Re: preventing animation when minimizing a window

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Hi James,

thanks for the reply. So when I call a form's .Hide() method, it also
disappears from the taskbar. How do I go about keep it visible in the
taksbar? (Is this what you meant by "placing an icon in the notification
area"?)

TIA,
Norvin


"James Curran" <jamescurran@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> As far as I know, it can only be specified at the system level for all
> windows, but by each app individually.
>
> What you can do is intercept the minimize event, and hide the window
> instead, placing an icon in the notification area.
>
> --
> --
> Truth,
> James Curran
> [erstwhile VC++ MVP]
>
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> "NL" <nl@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OKOSpzkUFHA.580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anybody know how to turn off the animation Windows does with a
window
> > as it's minimized/maximized to the taskbar?
> >
> > I have an app which, when minimized, syncs to any other open instances
of
> > the app and tells them to minimize. If I have more than a couple
instances
> > open, the user ends up waiting quite a while for all of windows to
> minimize,
> > since each minimizing animation is done consecutively and not in
parallel.
> >
> > I would rather have the window disappear immediately.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Norvin
> >
> >
>
>


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