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Sunday, 9 March 2008

Hiding Application on Windows Taskbar

Posted on 18:08 by Unknown
With this simple tips you can hide the application on Windows Taskbar even if its running
1. Declare Win32 API module on Declare -> Local External Functions:
FUNCTION boolean SetWindowLongA (ulong hWnd, int nIndex, long newValue) Library "user32.dll"


2. Add below codes on Open event on main window
IF NOT SetWindowLongA(Handle(This), -20,128) THEN
messageBox ('Error','Cannot Hide!')
END IF


In order the code to take effect you should compile your application into EXE first
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