Hide/Show windows

Hi, i only want to know how to hide and show windows by API or windows-messages.

I want to hide the window completely: from task-bar, system-tray and off course the desktop.


Please message me,
Kiron.

Hai Kiron,
it is easy to show or hide windows from the desktop by using the API ShowWindow with constants like SW_HIDE or SW_MINIMIZE or SW_SHOWNORMAL or SW_SHOW but to remove it from the task bar or systray is little bit difficult. i dont think it is possible to remove it from systray since only the application that keeps it will be able to remove it while it can be removed from taskbar. i dont know how i am working on it.

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Dim dl As Long
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

Private Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3
Private Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Private Const SW_HIDE = 0


Private Command1_Click ()
'Hide the Window
dl = ShowWindow(Me.hwnd, SW_HIDE)
End Sub

Private Command2_Click ()
'Show the Window
dl = ShowWindow(Me.hwnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL)
End Sub

Private Command3_Click ()
'Minimized the Window
dl = ShowWindow(Me.hwnd, SW_SHOWMINIMIZED)
End Sub

Private Command4_Click ()
'Maximized the Window
dl = ShowWindow(Me.hwnd, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
End Sub

Hope thsi can resolve your problem. :D

Edited by Chris on 03-11-2000 at 02:43 PM