form hide (or visible = false)

[Ohad Young]

Hi,

In the form's Load event handler I'm trying to hide the form, but still the
form is visible although the Visible property is set to false.
Only if the ShowInTaskBar property is set to false too, it is not visible.
Why?
Isn't there a way to hide a form from its Load event handler but to display
it still in the task bar?

Here is the code:
// handler for the Load event

private void FrmLifetimeDemo_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

{

this.Visible = false;

this.ShowInTaskbar = false;

}


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[Claudio Grazioli]

Hi,

In the form's Load event handler I'm trying to hide the form, but still the
form is visible although the Visible property is set to false.
Only if the ShowInTaskBar property is set to false too, it is not visible.
Why?
Isn't there a way to hide a form from its Load event handler but to display
it still in the task bar?

Here is the code:
// handler for the Load event

private void FrmLifetimeDemo_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

{

this.Visible = false;

this.ShowInTaskbar = false;

}

What exactly do you want to do? If your form is not visible but is still
visible in the taskbar, what should happen, if the user clicks on it in the
taskbar? Should the form then get visible? or what?

So isn't it enough, if you just minimize your form?
like aForm.WindowsState = FormWindowState.Minimized;

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

In the form's Load event handler I'm trying to hide the form, but still
the form is visible although the Visible property is set to false.
Only if the ShowInTaskBar property is set to false too, it is not visible.
Why?
Isn't there a way to hide a form from its Load event handler but to
display it still in the task bar?

Set its 'WindowState' property to 'Minimized'.

 

[Ohad Young]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.
What I want is to understand why only setting both properties, Visible and
ShowInTaskBar, to false will hide it if written in the Load event handler of
the form.

Ohad