Don't show program in task bar 1

[Roderich]

hi there,

is there an easy way to blank out a program in the task bar ? I want to run a Delphi program in the background working as a message server, i.e. it has one form created which is not showing but just receiving and sending messages from/to other programs. Showing in the Windows task manager is no problem but we don't to have it visible inside the task bar.

Any hints, maybe anybody knows about a Delphi component doing this ?

best regards
Rod

 

[footpad]

Rod,

Add the following code to the OnCreate method of your application's main form:

   SetWindowLong( application.handle, GWL_EXSTYLE,
     GetWindowLong( application.handle, GWL_EXSTYLE )
     or WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW and not WS_EX_APPWINDOW );

Note: Some online sources claim you need to modify the project source to set Application.ShowMainForm to FALSE. In my testing, this is only necessary when creating applications that you don't want to immediately appear to the user, such those that run from the task tray, like Volume Control and others.

Hope this helps...

-- Lance