
Starting dialog based application minimised
Use ShowWindow(SW_MINIMIZE) in your OnInitDialog() as follows:
BOOL CMinimizedDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
CDialog::OnInitDialog();
// Add "About..." menu item to system menu.
// IDM_ABOUTBOX must be in the system command range.
ASSERT((IDM_ABOUTBOX & 0xFFF0) == IDM_ABOUTBOX);
ASSERT(IDM_ABOUTBOX < 0xF000);
CMenu* pSysMenu = GetSystemMenu(FALSE);
if (pSysMenu != NULL)
{
CString strAboutMenu;
strAboutMenu.LoadString(IDS_ABOUTBOX);
if (!strAboutMenu.IsEmpty())
{
pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_SEPARATOR);
pSysMenu->AppendMenu(MF_STRING, IDM_ABOUTBOX, strAboutMenu);
}
}
// Set the icon for this dialog. The framework does this automatically
// when the application's main window is not a dialog
SetIcon(m_hIcon, TRUE); // Set big icon
SetIcon(m_hIcon, FALSE); // Set small icon
// TODO: Add extra initialization here
ShowWindow(SW_MINIMIZE); // THIS STARTS YOUR DIALOG BASED APPLICATION
MINIMIZED
return TRUE; // return TRUE unless you set the focus to a control
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Vinay
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> Hello All
> I would like to start my dialog based application minimised and have an
> icon appear in the system tray under Windows 95 and Windows NT4. I have
> currently achieved this by sending myself on startup and soon after the
> application minimises itself into the system tray. Although this does
> work, I am sure there is a cleaner method.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Regards,
> Paul
> WWW : http://www.cix.co.uk/~paul_git/