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How to move a form without a title bar

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Declare Function ReleaseCapture Lib "user32" () As Long
Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
    ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long

Public Const HTCAPTION = 2
Public Const WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN = &HA1

Private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    'Place this code in the MouseDown event of the form.
    ReleaseCapture
    SendMessage hwnd, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, HTCAPTION, 0&
End Sub

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