Minimizing to system tray causes stack overflow

[Helfdane]

Hi, I have a vewwy simple app which just sits in the system tray while doing its work. When a user double clicks the notification icon, a config window opens and you can edit some settings there. Right now, I have a simple form which will be hidden from the user and show a notification icon when formstate is set to minimized.

    private void TrayForm\_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (FormWindowState.Minimized == this.WindowState)
        {
            notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
            this.Hide();
            //this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
        }
        else if (FormWindowState.Normal == this.WindowState)
        {
            notifyIcon1.Visible = false;
        }
    }

For some reason, this works under windows xp, in windows7 I have to disable the ShowInTaskbar call, as that causes a stack overflow in the current thread. If I don't use the call, the form is minimized and remains visible on the taskbar, annoying at best. Any workarounds? (or am I doing something stupid here...?)

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[Luc Pattyn]

Your statement is suggesting this.ShowInTaskbar = false; is firing the Resize event again. If that is so, you can break the loop by using if (this.ShowInTaskbar) this.ShowInTaskbar = false; // avoid a Resize avalanche. :) PS: Make sure to provide an appropriate comment to prevent someone from simplifying the code and reintroducing the problem.

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[Helfdane]

Thanx for the tip, will try it out soonish as my harddrive died on me today X|

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