How can I hide icon of window on taskbar?

[Papyrus]

I tried removing WS_EX_APPWINDOW but it didn't work. In fact, I've used that technique in MFC and it works fine.

I also written a fuction to modify window style and it works fine with normal style (e.g WS_SYSMENU, WS_THICKFRAME,..) but WS_EX_APPwindow. Any suggestion?

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Func ModifyWindowStyle( $style, $action = True, $isExStyle = False, $windowHandle = @GUI_WinHandle )

    Const $NORMAL_STYLE   = 0
    Const $EXTENDED_STYLE = 1

    ; Get current window style
    $currentStyle = GUIGetStyle( $windowHandle )

    ; Detemine which style type will be modified
    If( $isExStyle = True ) Then
        $modifiedStyle = $EXTENDED_STYLE
    Else
        $modifiedStyle = $NORMAL_STYLE
    EndIf

    ; Update window style
    If ( $action = True ) Then
        ; Add new style
        $currentStyle[ $modifiedStyle ] = BitOR( $style, $currentStyle[ $modifiedStyle ] )
    Else
        ; Remove given style
        $style = BitNOT( $style )
        $currentStyle[ $modifiedStyle ] = BitAND( $style, $currentStyle[ $modifiedStyle ] )
    EndIf



    ; Apply new style to window
    GUISetStyle( $currentStyle[ $NORMAL_STYLE ], _
                 $currentStyle[ $EXTENDED_STYLE ], _
                 $windowHandle )

    ; Repaint window
    GUISetState( @SW_HIDE, $windowHandle )
    GUISetState( @SW_SHOW, $windowHandle )
    ;_WinAPI_FlashWindow( $windowHandle ) // lame
EndFunc ;end function ModifyWindowStyle

And another question is how to repaint windows after changing windows style. The solution I used above isn't perfect, because users still need to move the window to get it repainted completely.

Edited July 23, 2010 by Papyrus

[Melba23]

Papyrus,

You can remove the button from the taskbar by using the "parent" parameter when you create your GUI. If you do not have a parent, then you can use the ever-present, but hidden, AutoIt window:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

; Create parent
$hGUI = GUICreate("Parent", 500, 500)
GUISetState()

; Use parent handle when creating child
$hGUI_No_TaskBar_1 = GUICreate("Child", 200, 200, 100, 100, Default, Default, $hGUI)
GUISetState()

; Or use the Autoit window
$hGUI_No_TaskBar_2 = GUICreate("AutoIt Child", 200, 200, 200, 200, Default, Default, WinGetHandle(AutoItWinGetTitle()))
GUISetState()

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

I hope that helps.

M23

[Papyrus]

Thanks very much, short & simple. Just hide the "parent" and I got what I want.