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  1. Apr 21st, 2000, 10:28 PM #1
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    Okay,

    I'm using Visual Basic 6.0 in Win98. Is there any kind of way to make another application invisible (if I know app's name in the tasklist ["ctrl+alt+del"])? Or how can I make all the other windows to be on top so this application's window wont be seen. Oh..this is hard to explain.....Well could somebody help me? Give ideas or maybe tips...

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  2. Apr 22nd, 2000, 08:07 AM #2
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    well what u could do is keep the program running, and just hide the form, don't unload it, just hide it... "form1.hide"... also if u want to hide your program from the task list, "CTRL+ALT+DEL"... well u can do that using the API, look in the VB-world.net site, u should find it, or search for it on the forum, I'm sure u'll find it..
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  3. Apr 22nd, 2000, 03:11 PM #3
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    Well, I didn't mean that... My purpose is to hide another program than my own. For example: How is it possible to hide (not just minimize) Internet Exlorer's window from my own application? But I want that Internet Explorer still keeps running in the background.

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  4. Apr 22nd, 2000, 03:25 PM #4
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