ShowScrollBar

The ShowScrollBar function shows or hides the specified scroll bar.

BOOL ShowScrollBar(
  HWND hWnd,  // handle to window with scroll bar
  int wBar,   // scroll bar flag
  BOOL bShow  // scroll bar visibility flag
);
 

Parameters

hWnd

Handle to a scroll bar control or a window with a standard scroll bar, depending on the value of the wBar parameter.

wBar

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. The hWnd parameter must be the handle to the 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.

bShow

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

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

You should not call this function to hide a scroll bar while processing a scroll bar message.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winuser.h.
  Import Library: Use user32.lib.

See Also

Scroll Bars Overview, Scroll Bar Functions, EnableScrollBar