control)
{
// Create a C "true" boolean as an IntPtr
IntPtr wparam = new IntPtr(1);
Message msgResumeUpdate = Message.Create(control.Handle, WM_SETREDRAW, wparam,
IntPtr.Zero);
NativeWindow window = NativeWindow.FromHandle(control.Handle);
window.DefWndProc(ref msgResumeUpdate);
control.Invalidate();
}
public static Point GetScrollPoint(Control control) {
Point point = new Point();
SendMessage(control.Handle, EM_GETSCROLLPOS, 0, ref point);
return point;
}
public static void SetScrollPoint(Control control, Point point)
{
SendMessage(control.Handle, EM_SETSCROLLPOS, 0, ref point);
}
The Suspend method stops the Control to make a redraw on the screen. The Resume method restarts redraws on the screen for the given Control.
The GetScrollPoint method gets the actual Point where the scroll caret is located. The SetScrollPoint puts the scroll caret at the given point.
How to use these methods? First, given a Control you need to stop autoscroll, make the call to Suspend, then to GetScrollPoint, (make what you need to do with the control, like highlight or append text) then SetScrollPoint and finally Resume.
In my case, I wanted to copy the entire line of a RichTextBox at any time when the cursor moves from line to line. (Doing so produce a scroll on long lines).
This is my working method:
private int intLastLine = -1;
private void richTextBoxSwitch_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
if (this.richTextBoxSwitch.TextLength > 0)
{
ControlBehavior.Suspend(this.richTextBoxSwitch);
Point point = ControlBehavior.GetScrollPoint(this.richTextBoxSwitch);
int intSelectionStartBackup = this.richTextBoxSwitch.SelectionStart;
int intSelectionLengthBackup = this.richTextBoxSwitch.SelectionLength;
int intCharIndex = this.richTextBoxSwitch.GetFirstCharIndexOfCurrentLine();
int intLine = this.richTextBoxSwitch.GetLineFromCharIndex(intCharIndex);
this.richTextBoxSwitch.SuspendLayout();
if (intLastLine != intLine)
{
intLastLine = intLine;
int intLength = this.richTextBoxSwitch.Lines[intLine].Length;
this.richTextBoxSwitch.Select(intCharIndex, intLength);
this.richTextBoxSwitch.BackColor = ColorMessageBackground;
strData = this.richTextBoxSwitch.SelectedText;
this.textBoxMessageSelected.Text = strData.Trim();
this.richTextBoxSwitch.Select(intSelectionStartBackup, intSelectionLengthBackup);
}
this.richTextBoxSwitch.ResumeLayout();
ControlBehavior.SetScrollPoint(this.richTextBoxSwitch, point);
ControlBehavior.Resume(this.richTextBoxSwitch);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}
}
Hope this helps!

How to hide the vertical scroll bar in a .NET ListView Control in Details mode

I've got a ListView control in Details mode with a single column. It's on a form that is meant to only be used with the keyboard, mostly with the up/down arrows for scrolling and enter to select. So I don't really need to have the scroll bars and would just like them to not show for a cleaner look. However, when I set the ListView.Scrollable property to false, I can still move the selected item up and down, but as soon as it moves to an item not currently in view, the list won't move to show that item. I've tried using EnsureVisible to programmatically scroll the list, but it does nothing when in this mode.
Is there any way to manually move the list up and down to scroll, but without having the scrollbar present?

It's not easy but it can be done. If you try to hide the scroll bar through ShowScrollBar, the ListView will simply put it back again. So you have to do something more devious.
You will have to intercept the WM_NCCALCSIZE message, and in there, turn off the vertical scroll style. Whenever the listview tries to turn it on again, you will turn it off again in this handler.
public class ListViewWithoutScrollBar : ListView
{
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m) {
switch (m.Msg) {
case 0x83: // WM_NCCALCSIZE
int style = (int)GetWindowLong(this.Handle, GWL_STYLE);
if ((style & WS_VSCROLL) == WS_VSCROLL)
SetWindowLong(this.Handle, GWL_STYLE, style & ~WS_VSCROLL);
base.WndProc(ref m);
break;
default:
base.WndProc(ref m);
break;
}
}
const int GWL_STYLE = -16;
const int WS_VSCROLL = 0x00200000;
public static int GetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex) {
if (IntPtr.Size == 4)
return (int)GetWindowLong32(hWnd, nIndex);
else
return (int)(long)GetWindowLongPtr64(hWnd, nIndex);
}
public static int SetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int dwNewLong) {
if (IntPtr.Size == 4)
return (int)SetWindowLongPtr32(hWnd, nIndex, dwNewLong);
else
return (int)(long)SetWindowLongPtr64(hWnd, nIndex, dwNewLong);
}
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetWindowLong", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern IntPtr GetWindowLong32(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetWindowLongPtr", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern IntPtr GetWindowLongPtr64(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SetWindowLong", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern IntPtr SetWindowLongPtr32(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int dwNewLong);
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SetWindowLongPtr", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern IntPtr SetWindowLongPtr64(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int dwNewLong);
}
This will give you a ListView without scroll bars that still scrolls when you use the arrow keys to change selection.

i did something more easy. i left scrollable to true and used a custom slider(colorSlider) that i found on codeproject and i drawed the slider over the position where the vscroller would appear and then used the ensureVisible function.

Call the ShowScrollBar API method.

If ShowScrollBar doesn't work, I'm not sure how to do it.
You could put the ListView in a panel and make the ListView wider than the panel so that the scrollbar is cut off (check SystemInformation.VerticalScrollBarWidth), but that's a horrifyingly ugly hack.

Since ShowScrollBar didn't work, maybe this helps:
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, int wParam, int lParam);
private const int WM_VSCROLL = 0x115;
private const int SB_LINEDOWN = 1;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
listView1.Items.Add("foo" + i);
listView1.Scrollable = false;
}
private void listView1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SendMessage(listView1.Handle, WM_VSCROLL, SB_LINEDOWN, 0);
}

You can use ListView.Scrollable Property. Set it to false and Scroll bars won't appear!