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  1. Oct 20th, 2001, 10:25 PM #1
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    Post Show and hide outlook express

    Im trying to make a program that sits in the system tray and hides outlook express when it minimizes... And i can click the icon i have in the tray to show outlook express again... how would i use API to check when Outlook Express minimizes and how do i hide and show outlook express.. please help me!
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    VB Code:
    1. Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32.dll" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long

    2. Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long

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    1. ShowWindow FindWindow(vbNullString, "Outlook Express"), 1

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    1. ShowWindow FindWindow(vbNullString, "Outlook Express"), 0
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    ok but..

    how can i find out when outlook express is minimized so i can hide the program
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    I've done a similar app as you were trying to do. If you're still interested I could give you a hand with it.
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