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Get the Min/Max State of a window

I need a VB boolean function that takes a handle to a window (hWnd as Long) as a parameter. The function then checks the Min/Max status of the Window. It must return True if the Window is Minimized, False otherwise.
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The use isZoom API to determine whether a window is maximized.
Declare Function IsZoomed Lib "user32" Alias "IsZoomed" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

Example:

Private Declare Function IsZoomed Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Activate()
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    Me.AutoRedraw = True
    Me.Print "Was the window maximized onstartup? " + Str$(CBool(IsZoomed(Me.hwnd)))
    Me.WindowState = vbMaximized
    Me.Print "Is the window now maximized? " + Str$(CBool(IsZoomed(Me.hwnd)))
End Sub

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