how to prevent mfc dialog based app beign displayed on taskbar

[muharrem]

hi all, how to prevent mfc dialog based app beign displayed on taskbar ? Either when maximised and minimised. Thanks.

[Mohammad A Gdeisat]

hi friend, I quote the folowing from MSDN 2003, I dont know if it really works but I hope so: I will simply tell you the answer: you must create your dialog as a child of an invisible window that has WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW set, and you must make sure your dialog has the WS_EX_APPWINDOW style turned off. If you read the documentation’s fine print, you might figure this out—but only if you use a powerful magnifying glass. // pre-create window: set WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW style // BOOL CMainFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs) { if (CFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs)) { cs.dwExStyle |= WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW; return TRUE; } return FALSE; } . . . // InitInstance: create dialog as child of invisible main frame // BOOL CMyApp::InitInstance() { CMainFrame* pFrame = new CMainFrame; m_pMainWnd = pFrame; pFrame->LoadFrame(IDR_MAINFRAME, WS_OVERLAPPED, NULL, NULL); CMyDlg dlg(pFrame); int nResponse = dlg.DoModal(); if (nResponse == IDOK) { } else if (nResponse == IDCANCEL) { } return FALSE; } hope it helps :) good luck A candle looses nothing by lighting another candle

[Mohammad A Gdeisat]

hi friend, I found something on MSDN 2003 and i hope its helpful: quote says: I will simply tell you the answer: you must create your dialog as a child of an invisible window that has WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW set, and you must make sure your dialog has the WS_EX_APPWINDOW style turned off. If you read the documentation’s fine print, you might figure this out—but only if you use a powerful magnifying glass. // pre-create window: set WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW style // BOOL CMainFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs) { if (CFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs)) { cs.dwExStyle |= WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW; return TRUE; } return FALSE; } . . . // InitInstance: create dialog as child of invisible main frame // BOOL CMyApp::InitInstance() { CMainFrame* pFrame = new CMainFrame; m_pMainWnd = pFrame; pFrame->LoadFrame(IDR_MAINFRAME, WS_OVERLAPPED, NULL, NULL); CMyDlg dlg(pFrame); int nResponse = dlg.DoModal(); if (nResponse == IDOK) { } else if (nResponse == IDCANCEL) { } return FALSE; } I hope its helpful Mohammad. A candle looses nothing by lighting another candle