Hide/Show windows

[Kiron]

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.

[Dinesh_MS]

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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[Chris]

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.

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