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RE: Hidden windows showing up on taskbar, please help

• Posted by "Elliott S. de Andrade" <quantum_analyst at hotmail.com> Dec 31, 2003
• 487 views

>From: CoJaBo <cojabo at suscom.net>
>Subject: Hidden windows showing up on taskbar, please help
>
>
>Hidden windows showing up on taskbar, please help
>
>I am working on a program that requires a hidden window.
>I am using Win XP.
>The main window in my program is off the screen with {WS_POPUP},
>It used to not show the hidden window in the taskbar, but now it does.
>This always worked before i had to reinstall my OS.
>I used the same settings and installed same interpreter, win32lib,and
>IDE versions.
>The same thing happens with win32lib IDE in the hints window.
>
>An example of what im trying to do is below, but in the real program
>the window is off screen.
>
>Is there any way to hide the main window?
>
>-------------------------START CODE
>--  code generated by Win32Lib IDE v0.18.2
>
>
>include Win32Lib.ew
>without warning
>
>

Changing this line:

>--  Window hidden_window
>constant hidden_window = createEx( Window, "", 0, Default, Default, 400,
>274, {WS_POPUP}, 0)

to:

constant hidden_window = createEx( Window, "", 0, Default, Default, 400,274, 
{WS_POPUP}, {WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW})

will do what you want.