How to prevent a GUI from showing itself in the Task Bar?

[eEniquEe]

Hi,

I really have some pretty small problems with my Task Bar. I would be very glad if someone could help me out. The problem is that when I'm coding I often listen to music, surf the webs, as well as open many text files, and this makes my Task Bar look really awful, with tons of programmes attaching to it.

What I want to ask you guys is, how to hide a programme from the Task Bar? What I mean is, say, I have a normal visible form, but when working with this form, I have to open some more child-forms. And I really don't want these child-forms to show themselves in the Task Bar, because it'll make the Task Bar look even more messier. Can I do this?

I have tried to play around with Koda, by checking, and unchecking some of the Form's attributes, but with no luck.

I really hope that you guys could help me with this. This is not a serious problem, but, well, it should be better if I can hide some unneeded forms from the Task Bar, right?

Thanks a lot in advance,

And have a nice day, :P

Edited August 6, 2010 by eEniquEe

[JohnOne]

#NoTrayIcon or @SW_HIDE

Edited August 6, 2010 by JohnOne

[Melba23]

eEniquEe,

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

[eEniquEe]

#NoTrayIcon or @SW_HIDE

eEniquEe,

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

Thanks JohnOne, and Melba very much for taking time to reply to my question.

@JohnOne: Well, your way is not what I intend to do. I mean to hide the whole thing from the Task Bar, not just the Icon. Anh @SW_HIDE will hide my whole form. But, btw, thanks for replying

@Melba: Thanks for your great explanation, and the easy-to-understand sample code. It works like a charm. I get it now. Thanks very much indeed.