Using C code in c#

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Published on 2010-05-14T06:26:17Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 7:04 UTC
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When i googled to find the way to change the window style i could find the code in "C" language How can i use the snippet below in my c# application, so that i can hide the Title Bar of external application ? I have not used "C" before..

    //Finds a window by class name
[DllImport("USER32.DLL")]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);

//Sets a window to be a child window of another window
[DllImport("USER32.DLL")]
public static extern IntPtr SetParent(IntPtr hWndChild, IntPtr hWndNewParent);

//Sets window attributes
[DllImport("USER32.DLL")]
public static extern int SetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int dwNewLong);

//Gets window attributes
[DllImport("USER32.DLL")]
public static extern int GetWindowLong(IntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);

//assorted constants needed
public static int GWL_STYLE = -16;
public static int WS_CHILD = 0x40000000; //child window
public static int WS_BORDER = 0x00800000; //window with border
public static int WS_DLGFRAME = 0x00400000; //window with double border but no title
public static int WS_CAPTION= WS_BORDER | WS_DLGFRAME; //window with a title bar

/*
 This function sets the parent of the window with class
 ClassClass to the form/control the method is in.
*/
public void Reparent()
{
//get handle of parent form (.net property)
IntPtr par = this.Handle;
//get handle of child form (win32)
IntPtr child = FindWindow("ClassClass", null);
//set parent of child form
SetParent(child, par);
//get current window style of child form
int style = GetWindowLong(child, GWL_STYLE);

//take current window style and remove WS_CAPTION from it
SetWindowLong(child, GWL_STYLE, (style & ~WS_CAPTION));
}

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