coredll is for smart devices, not desktop Windows. Therefore, this information only applies to code using the .NET Compact Framework. To see if information for ShowWindow in other DLLs exists, click on Find References to the right.

Summary

This function sets the specified window's show state.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError=true)]
static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);

VB Signature:

Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "coredll.dll" (ByRef hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal nCmdShow As Integer) As Boolean

User-Defined Types:

None.

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Notes:

hWnd is a parameter containing the handle to the window.

nCmdShow is an integer type parameter specifying how the window is to be shown. See ShowWindowCommand

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa453731.aspx on MSDN

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