Hideing OTHER prgms

[awuh0]

how would i hide another prgm ... right now i have it able to put itself to the sys tray and get all other running programs in a list...
so id like to highlight it and hide it kinda like the

me.WindowState = vbMinimized
me.Hide

but i dunno how to do this with other programs...
( i can get the caption of the program and the process ID)

[ale1981]

I think this API should do it;

Declarations:
Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
 
Code:
Dim window As Long
window = FindWindow("window", vbNullString)
Call ShowWindow(window, SW_HIDE)

I am kinda new to API, but something along those lines!

[awuh0]

well.... other than the fact that it pretended SW_HIDE was a variable it did allright i guess...

also... im gona need to know how to un hide it...

[ale1981]

Sorry forgot your constants;

Constants:

Public Const SW_HIDE = 0
Public Const SW_MAXIMIZE = 3
Public Const SW_MINIMIZE = 6
Public Const SW_NORMAL = 1
Public Const SW_SHOW = 5

Code to show the window again;

Call ShowWindow(window, SW_SHOW)

Hope this helps.

[awuh0]

now it sez that constants are not allowed to be public... is this suppose to be in a modual?

[awuh0]

well i put them down as private const

but it sez i need a function 4 the Call ShowWindow

.... ie sub function not defined

[awuh0]

okay... mabey im not being specific enough... my app makes a list of all da running programs... i select one and then can do a variety to things to it (right now only killing it works...) but i would like to make it so i could make it disapear from the tast bar and then be unhidden at a latter time.

[awuh0]

anyone?