Re: Form.ShowInTaskBar doesn't work for Windows XP

"Yong Kurt" <keyong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am using VB 6.0 to develop a Windows application, I do set
> Form.ShowInTaskBar to True, but when I run the program under Windows XP,
> from the parent widnows, I call "myForm.Show vbModal" to display a

Modal forms don't show in the taskbar. It's best to not show the form
modally if you want it to have a taskbar icon. Other than that, you may have
some luck with this sample....

FormBdr
http://vb.mvps.org/samples/project.asp?id=FormBdr

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