two questions

[RhinoBull]

If form's border is set to 0 (none) but ShowInTaskbar is True - icon will not appear unless you do something like the following:

Option Explicit
 
Private Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)
Private Const WS_SYSMENU = &H80000
Private Const WS_MINIMIZEBOX = &H20000
 
Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" _
    Alias "GetWindowLongA" _
    (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" _
    Alias "SetWindowLongA" _
    (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, _
     ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim lStyle As Long
 
    'ensure taskbar icon visibility
    lStyle = GetWindowLong(Me.hwnd, GWL_STYLE) Or WS_SYSMENU Or WS_MINIMIZEBOX
    SetWindowLong Me.hwnd, GWL_STYLE, lStyle
    
End Sub