Minimize Excel not working properly with placing userform in taskbar

chester1993

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Hello,

So I have a set of codes here that allow me to minimize my userforms to taskbar. Unfortunately, when I minimize Excel the form disappears in taskbar. Is there any way I can prevent this from happening?

Here are my current codes:

VBA Code:
Option Explicit
'API functions
Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" _
                                       Alias "GetWindowLongA" _
                                       (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
                                        ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" _
                                       Alias "SetWindowLongA" _
                                       (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
                                        ByVal nIndex As Long, _
                                        ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" _
                                      (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
                                       ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, _
                                       ByVal X As Long, _
                                       ByVal Y As Long, _
                                       ByVal cx As Long, _
                                       ByVal cy As Long, _
                                       ByVal wFlags 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 GetActiveWindow Lib "user32.dll" _
                                         () As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" _
                                     Alias "SendMessageA" _
                                     (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
                                      ByVal wMsg As Long, _
                                      ByVal wParam As Long, _
                                      lParam As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function DrawMenuBar Lib "user32" _
                                     (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long


'Constants
Private Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
Private Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
Private Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Private Const HWND_TOP = 0
Private Const SWP_NOACTIVATE = &H10
Private Const SWP_HIDEWINDOW = &H80
Private Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40
Private Const WS_EX_APPWINDOW = &H40000
Private Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)
Private Const WS_MINIMIZEBOX = &H20000
Private Const SWP_FRAMECHANGED = &H20
Private Const WM_SETICON = &H80
Private Const ICON_SMALL = 0&
Private Const ICON_BIG = 1&

VBA Code:
Private Sub UserForm_Activate()
    AddIcon    'Add an icon on the titlebar
    AddMinimiseButton   'Add a Minimize button to Userform
    AppTasklist Me    'Add this userform into the Task bar
    Application.WindowState = xlMinimized 'Minimize Excel when UserForm opens
    UserForm3.Show vbModeless
End Sub

VBA Code:
Private Sub AddIcon()
'Add an icon on the titlebar
    Dim hWnd As Long
    Dim lngRet As Long
    Dim hIcon As Long
    hIcon = Sheet1.Image1.Picture.Handle
    hWnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, Me.caption)
    lngRet = SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SETICON, ICON_SMALL, ByVal hIcon)
    lngRet = SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SETICON, ICON_BIG, ByVal hIcon)
    lngRet = DrawMenuBar(hWnd)
End Sub

VBA Code:
Private Sub AddMinimiseButton()
'//Add a Minimize button to Userform
    Dim hWnd As Long
    hWnd = GetActiveWindow
    Call SetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_STYLE, _
                       GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_STYLE) Or _
                       WS_MINIMIZEBOX)
    Call SetWindowPos(hWnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, _
                      SWP_FRAMECHANGED Or _
                      SWP_NOMOVE Or _
                      SWP_NOSIZE)
End Sub

VBA Code:
Private Sub AppTasklist(myForm)
'Add this userform into the Task bar
    Dim WStyle As Long
    Dim Result As Long
    Dim hWnd As Long

    hWnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, myForm.caption)
    WStyle = GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE)
    WStyle = WStyle Or WS_EX_APPWINDOW
    Result = SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOP, 0, 0, 0, 0, _
                          SWP_NOMOVE Or _
                          SWP_NOSIZE Or _
                          SWP_NOACTIVATE Or _
                          SWP_HIDEWINDOW)
    Result = SetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, WStyle)
    Result = SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOP, 0, 0, 0, 0, _
                          SWP_NOMOVE Or _
                          SWP_NOSIZE Or _
                          SWP_NOACTIVATE Or _

VBA Code:
Private Sub UserForm_QueryClose(Cancel As Integer, CloseMode As Integer)
    Application.Visible = True
End Sub


The codes below, I only added them to Userform_Activate hoping it would do the trick. Though, it minimize Excel, the UserForm won't appear on the taskbar.

Application.WindowState = xlMinimized 'Minimize Excel when UserForm opens
UserForm3.Show vbModeless
 

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