I will take a screen shot in .bmp format tomorrow of both to show the difference and send to the list.
Joe Frazier, Jr. Technical Support Engineer Peopleclick Service Support Tel: +1-800-841-2365 E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Glenn Linderman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:48 PM > To: Frazier, Joe Jr; Win32 GUI > Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] no taskbar entry for a Win32::GUI > program > > > On approximately 6/25/2003 10:39 AM, came the following > characters from > the keyboard of Frazier, Joe Jr: > >> -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Linderman > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> On approximately 6/25/2003 7:04 AM, came the following characters > >> from the keyboard of Frazier, Joe Jr: > >> > >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Linderman > >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:07 PM > >>>> > >>>> From time to time the question has been asked on this list > >>>> about how to have a Win32::GUI program running, but have no > >>>> entry in the taskbar. > >>>> > >>>> When hidden and disabled, no entry will appear, but when shown > >>>> or enabled, it will come back. > >>> > > > > This bit here, in combination with the first sentance was what > > confused me. My solution ( I assume someone on the list > presented it > > to me over 2 years ago when I created this app) does show > the icon on > > the task bar when the app is viewable on the screen, but not on the > > task bar when minimized. I was just unclear that you mean > no taskbar > > icon "ever". Question? is it the disable or the hide that removes > > from the taskbar? I have never really played with various > > combinations to find out what does what in such a > situation and what > > happens to the main window compaired to the task bar > icon..... Do not > > have time to check right now, but would make for more bulk in the > > documentation being written.... > > It takes both "hidden" and "disabled" to remove a window's entry from > the taskbar using this technique. And when you "show" or > "enable", the > taskbar entry comes back. > > >>>> Unless, when you create the window, you use: > >>>> > >>>> -toolwindow => 1, > >>>> > >>>> There is a more complicated solution, involving creating a > >>> > >> fake main > >> > >>>> window, making a real main window with the fake main window as > >>>> a parent, and then deleting the fake main window. This > >>>> technique also works, but is much more complex than the option > >>>> above. > >>> > > > > I just knowticed that this option also seems to get rid of my > > Minimize button?? > > Hmm. So it does. And it gets rid of the Maximize button > too. Except I > see you didn't have a Maximize button already. Looks like > -toolwindow > overrides -maximizebox, -minimizebox, and -helpbutton, > eliminating them > all, as well as getting rid of the taskbar entry. > > > It also makes the "X" to close the > > window like real small (1/3-1/2 normal size). This is on Win 2k. > > Perl 5.6.1, GUI .668. > > I'm using Perl 5.8, GUI 0.0.668, for reference. > > I don't notice an appreciable difference is the size of my > close box "X" > by adding the -toolwindow, for my window definitions. I > didn't try your > window definition, though. However, maybe that was due to > the fact that > I specified the same -font parameter for both cases. With a -font > parameter, you may be picking up different sized system fonts for the > two cases. > > -- > Glenn -- http://nevcal.com/ > =========================== > Like almost everyone, I receive a lot of spam every day, much of it > offering to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It's > ridiculous. > -- Bill Gates > > >