User32AnimateWindow(IntPtr, Int32, WindowAnimation) Method

[DllImportAttribute("User32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static bool AnimateWindow(
	IntPtr hWnd,
	int time,
	WindowAnimation animation
)

<DllImportAttribute("User32.dll", SetLastError := true>]
Public Shared Function AnimateWindow ( 
	hWnd As IntPtr,
	time As Integer,
	animation As WindowAnimation
) As Boolean

Dim hWnd As IntPtr
Dim time As Integer
Dim animation As WindowAnimation

Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = User32.AnimateWindow(hWnd, 
	time, animation)

public:
[DllImportAttribute(L"User32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static bool AnimateWindow(
	IntPtr hWnd, 
	int time, 
	WindowAnimation animation
)

[<DllImportAttribute("User32.dll", SetLastError = true)>]
static member AnimateWindow : 
        hWnd : IntPtr * 
        time : int * 
        animation : WindowAnimation -> bool 

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Parameters

hWnd  IntPtr

A IntPtr handle to the window to animate.

The calling thread must own this window.

time  Int32

The time it takes to play the animation, in milliseconds.

Typically, an animation takes 200 milliseconds to play.

animation  WindowAnimation

The type of animation.

Return Value

If the function fails, the return value is .

The function will fail in the following situations:

If the window is already visible and you are trying to show the window.

If the window is already hidden and you are trying to hide the window.

When trying to animate a child window with ShowFade or HideFade.

If the thread does not own the window. Note that, in this case, AnimateWindow(IntPtr, Int32, WindowAnimation) fails but GetLastWin32Error returns ERROR_SUCCESS.

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